A B.C. emergency doctor is sharing his experience of living with COVID-19. Dr. Joe Finkler said he started feeling tired last week, something he attributed to working night shifts at the emergency department of St.
Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. A nagging cough that had been with him for some time worsened and his sense of smell and taste were affected, something he didn’t initially notice as he was used to wearing masks in the ER room. “Those things crept up on me,” he said. “It wasn’t until I felt really terrible on Thursday night and developed fever and chills and sweats and drenched my sheets that, yeah, I’ve got the illness.” None of his colleagues have tested positive for COVID-19.