On the one hand, Covid-19 is clearly still with us. In the U.S., over the past month there was a weekly average of557 deaths, though the numbers are dropping sharply, from 849 four weeks ago to 208 last week. On the other, for those who are not vulnerable or immune compromised, ...
The use of the word unprecedented has been pervasive over the past few weeks, but unlike many recent trends where words are hyperbolically misused ("literally", I’m looking at you), the word is profoundly apt. What is happening right now is absolutely without precedent. We can look to pas...
of course, some could be sick with COVID-19. Their lungs are damaged, and they need ventilators. Nurses look after them—but so do pulmonologists, respiratory therapists and infectious disease specialists, among others.
I was the sickest I’ve been in four years (COVID). I had a fever (105F), and I felt icy cold. I was shivering so hard that my teeth were chattering, and I was sweating profusely at the same time. In my fucked-up zombie state, I tried to go get a glass of water. I fell...