Virus in Vermont: Teenager's new job turns into nursing home Covid outbreak

Delaney Partlow worked two months at Four Seasons Care Home in Northfield before Covid hit. She was 16 and in her first health care job, working a shift a week as a personal care assistant.

Now 17, Partlow, who lives in Orange, knew Covid was a risk; the Medical Professions program at Central Vermont Career Center in Barre wasn’t allowing job placements because of the virus. She got the gig anyway through a family friend.

Partlow, who has a quick smile and long blond hair that frames her face, is used to taking matters into her own hands. She works two jobs, including a second as a cashier at a Hannaford Supermarket, on top of her schoolwork. Partlow decided on a career in health care after visits to see her grandmother who worked as a licensed nursing assistant at Woodridge Nursing and Rehabilitation for 30 years.

She hopes one day to be a gynecologist, but “I have to start somewhere.”

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