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We have entered the final week of 2020. As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout offers hope, the virus’ path of destruction continues.
The stark reality is that 2.1 million Californians, and counting, have tested positive for the coronavirus. In each instance,
the diagnosis sentences a person to a weeks-long isolation, away from family, friends and roommates. Some suffer alone, in a hospital room. Others are able to return to their living spaces. But even then, home can become a haven and a confine.
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For one couple, the infection arrived on the heels of a traumatic pregnancy loss. Alyssa Fetters awoke her fiancé one November morning in severe pain. A ruptured ectopic pregnancy sent her into emergency surgery for internal bleeding. When she was safely out, she learned that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. She was rushed to the COVID-19 wing, where her emo