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Mitsi Studebaker is 61 years old. Since she was 28, the Roanoke woman has worked as a nurse. In November she was working for a private-duty agency inside the home of a disabled 3-year-old girl.
âShe had been real sick that day and actually stopped breathing,â Studebaker said Friday. âShe went to the hospital. The next morning the mother texted me that [the little girl] had COVID.â
So did Studebaker, who said she began developing symptoms a day or two later, around Nov. 17. She tested positive, too.
The little girl recovered. But obviously, Studebaker couldnât work while she was herself infected. So she temporarily left her job at that time, and filed a claim with the Virginia Employment Commission for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.