Column: Summer plagued by COVID-19
Content note: This is an opinion article and should be taken as such. The contents of this article are the opinions of the writer and are not the beliefs of the staff, student body or institution.
Many of our summer breaks included working, spending time with immediate family (due to social distancing) and wearing masks. What not everyone experienced is actually having the coronavirus.
However, I and our Editor-in-Chief experienced COVID-19. I am naturally immunocompromised due to low lung capacity, severe asthma and other chronic illnesses.
When I started feeling ill, I felt like death. I knew that something was very wrong. My sister had already contracted the virus and I was quarantining, but somehow I got the virus. It spreads so quickly.
I quarantined for 14 days and still felt horrible. Even after quarantining, I was testing still positive and was told I could possibly test positive for up to three months with the virus just in my system.
I am still experiencing the effects of the virus, with daily fatigue and naps. Now I am on a daily regimen of additional inhalers.
Just in case you think it is, COVID-19 is no joke.
