'My husband loved life': Winnipeg woman is reminding people to still be cautious with COVID-19 following her husband’s death
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A Winnipeg woman is calling on people to continue to be mindful of COVID-19 after her husband died from the virus, despite being fully vaccinated.
A Winnipeg woman is calling on people to continue to be mindful of COVID-19 after her husband died from the virus, despite being fully vaccinated.
Joanna Biondi's husband Arch Honigman died on Sept. 23 in hospital at the age of 61, just days after being admitted to hospital because of COVID-19.
Biondi said she and her husband paid close attention to COVID-19 from the very beginning even before it hit Manitoba, noting she has family in New York and Italy, which were both hit hard by the virus.
"We were scared. We believed it from day one. We were glued to the news, we never for a minute didn't believe it wasn't real and it wasn't happening," said Biondi.
She said they both believed that once they got the vaccine things would improve but even then, they took precautions.
"We still double-masked, we didn't do restaurants. It took us a very long time to even do pick-up."
Biondi said they even kept their personal bubble very small, just limited to her parents.
