Doctor, Patient, Caregiver: My Suspected COVID Story

It was the first day of spring, March 19, 2020. The security guard at the gate asked me the basic questions for COVID-19 screening as well as a few other questions that we had developed for our organization based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations. I replied “no” to each one, with no hesitation. However, when the staff checked my temperature, to my surprise it was 100.2 degrees Fahrenheit. The security guard told me that I could not enter the building, based on the instructions he’d been given.