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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:39 PM Jun 2020

When he tested positive for coronavirus, he prepared for 2 weeks of misery.

Months later, he was still sick.

Scott Krakower started getting the chills and sweats at his Long Island home in mid-April. He thought it was a cold, until he couldn’t taste anything.

Once the coronavirus test came back positive, Krakower, a medical expert in child and adolescent psychiatry, prepared himself for two weeks of misery. But now, almost three months later, he still gets those chills. He also has a cough, shortness of breath and trouble eating and swallowing.

Krakower, 40, is part of a growing group of COVID-19 patients who are suffering from its symptoms for weeks, and even months, after the standard recovery time.

“Most people get the virus and after a few weeks their symptoms resolve,” said Dr. Robert Glatter, emergency physician at Lenox hill Hospital in New York City. “We’re seeing a different spectrum where people don’t recover, and they have symptoms from weeks to months.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tested-positive-coronavirus-prepared-2-123009299.html
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When he tested positive for coronavirus, he prepared for 2 weeks of misery. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Brad's got that virus right now! denem Jun 2020 #1
Me May Soon Be Spending More Time With Family ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #3
Parscale tested positive? (n/t) SMC22307 Jun 2020 #5
Nope. He's preparing for two weeks of misery. denem Jun 2020 #6
Gotcha. Might not take two weeks... SMC22307 Jun 2020 #7
The one person in my social group who got it really bad... Salviati Jun 2020 #2
How sad. Lenox Hill COVID episode to be released 6/24 on Netflix... SMC22307 Jun 2020 #4

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
3. Me May Soon Be Spending More Time With Family
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jun 2020

I can only imagine the tantrum that comes later tonight!

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
7. Gotcha. Might not take two weeks...
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 09:05 PM
Jun 2020

I imagine Nepotism Barbie and the greasy (adult) sons aren't happy.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
2. The one person in my social group who got it really bad...
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:44 PM
Jun 2020

... has had a significant amount of nerve damage in his arm. At worst it was down to about 20% of normal function, now it's back up to about 60% about 10 weeks later, it might be a year before it's back to full function.

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