CLOSE TRACING % AND TESTING IN
MID-MARCH HAVE %
ALL CONTRIBUTED. %
>> PICTURE THIS. %
YOU TEST
YOU TEST POSITIVE FOR
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS AND %
ARE NOT SICK %
ENOUGH TO BE
HOSPITALIZED. %
HOSPITALIZED. % 50 DAYS LATER
YOUR FEVER HAS
NOT GONE AWAY. %
IT’S HAPPENING
IT’S HAPPENING TO SOME
TO SOME PATIENTS. %
PATIENTS. % ERICA EDWARDS
ERICA EDWARDS HAS BEEN
HAS BEEN COVERING THE %
LONGTIME
LONGTIME SYMPTOMS OF %
COVID-19. %
COVID-19. % AND YOU TALKED
TO A FEW PEOPLE
WHO TESTED
WHO TESTED POSITIVE. %
POSITIVE. % NOW THEY’RE
NOW THEY’RE TESTING NEGATIVE %
AND STILL HAVE %
SYMPTOMS. %
SYMPTOMS. % WHAT ARE THEY %
TELLING YOU ? %
>> I TALK TO A %
PERSON WHO IS ON %
DAY 51 OF A LOW %
GRADE FEVER,
GRADE FEVER, EXHAUSTION, AND %
FATIGUE. %
FATIGUE. % HE WAKES UP
SWEATING. %
SWEATING. % SHE’S SHIVERING %
SO MUCH THAT HER %
WHOLE BODY IS
SHAKING. %
SHAKING. % BY MORNING SHE %
STARTS TO FEEL A
LITTLE BIT %
BETTER. %
BETTER. % AND THEN THE
SYMPTOMS. %
SYMPTOMS. % IT’S JUST %
ABSOLUTELY %
ABSOLUTELY % MADDENING AND %
WONDERING
WONDERING FRIGHTENINGLY IF %
IT COULD BE
PERMANENT. %
PERMANENT. % I TALKED WITH A %
MAN IN SEATTLE %
WHO IS ALSO
EXPERIENCING %
EXPERIENCING % SYMPTOMS FOR %
WEEKS ON END. %
HE HAD NUMBNESS %
IN HIS ARMS AND %
LEGS AND
LEGS AND SHORTNESS OF
SHORTNESS OF BREATH. %
BREATH. % AND THAT TROUBLE
HAS LANDED HIM
IN THE E.R.
TWICE IN THE
PAST WEEK ALONE. %
THEY ARE IN
THEIR 30s. %
AND NEITHER OF %
THEM HAVE %
UNDERLYING %
UNDERLYING % HEALTH %
HEALTH % CONDITIONS THAT
CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT PUT THEM %
AT GREATER RISK
FOR %
FOR % COMPLICATIONS. %
COMPLICATIONS. % AND SINCE WE
POSTED THAT
POSTED THAT STORY. %
STORY. % I’VE HAD WELL
OVER 100 %
MESSAGES ON E-%
MAIL OR SOCIAL
MEDIA SAYING OH %
MY GOSH, I %
THOUGHT I WAS
THE ONLY ONE. %
I’M NOT ALONE. %
AND PEOPLE ARE %
WRITING IN WITH
SIMILAR LONG-%
SIMILAR LONG-% TERM SYMPTOMS. %
AND THEY DON’T
ONCE WHAT’S
ONCE WHAT’S GOING ON. %
>> TO HEAR IT
HAPPEN -- DO WE %
HAVE ANY IDEA %
WHY THE SYMPTOMS
ARE LASTING SO %
LONG? %
LONG? % >> IT’S WAY TOO
SOON FOR DOCTORS %
TO HAVE A GOOD %
UNDERSTANDING. %
UNDERSTANDING. % THERE’S NO
THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT
EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE
THEY ARE BECOMING
BECOMING INFECTED AGAIN %
OR HAVING A %
SECONDARY %
SECONDARY % INFECTION LIKE %
BACTERIAL %
BACTERIAL % PNEUMONIA A LOT
OF THE FOCUS IS
ON THE SICKEST %
PATIENTS IN
PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE
INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. %
UNITS. % BUT IT’S %
CRITICALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DO
SOME PROPER
SOME PROPER STORIES OF THESE
PHOENIX. %
PHOENIX. % ARE THEIR
ARE THEIR ANTIBODIES
ANTIBODIES PRESENT? %
PRESENT? % ARE CERTAIN %
MEDICATIONS %
MEDICATIONS % HURTING OR
HURTING OR HELPING? %
HELPING? % >> WE KNOW SOME %
OF THE PATIENTS %
HAVE NOT BEEN %
SICK ENOUGH TO %
GO TO THE
GO TO THE HOSPITAL. %
HOSPITAL. % IS THERE %
ANYTHING THEY
ANYTHING THEY CAN DO AT HOME
TO GET SOME
RELIEF? %
RELIEF? % >> YEAH, WELL, %
AS YOU KNOW, %
THERE’S NO %
SPECIFIC
SPECIFIC TREATMENT FOR
TREATMENT FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. %
AND ALL THESE
FOLKS CAN DO AT
THIS POINT IS
TREAT THEIR %
SYSTEMS. %
SYSTEMS. % >> IT MIGHT MEAN %
BLOOD. %
BLOOD. % >> ONE THING IS %
REST. %
REST. % THEY LIE DOWN AT
NIGHT AND THE
SYMPTOMS POP UP %
AND THEY ARE %
OVERCOME WITH
OVERCOME WITH INTENSE FEAR
INTENSE FEAR THAT THEY WILL %
PROGRESSIVELY
PROGRESSIVELY GET WORSE AND
END UP NEEDING
TO BE
TO BE HOSPITALIZED. %
HOSPITALIZED. % THEY HAVE
THEY HAVE TROUBLE %
TROUBLE % SLEEPING. %
SLEEPING. % AND IT’S A %
VICIOUS CYCLE. %
>> FOR ANY OF
OUR VIEWERS WHO %
ARE NOT SURE %
WHEN IT’S
WHEN IT’S APPROPRIATE TO %
GO TO THE
GO TO THE HOSPITAL. %
HOSPITAL. % WHEN SHOULD YOU %
SAY IT’S TIME? %
I GOT TO GO TO %
THE HOSPITAL. %
>> SINGLE
>> SINGLE BIGGEST FACTOR %
THAT YOU NEED TO %
PAY ATTENTION TO %
IS SHORTNESS OF
BREATH. %
BREATH. % IF YOU’RE NOT
ABLE TO TAKE IN %
DEEP BREATHS, %
THAT’S A SIGN TO %
CALL 911. %
THAT’S AN %
EMERGENCY. %
EMERGENCY. % LET’S SAY YOU
HAVE TROUBLE
HAVE TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF
THE CHAIR AND
YOU GET WINDED. %
THAT’S A SIGN TO
CALL SOMEBODY. %
AND THAT WOULD %
BE A CALL TO %
911. %
911. % CHILDREN WILL
CHILDREN WILL LARGELY BEEN
LARGELY BEEN SPARED A LOT OF %
THE COMIX. %
>> PARENTS %
SHOULD WATCH FOR
SPIKES IN FEVER %
AND IF THEY SEEM
OFF. %
OFF. % PARENTS KNOW
PARENTS KNOW WHAT WE’RE
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. %
IF YOUR KID IS
NOT ACTS THE WAY
THEY NORMALLY
THEY NORMALLY DO. %
DO. % THAT IS WORTH A %
CALL TO THE %
PEDIATRICIAN TO %
FIND OUT WHAT’S %
GOING ON. %