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After four-and-a-half months at home in lockdown, guitarist Brandon Scott began working at a COVID testing site in Vancouver.
His job was site navigator, which basically meant he would screen people coming in. He made sure they had their health cards and asked about symptoms. He got the job he calls it a “gig” through a friend who works at Fraser Health Authority. Partly it was for the money, of course. He was receiving CERB benefits but as the summer came to an end he wasn’t sure how long it would last. But it