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So many of us are wondering what it's really like to have Covid-19, I'm using this thread to post accounts I've found. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3075170/i-was-stupidly-overconfident-south-korean-coronavirus (More to follow in the afternoon...)
Colorado nurse practitioner caught #Covid-19 #coronavirus while traveling and was sick for weeks before tested. https://coloradosun.com/2020/03/14/lisa-merck-coronavirus-crested-butte/
British Diamond Princess travelers Dave and Sally Abel extensively vlogged their on ship quarantine and Japanese hospital experience. In this video Dave goes over his early symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment .
If you’ve found good accounts, please send. For now I’m trying not to post tweet only accounts, unless person is verified. Also only confirmed via testing. Don’t want to mistakenly spread misinformation.
44 year-old American David Lat, formerly active, health and fit, tweets that he's so wiped out from the shortness of breath that it took him over 90 minutes to eat and he can barely make it across the room. https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1240002283594711040?s=20
Rachel Matthews from Frozen II (26 yrs old) talks about her symptoms and remedies on insta: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17881333336548676/?hl=en
Not on insta? Rachel Day1: sore throat, fatigue, headache. D2:mild fever -> horrible body aches, short of breath, major fatigue, no appetite, deep, dry cough. D3:no fever, minor aches, lungs much worse, lost sense of smell + taste. (1/2)
Rachel D5-7: feeling more like self, still short of breath, loss of appetite, fatigue, no taste/smell but overall okay. What she's doing for all this in picture. Or check out her insta...
Asymptomatic carrier Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz 45 described how he is on Good Morning America. A lot of complaints that the Jazz got tested, but w/o the diagnosis he and the others would be out there training, playing, interacting with fans, and infecting many many more.
The Donovan Mitchell excerpt is from a tabloid compilation of "Famous People Who Have Tested Positive Coronavirus Covid-19" here: https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/photos/famous-people-who-have-tested-positive-coronavirus-covid-19-3022493.gallery?photoId=1076680
If you NYT, this comparison of the disease progression for two 29 year old women, nurse Deng Danjing and Dr. Xia Sisi is detailed and interesting - too long to extract in a tweet. Spoiler: both hospitalized; one dies, ultimately of organ failure. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
29 year old music producer Andrew Watt couldn't move out of bed for days, ran a fever. Doc: "flu". Chills, sweats, delirium, dry cough -> emergency room. Chest Xray: "viral pneumonia". No Covid test. Paid private dr to test, yep, positive. More @ his insta https://www.instagram.com/p/B91WLdxHWy6/
22 year old Bjonda Haliti in California tweeted her symptoms and fight to get tested. She thinks she might have gotten it clubbing. Checkout her thread: https://twitter.com/baeonda/status/1240324132723544070?s=20
Daniel Goldman and his wife tested positive, their 3 children not. These prominent New Yorkers could not get tested, apparently they drove to CT with fevers to do so. Correct if I have it wrong. #coronavirus https://twitter.com/danielsgoldman/status/1240757937951444993?s=20
Daniel Dae Kim caught #Covid19 filming in NYC. Returned to HI. Scratchy throat en route. Quarantined self, tried to rest. Chest tightness, body aches, temp rose -> Drive thru testing. Was awkward + painful but worth it. Recovering @ home bedrest, liquids. https://www.instagram.com/p/B97DQshgJIN/
New Orleans Fri 3/6: atty Mark Frilot (45) had fever. Sun: 101.9. Wed: higher. Told: Flu. Tylenol + advil per Dr. Thurs: ER, double pneumonia; by PM ICU. Fri: sedated, paralyzed, intubated. Sat: #coronavirus test. Still on ventilator. Family can't visit. https://nyti.ms/2WsHdCh
28-year-old former Bachelor Colton Underwood: "it's been kicking my ass, just to put it very bluntly."
