Some Montreal COVID-19 patients are concerned they’ll be allowed to lift their mandatory quarantines too soon, and that they’ll be putting others at risk.
Melanie Fournier, a 42-year-old D.D.O. resident, thought she was over COVID-19. After her two-week battle with heavy fever, coughing and fatigue, she’s feeling back to normal.
Because she works in health care, she says she needs to have two negative tests before returning to her job. To her surprise, the first one came back positive. “I was thinking ‘oh my God, how many other people are walking around feeling fine?” she said. “There must be so many people, because not everyone gets re-tested.” Meanwhile, her significant other, who also has COVID-19, barely had any symptoms at all.