My family caught COVID-19. Here's what I wish I'd known

This is a First Person column by Meaghan Blanchard, an award-winning songwriter and digital marketing manager based in Prince Edward Island. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.

This past weekend, my husband, my one-year-old son and I contracted the COVID-19 virus while in Charlottetown for work.

We had booked an Airbnb, which lined up with a music event we were scheduled to perform at, and planned to keep things simple and be outdoors as much as possible.

We stayed two nights, and during that time went to a single grocery store and a liquor store (OK, two liquor