‘Covid-19 Hovers Over Our Head Every Time We Go On A Call’
Laura Kaye and Jeremy Dunsmore have been paramedics for around two decades, but they’ve never experienced anything like the current pandemic.
Laura Kaye and Jeremy Dunsmore have been paramedics for around two decades, but they’ve never experienced anything like the current pandemic.
For four straight weeks, he’s been living in his truck and working almost non-stop because it’s not safe to live with his family during the Covid-19 crisis.
He says he’s not a hero, but the Halifax delivery driver spends every shift interacting with staff at the restaurants he works for and the people he delivers to, and the threat of COVID-19 is always on his mind.
Jerad Banyan, a Dartmouth electrician, still wakes up every weekday morning at 5 am, and gets ready for work. He comes home at the end of the day worried not just about himself but his wife Samantha too.
Patricia De Freitas fears for her and her colleagues’ safety, but the director of Atlantic Funeral Homes in Halifax is most worried about the loved ones of people who pass away during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fredericton pharmacy owner is heartened to see people obey social-distancing rules to protect themselves and his employees.
Roderick MacKinnon is a security guard at long-term care facilities around Halifax, a job he says that requires patience, empathy and a sense of humour.
Ryan Kennedy, who has asthma, has had uncomfortable conversations with his Saint John customers over the past couple of weeks as he balances serving patients and keeping himself, and his staff, safe.