Underwood described symptoms like not being able walk up a flight of stairs or to the bathroom without getting exhausted. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/coronavirus-bachelor-colton-underwood-tests-positive-1285762
Underwood described symptoms like not being able walk up a flight of stairs or to the bathroom without getting exhausted. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/coronavirus-bachelor-colton-underwood-tests-positive-1285762
Vail mayor Dave Chapin 3/20: I have an underlying health condition, so I’m taking my diagnosis very seriously. [no major symptoms] outside of feeling pretty crummy for a few days...Some people experience mild symptoms but are still contagious to others. https://www.vaildaily.com/news/vails-mayor-reveals-he-has-covid-19-to-stress-the-urgency-to-knock-this-virus-down/
Chula Vista, CA City Councilman Steve Padilla was initially upbeat: "I feel healthy, strong and safe...My symptoms–fever, body aches, headaches, chills–came on very rapidly.” But things worsened. Now in ICU on a respirator to aid with difficulty breathing. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/chula-vista-city-councilmember-reports-positive-test-for-covid-19
Christy Karras, Seattle author: 1st a 5-day long fever -->sinus congestion, headaches, nausea, brain fog. No trouble breathing. Tested + along w/husband & several others from a small gathering. No one appeared sick at the time. Tested by Seattle Flu Study. https://www.seattletimes.com/life/what-i-want-you-to-know-about-coronavirus-from-someone-who-recovered-from-covid-19/
Boston Celtics player Marcus Smart is another asymptomatic #coronavirus carrier in the NBA. He feels fine w/no symptoms, and this is why he wants you to take precautions. You could have it, not know and spread it to others who could be hit hard. https://twitter.com/smart_MS3/status/1240786953924214793?s=20
New Orleans Saints' Head Coach Sean Payton asks everyone to be part of the solution, not the #coronavirus problem. He didn’t feel well & got tested. Resting at home & fatigued, he said he is part of the 20% of COVID19 cases that have no fever and no cough. https://twitter.com/SeanPayton/status/1240751764682522624?s=20
Sen. Paul Rand is the 1st U.S. Senator to test positive. He is asymptomatic and was active and circulating before diagnosis. Two U.S. Representatives also have #coronavirus: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) & Rep. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1241780756617273345?s=20
WashPo article with people of different ages around the country discussing their #coronavirus symptoms. Lot's of diff symptoms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/what-its-like-to-be-infected-with-coronavirus/2020/03/21/92794f4c-6953-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html No paywall.
NY writer Matt O’Brien & his wife both have #COVID19. Both: low fevers 100-100.7; recurring chills; shortness of breath. Him: really sore eyes, aching legs. Her: loss of appetite, sense of taste. Read his thread for their symptoms & testing journey. https://twitter.com/ObsoleteDogma/status/1241825454438387713?s=20
Sen. Amy Klobuchar's husband John has #coronavirus. He kept having a temperature and a bad, bad cough. Coughing up blood & low oxygen levels -> a test, chest X-ray, hospitalization. Now (3/23) has pneumonia and on oxygen but not a ventilator. https://medium.com/@Amy_Klobuchar/statement-from-senator-amy-klobuchar-c4195302844
28-year-old Michael Prendergast, Ireland: I have been so sick & weak I couldn't raise my own head & I've asked myself 'have I been a good person, have I done enough in my life?'...I never thought I would have been so sick. It's been harrowing. https://twitter.com/SMurphyTV/status/1242081930897756161?s=20
NY Times journalist Sarah Maslin Nir has a tweet thread discussing her diagnosis and symptoms. Note the complete loss of sense of taste and smell. https://twitter.com/sarahmaslinnir/status/1241467865255084032?s=21 https://twitter.com/SarahMaslinNir/status/1241467865255084032
Jack Allard, 25-year-old NJ resident & former Bates College All-American lacrosse player is in a medically induced coma & on a ventilator. Hospitalized after a high fever, back pain & throwing up. Before #coronavirus healthy w/no underlying conditions. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/health/coronavirus-drugs-remdesivir.html.
