COVID-19.Vargas isn’t entirely sure where he contracted the virus. He and his wife Yolande December considered themselves to be extremely careful, always wearing masks and washing their hands often.
But not long after the 53-year-old arrived at Michael Garron Hospital by ambulance, he was told he tested positive for COVID-19.“I asked, ‘What’s the treatment?’” Vargas recalls. “And (the doctor) says to me, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll take care of it.’ That’s the last thing I remember.”What he didn’t realize was how precarious his situation was.
Canada set to receive 5.2M COVID-19 vaccine doses this week “He was the sickest person we probably ever had in our emergency department who ended up surviving,” says Dr.