In spite of experiencing classic Covid-19 symptoms, including blinding headaches, aching joints, a sore throat and loss of taste and smell, I refused to accept that I had the virus.
Wallowing in denial, I self-medicated with painkillers and continued going to work without breathing a word of my symptoms to my colleagues.
Fear can be dangerous if allowed to override one’s judgment. It’s a fact I understood on an intellectual level, but not on an emotional scale until that fateful morning when I walked out of an editorial meeting.
In spite of experiencing classic Covid-19 symptoms, including blinding headaches, aching joints, a sore throat and loss of taste and smell, I refused to accept that I had the virus, especially since I had taken preventive measures against the disease.
