'Anxiety and fear' at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where mission goes on
BREMERTON — Melissa Brown, an electronics technician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, started to feel sick almost two weeks ago during her work shift. She took her temperature at home and found she was running a fever.
After consulting her boss, the 39-year-old decided to stay home. She had the accumulated leave to be able to do so, and the worst of her illness was yet to come. By last weekend she became so winded from a short walk that she had to sit down. On Wednesday, in spite of restrictions that make it hard to get tested for COVID-19 for people who aren't high-risk, her primary care doctor gave her a swab in the office's parking lot.
She remains at home pending the results, but she fears for her colleagues still going to the shipyard — Kitsap County's largest employer and one of the few places that remains fully operational during the pandemic. She's worried others could be ill with the fast-spreading virus and not know it yet.
"There is anxiety and fear over getting sick and not knowing if we are exposing others," she said. "I am staying home, but how many others are not?"
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