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Still, Gibson doesn’t fit the stereotype held by some that young people are at risk because they are ignoring rules about social distancing and infection prevention.
Gibson said he has been fastidious about hand washing, mask wearing and limiting his contacts to avoid infection, even staying away from people who he thinks aren’t taking the pandemic as seriously as they should.
He does have a risk factor, though, one shared by many people his age: He works in retail.
“I have done literally all that I can to avoid it and I still got COVID. Just a reminder that retail workers, minimum wage employees and all sorts of folks are not necessarily working because they want to, but because they have to,” he tweeted.
“If you do not need to go out to bars or go out for dinner every night, don’t You not only have your own health to take into consideration but the health of all those you may be jeopardizing.”
Gibson is now concerned about the people he could have inadvertently passed COVID-19 on to before his positive test.
He did not believe he had any symptoms, but after talking with an Ottawa Public Health nurse, Gibson said there are some potential symptoms that he might have had as early as a week before he got tested.
He was feeling a little more fatigued and lethargic than usual and had a sore back — both things that he assumed were related to his work. He also had some headaches and hadn’t been sleeping well, but everything was relatively mild.
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