COVID-19 is trying to keep the virus away from her roommate, while the two are advocating for more mask-wearing.For Elena, all it took was going for ice cream with a close friend.“We were wearing masks when we got our ice cream, but then we went back to his car and took our masks off and automatically I was like, ‘Well he’s my friend, I trust him and I care about him,'” Elena said.Elena, 22, who now has COVID-19, told Global News that she’s had to get creative at home because while she has the disease caused by the coronavirus, her roommate does not.
Global News has agreed to not use Elena’s last name.“The hardest thing for me, actually, is staying away from her,” she said. “In close quarters it’s a little challenging, but we’re making it.