Some Covid-19 patients are struggling to get doctors to listen. Here's why | Fiona Lowenstein

The narrative is that Covid-19 patients are either hospitalized near death, or ride out a mild' Covid flu at home. The reality is more complex

This spring, I wrote an essay for the New York Times about my experience as a young, apparently healthy person hospitalized by a brutal attack of Covid-19. After my essay came out, I was contacted by media outlets all over the world. In many ways, I was the perfect person to raise awareness about the virus: my initial symptoms neatly fit the CDC description; I was young and lacked pre-existing conditions; and I could prove my diagnosis via a positive Covid-19 test.

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