She got the virus. Then she was fired. Some sick workers left in cold by employers.
Lucie Joseph started to feel sick on April 28 as she rang up customers at a Shell gas station in Delray Beach, Florida. Joseph said her boss wouldn't give her time off without a doctor's note. But the owner of the gas station, , didn't offer her health insurance, so she didn't go to the doctor. Joseph, a single mother with a 10-year-old son, kept working -- seven more shifts over 10 days./ Joseph's symptoms worsened, so she decided to get tested for COVID-19. On May 9, Joseph learned she had tested positive, and a nurse told her to ...
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