.
HUNDREDS OF FIRST
RESPONDERS ACROSS THE STATE
HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS INCLUDING A
CAMBRIDGE FIREFIGHTER WHO IS
NOW ISOLATED.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU LIFE
HERE IN THE DORM.
I GOT A DELIVERY FROM MY GUYS
AT THE FIRE STATION.
CORONAVIRUS POSITIVE AND
QUARANTINED AWAY FROM
HIS FAMILY.
WE TALKED TO BRIAN O'NEIL FROM
HIS DORM ROOM.
THIS IS THE STUFF I BROUGHT
FROM HOME.
IT'S LONELY.
THERE'S REALLY NOBODY HERE ON
THIS FLOOR BUT ME.
YOU KNOW I'M IN THIS ROOM.
IT'S ABOUT 12 BY 12.
REGULAR, YOU KNOW STANDARD
COLLEGE DORM.
HE SAID THAT HE KNEW HE
LIKELY HAD THE
CORONAVIRUS AFTER HE LOST HIS
SENSE OF SMELL ON
EASTER.
WITH HIS HOME TOO SMALL TO
SOCIAL DISTANCE FROM HIS
FAMILY HE IS STAYING IN
UNIVERSITY HOUSING FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS AND THOSE RECOVERING
FROM CORONAVIRUS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING
I FEEL ACTUALLY PRETTY
GOOD.
MY SYMPTOMS, FOR THE MOST PART,
ARE WHAT THEY WOULD
CALL SORT OF ON THE MILD TO
MODERATE SIDE.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FATIGUE.
I NEVER GOT A FEVER.
I NEVER HAD A COUGH.
HE HAS BEEN ON SEVERAL
CORONAVIRUS CALLS IN THE
PAST FEW WEEKS.
I WORK ON A DEPARTMENT THAT
GIVES US THE TOP OF
LINE PPE.
WE HAVE GLOVES, GOGGLES, MASKS,
WE HAVE DIFFERENT
PROTOCOLS FOR PEOPLE WHO WE
KNOW THEY ARE SICK
VERSES WHEN WE SUSPECT IT.
WE HAVE ALL THESE PRECAUTIONS
AND I STILL ENDED UP
POSITIVE.
IS HE HOPING TO GO HOME
MONDAY WHERE DOCTORS SAY
HE WILL BE ABLE TO SAFELY