Cameron van der Burgh, Olympic Gold & Silver Medalist after 14 days w/ #COVID19: “still struggling with serious fatigue and a residual cough that I can’t shake. Any physical activity like walking leaves me exhausted for hours.” https://twitter.com/Cameronvdburgh/status/1241825208647983105?s=20
Boston photographer Lara Woolfson, 36, has recovered after being bedridden for 8 days: overcome with intense aches, too fatigued to lift her head. Fever & thirst were constant; breathing shallow; diarrhea. She lost 6 pounds. “This knocked me on my ass." https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/23/metro/she-attended-biogen-conference-got-miserably-sick-came-through-it/
Donald Shipp of First Assemblies of God Church in Greers Ferry, Arkansas begs people to take #coronavirus seriously. 34 who attended a church event 3/5-8 got COVID19. The Deacon & his wife continue to recover themselves after being intensely fatigued. https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/03/24/pastor-arkansas-church-coronavirus-warning-greers-ferry/
Sadly, one of these congregants has died: Bill Barton, 91, a member and door greeter at the 80-member church, died at Conway Regional Medical Center. He is the second of 2 known deaths in Arkansas as a result of #COVID19. https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/mar/25/ill-congregation-struggling-says-church/
Britain’s deputy ambassador to Hungary, Steven Dick, 37, died from #coronavirus 3/24 in a Budapest hospital. Well liked & an exemplary officer, he was originally doing fine in isolation, but bored, when his condition deteriorated rapidly. https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/1242890853384966144?s=20
Famed Chef Floyd Cardoz dead of #Coronavirus at 59. The Top Chef Masters winner 1st went to hospital w/a fever last Wed. “Good food is not only about how it looks on the plate. It’s about how good it makes the person eating it feel.” https://people.com/food/famed-chef-floyd-cardoz-reportedly-dies-of-coronavirus-at-59/
Spain’s 1st doctors to die of #COVID19: 1st, Dr. Isabel Muñoz, 59, tireless rural doctor in Salamanca, beloved & respected by the communities she treated. Died at home awaiting her test results in self-isolation w/what were initially “mild” symptoms. 1/2 https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-03-25/dos-medicos-de-familia-primeros-facultativos-muertos-en-espana-por-coronavirus.html
Spain’s 2nd doctor to die of #COVID19 complications: esteemed family & community medicine doc, Dr. Manuel Barragán, 63, died of double pneumonia in an ICU in Córdoba. 5,400 medical workers have #coronavirus in Spain, **13%** of all cases there. https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-03-25/dos-medicos-de-familia-primeros-facultativos-muertos-en-espana-por-coronavirus.html
Retired researcher, professor & physician John F. Murray, 92, dead from #COVID19 in Paris. Murray helped establish the study of the lung & lung diseases as a distinct field separate from cardiology. Survived by his wife, 2 kids; 4 stepkids & 14 grandkids. https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-03-25/john-murray-pulmonologist-coronavirus-dead
Jackson Browne on his #COVID19: I feel very fortunate. It didn’t knock me out that bad. I have friends who...are quite sick. It just goes to show that you don’t know if you’re going to be one of the ones who gets hit really hard by it. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-03-25/jackson-browne-interview
Ops, I accidentally posted several tweets meant for my coronavirus victims' remembrance thread here. Going to leave them here for those who marked them. Below, continuing with people's accounts of their symptoms and experiences.
UK radio presenter Theo Usherwood, 38, reveals how over 11 days the virus crushed the breath out of him. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/theo-usherwood-on-coronavirus-i-gasped-for-life-at-38-i-might-never-see-my-son-again-fgr5lr8z0
Denver pastor, Air Force vet Rev. Terrance Hughes, critically ill with #COVID19 related lung & kidney damage after 3 weeks unconscious on ventilator. Virus taking over his body & heart. "An unflinching champion of the poor, the oppressed, the vulnerable." https://twitter.com/alex_burness/status/1244070974317879299?s=20
Peter Tuchman, widely photographed stock trader has #coronavirus: “I am battling it pretty hard never felt so sick in my life...Great team of drs no breathing problems that’s a good thing all the other problems that’s a bad thing ... send prayers.” https://www.ajc.com/news/national/wall-street-stock-broker-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/fjf6b9Z8t9BJjXuZ9aioBN/
Neil Ferguson, UK. Infectious disease modeller/epidemiologist modeling the virus in the UK. Director of J-IDEA and the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis. Tested because of recent proximity to people leading the UK response. https://twitter.com/neil_ferguson/status/1240171876695117824?s=20
ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke’s symptoms started w/ headache & tiredness. Her main symptom has been extreme fatigue: 3 days of not being able to be out of bed more than 5 minutes. So far she has not had the respiratory symptoms that #COVID19 brings to mind. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-analyst-doris-burke-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-opens-up-about-her-symptoms-and-experience/
NYC paramedic Christell Cadet, 34, fighting for her life on mechanical ventilation https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-fdny-paramedic-young-virus-20200324-74tadm2skjb7zeuwb2xhwvtfoi-story.html
UK Shiraz Maher, Lecturer, War Studies, Kings College London. Blood pressure spike, couldn’t get ambulance. https://twitter.com/ShirazMaher/status/1243554352943583232?s=20
Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care and MP for West Suffolk tweets about his #coronavirus experience https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1243522325397622784?s=20
Bennie Adkins, Medal of Honor recipient, has #coronavirus https://twitter.com/AirForceTimes/status/1243538385836310528?s=20
Dr. Melissa Geraghty with #COVID19 https://twitter.com/MindfulDrG/status/1242927015440703488?s=20
Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister. By now you've probably heard that he has #COVID19. Here is his tweet announcing his #coronavirus status. https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200?s=20
USA: Geto Boy rapper Scarface (Brad Jordan, 49) on his over 3-week ordeal w/ #COVID19: "This (stuff) is not fake. It is not fake.” Felt like an "elephant was sitting on my chest". Improved w/ complications to his kidneys, heart & lungs.
