“I slept 19 hours a day, and it still didn’t feel like enough.” Thoka Maer, 35, illustrated our collection of first-person accounts from people like her who were also sickened by the coronavirus — in many cases severely. nyti.ms/2WzA01S
We asked people who have recovered, what’s it like having the coronavirus?
“I’ve never felt so bizarre,” Kadambari Wade, 44, said. “My body felt like it was not my own.” nyti.ms/2LiWLSB
“I’ve never felt so bizarre,” Kadambari Wade, 44, said. “My body felt like it was not my own.” nyti.ms/2LiWLSB
David Lat, 44, could barely walk or stand when he started to experience Covid-19 symptoms. “But luckily, I had enough strength to make it to my nearest emergency room, which is where I belonged,” he said. nyti.ms/2LiWLSB
Though her sister kept telling her to fight, “All I could do was pray because my body had gone kaput,” LaToya Henry, 43, said of her bout with Covid-19. nyti.ms/2LiWLSB
“The thing that makes this so scary is that it is not linear, and the recovery is not linear,” David Hammer, 45, said after he had recovered from the coronavirus. nyti.ms/2LiWLSB
Read more about how it actually feels to have Covid-19, from people who’ve had it. nyti.ms/2LiWLSB
Read in Spanish what it feels like to have Covid-19:
Todos conocemos los síntomas clínicos del coronavirus, pero ¿qué se siente cuando lo tienes? nyti.ms/2zcA6EH
Todos conocemos los síntomas clínicos del coronavirus, pero ¿qué se siente cuando lo tienes? nyti.ms/2zcA6EH
