Many students and staff have gotten tested for the Coronavirus, but some even have tested positive.

Students like Rory Montreuil saw the signs of possibly having Coronavirus, then tested later on and found out he was COVID-positive.

“I was down at Indianapolis at a basketball tournament when I started to lose my sense of taste and smell,” said senior Rory Montreuil. “At first, I thought it was my allergies acting up, so I just ignored it and played the games with my team in our tournament. When I got home, I still couldn’t taste anything and my mom thought that I possibly had COVID. So we both went to urgent care and from there I got tested very quickly.”

The COVID test consists of having a doctor or nurse swab a Q-Tip into your nostrils, from there they will contact you in a few days to let you know if you are COVID positive or not.

There is also a rapid test that you can take, your results come back in 15 minutes, but they are not as accurate.

“After five days, I got the call from the doctor that I tested positive for COVID-19. The only positives out of this was that I got to spend a lot of time by myself and have time to relax and I got to enjoy playing video games. I also just spent my days outside, I went on walks, I shot baskets in my driveway, and I worked out a lot, too,” said Montreuil. “The negatives were that I didn’t know who I might have infected during those days before I got tested, I had the fear that I gave it to somebody else. Overall, I was lucky to have the easier symptoms to deal with, but everyone’s body will react a different way, so I know that it is very important to still socially distance and try to stay safe until this pandemic is over.”