Collected Item: “Ann Wallace's First Person Account of Having COVID-19”
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Ann Wallace's First Person Account of Having COVID-19
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News Story
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Ann Wallace, a college professor at Jersey City College, contracted COVID-19 and writes that, despite having a "mild case," she has yet to recover after several months. She discusses the stigma of contracting the virus, and the fact that people don't believe that she is still sick.
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first person account, COVIDSurvivor, illness, health, recovery, sickness, stigma, fakingit
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sick-coronavirus-symptoms-what-to-know_n_5ef0d697c5b68f12e4e526e1
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Ann E. Wallace
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2020-06-24