The smile behind the mask

Posted on May 6, 2020

By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer

Every day, hundreds of nervous, potentially COVID-19 positive people line up at Tallahassee drive-through testing centers, waiting in line to be swabbed by medical professionals covered head-to-toe in personal protection equipment.

As they sit in their car with the windows rolled down, nurses in full-body personal protection equipment instruct them to turn their heads, then tilt back slightly, before inserting a swab deep inside both nostrils.

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