COVID-19 has virtually stopped his life. Alberta’s COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 10.5%; health system under ‘enormous strain’ “I rebuilt something that looked like a life and COVID came along and just narrowed it right back down again,” Robinson said.“I’m trapped in my house for most of my life now and that’s sorrowful.”He said he felt cheated by COVID, which took away his ability to fulfill a bucket list.“I can’t travel.