A turn of events

12.31.2020 • Chino • Segment

This letter was written by a person incarcerated at Chino.

I became infected twice back in August and in September and luckily I had no symptoms. I do know others who here who actually suffered symptoms and they told me they felt like they were going to die.

I was shocked because this was coming from an 18-year-old friend. He recuperated luckily and I do not take this COVID-19 lightly. Really it has been a turn of events and uncertainty.

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