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South Florida ER nurse & young mother Herine Baron made a series of YouTube videos chronicling her #coronavirus illness. Panick and fear of her exposure at work and PPE issue. High fever, pneumonia, shortness of breath. Nurses afraid to enter her room.
Rapper Slim Thug: headache, fever->shortness of breath. Doc gave hydroxychloroquine & a Z-Pak. Breathing in steam helped open lungs. "This isn’t a game. This is real life. If you can’t take that seriously then…you can’t take anything seriously." #COVID19 https://thesource.com/2020/03/29/exclusive-slim-thug-shares-update-on-his-condition-after-contracting-covid-19-2/
Spanish actress, Itziar Ituño, 45, star of Money Heist. Fever & dry cough, but fortunate to have a mild case. “There are many lives in play and we still don’t know where this will go…It is the time for solidarity and generosity.”
https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a31789752/money-heist-itziar-ituno-raquel-coronavirus/ #coronavirus #covid19
https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a31789752/money-heist-itziar-ituno-raquel-coronavirus/ #coronavirus #covid19
In Boulder, CO Beth Arellano tweets her symptoms, which fit a pattern being seen by docs here. Note, the sharp stomach pain and cramping. Though she was in agony (pain, constant need 4 asthma inhaler) this is considered "mild" for #COVID19 https://twitter.com/libraryfemme/status/1244476819232804864?s=20 #coronavirus
Chris Cuomo, broadcaster, NY tweeted his #COVID19 3/31: Had fever, chills, shortness of breath. Got tested after being exposed to people who tested positive. Is quarantined in his basement, apart from his family. Calls for unity to beat #coronavirus. https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo/status/1245011007711465478?s=20
Amanda Antoine, medical assistant in Ottawa. Her #coronavirus diagnosis was devastating. She worried for her husband and kids. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/eastern-ontario-health-care-worker-opens-up-about-covid-19-diagnosis-1.4874735
TSN's Good Wilson @gordwilson was symptomatic for 9-10 days before got his test results. Heavy chest, muscle and joint ache. Shortness of breath/lack of energy came shortly after that followed by temporary loss of smell and taste senses.
https://twitter.com/CTVOttMornLive/status/1244605336746688513?s=20 #coronavirus
https://twitter.com/CTVOttMornLive/status/1244605336746688513?s=20 #coronavirus
Actor Greg Rikaar: “I am a pretty healthy 43-year-old who doesn't smoke, doesn't drink much, eats well & exercises regularly & this has been the hardest experience of my life." 11-day fever, difficulty breathing, 1st misdiagnosed w/pneumonia.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/entertainment/the-young-and-the-restless-greg-rikaar-coronavirus/index.html #COVID19
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/entertainment/the-young-and-the-restless-greg-rikaar-coronavirus/index.html #COVID19
State Sen. Paul Rosino, (R)-Oklahoma City: he is recovering from #COVID19 & doing well. After starting to feel sick he strictly followed the recs of public health officials to stay home, self-isolate & contact a doctor. He urges others to do the same. https://www.newson6.com/story/41934797/oklahoma-senator-paul-rosino-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-covid19
Adria Mallett, 28 in Oklahoma: cough, fever, headache, stomach cramps-> test. Rough 1st days, but mild compared to those hospitalized. Hardest part not being able to see her 2 sons. “Stay calm, prepare yourself…Pray for everybody and stay positive.” https://www.newson6.com/clip/15037477/bristow-woman-with-coronavirus-covid-19-hopes-oklahomans-take-virus-seriously
With the hindsight of recover after near-death time on a ventilator -David Lat shares the treatment for his case in this thread. https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/1247364657234481152?s=20
