My month after COVID

It’s been about a month since I came down with COVID-19, after nearly three years of researching the virus. Since the aftermath is interesting from medical and public health perspectives, I thought I’d continue to share my story here. It’s one snapshot of recovery.

The main effect I’ve experienced of having had COVID is fatigue. For the first three weeks after exiting lockdown huge waves of fatigue would hit me. Sometimes they would hit after I’d done what I used to consider minor or trivial amounts of physical activity: making dinner for the house, vacuuming a floor. Sometimes intellectual…