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John's Own Possible Case and a Friend's Father's Death

from Emergency Broadcast - Corona Call-Ins #2 · #2

2 min

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John recounts his own mysterious illness that may have been COVID, and Tim brings up a friend's healthy 63-year-old father who died four days after contracting the virus.

In this bit3 moments
  • Tim got diagnosed with strep a week and a half ago after an urgent care test came back positive, though he thinks the cough wasn't actually a strep symptom.
  • His cough gets worse when he drinks water or eats, which he finds odd and wonders why that happens.
  • Tim says he's recovering now, sleeping better, and his temperature has dropped from 99.4 to 97.9 degrees.

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