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The Recanati twins, age 47, both worked as medical assistants at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center and both contracted COVID-19 last month. One got better, and the other got worse.
Cynthia Recanati moved to Oelwein on Aug. 1 to be closer to her twin sister, Michele, and soon joined her working as a medical assistant at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center â Cynthia started in Urgent Care in November. Michele had been in Family Medicine since moving to Oelwein in December 2019 with her 10-year-old son, Brody Reffner.
Cynthia was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, Nov. 11; Michele on Tuesday, Nov. 24. While Cynthia experienced mild symptoms, Michele developed breathing problems.