Heroes on the front lines: Emma Mancini

^{I started at the hospital in August. It made me learn very quickly. On our floor, we couldn't have done it without each other. At the beginning, I lived at home with my parents and brother, and I kept to myself and stayed in the basement. They’d bring my meals, knock on the door and leave it outside. Now I live with roommates. Sometimes, you just don’t want to go home because you don’t want to give it to anyone. No one wants to be in quarantine anymore, but we’re seeing it come back, we're still seeing healthy people that are affected by it. It’s tearing apart families. People don’t think about the people who see it all the time, continuously. Right now, we're seeing it's starting to ramp up again. We’ve definitely seen recently we've had more deaths. Then you see people on the other side of it who have recovered, but still have issues. A lot of people don't see the everyday stuff, but it's still happening to people every day, everywhere.}

^{_{- Emma Mancini, registered nurse at Tufts Medical Center, 23}}