The Guilt, Anxiety, and Shame That Can Come With a Covid-19 infection

Elad Simchayoff talked to people about the symptoms of Covid-19 that people don’t always talk about—the emotional toll of finding out you got the virus and may have passed it to others. One person said:

The first 24 hours were spent calling patients and friends, telling them I’m positive and that they need to go into isolation. It was terrible. A day before I was diagnosed, I took a car ride with a good friend who’s pregnant. It was a short trip and unfortunately, we weren’t 100% following guidelines. My biggest…