It was not a matter of if, but when she would catch COVID-19
As the first wave descended on Quebec, COVID-19 found its way home to the families of front-line workers
Every day for months, Corrine Preisler went into a COVID-19 red zone to help patients at a long-term care home. Then she got sick.
She was working as a director for a Montreal CHSLD when she contracted COVID-19.
"We said from the get-go, given the environment that you work in, it's probably not a matter of if you get COVID, it's going to be a matter of when," Preisler said, recalling a talk she had with her husband at the beginning of the pandemic.
Her biggest fear was spreading the virus to her family. She took all the precautions she could — moved into another room, used her own bathroom, ate her meals separately.
But days later, her husband and daughter started showing symptoms.
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