Virus Diaries
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PublishedMay 12, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Producing masks for anyone she meets
A Hollis woman has been making cloth masks to help others during the pandemic – and she isn't shy about offering them to people she encounters in public.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘Fear grows over time if we don’t face it’
A Falmouth woman and her young son take an anxious trip to the store, only to find that other shoppers feel the same uneasiness about being out in public during a pandemic.
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PublishedMay 9, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Isolated in France, waiting to come home
Brenda Grant-Hays spends winters in France, but now she may be separated from her husband in Falmouth for months to come.
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PublishedMay 8, 2020
The Virus Diaries: She had COVID-19 symptoms – in January
When Joyce Baughan was feverish and achy early this year, no one was testing for COVID-19. But she had the symptoms, as did two siblings who live nearby.
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PublishedMay 5, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Donating antibodies after COVID-19 recovery
Mary Ann Gordon and her husband, Peter, have recuperated from their bouts with COVID-19. Now Mary Ann is a donor of plasma with antibodies, and encourages others to do the same.
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PublishedMay 4, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Couple of 51 years finds comfort in story hour
'It’s a challenge coping when you’re in your 70s and sheltering at home. But Bill’s stories put the virus at bay.'
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘None of us knew how serious this was’
High school junior Isabella Castrucci is separated from friends and a sister battling leukemia. She hopes 'to not take anything in life for granted again.'
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Richmond woman battles cancer, worries for daughter’s safety
Janette Sweem is grateful for the help she has received during 'a hellish year.' She is dealing with chemotherapy treatments and worries for her daughter aboard the virus-infected USS Kidd.
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
The Virus Diaries: No stranger to isolation in an era of deadly disease
Doris ‘Dolly’ Roach had tuberculosis in the 1950s, and was bedridden in a sanatorium for more than four years.
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PublishedApril 25, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘The scariest health experience in my life’
A Brunswick woman suffered with a fever and had difficulty breathing for weeks after being declared presumptive-positive for COVID-19.