INTERVIEWS OF FILIPINOS IN AMERICA by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard,
The following interviews are part of Cecilia Brainard's Filipinos #CopingWithCovid series. These were done last May 25, 2020. Since then, the United States has had a surge of Covid cases with 3.48 million confirmed cases, and 138,000 deaths (as of July 15,2020).
Copyright 2020 by Cecilia M. Brainard
MARIANO ABERASTURI
ER Nurse, New York
Interview done on May 25, 2020
I am 24 years old. I am a nurse, working night shifts 3 times a week at Suny downstate Brooklyn. I only deal with covid patients since my hospital was one of the three hospitals in NY that became a covid-only patients hospital. We have lost many patients to covid but I haven't lost anyone I know personally.
As of May 25, we are still on lockdown. I am not alone. I am with my sister, Ina, her boyfriend and my girlfriend Sabrina.
Financially we have to spend more for safety.
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