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CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail
Sandra MacKinnon felt absolutely horrible when she found out she likely brought the novel coronavirus into her Nanaimo, B.C., retirement home last month.
The 78-year-old former nurse had invited three friends and fellow residents of the Longlake Chateau into her room to play Scrabble on a recent Wednesday morning. The group – all vaccinated a couple weeks earlier – had a blast, letting their guards down to play the board game for two hours.