I Wrote This At 4am - Sick With Covid

I'm so sorry to hear you're dealing with COVID!

— Written at 4:17 AM, Day 6 of COVID, from a couch that has become a boat adrift on a sea of used tissues. i wrote this at 4am sick with covid

But here is the secret:

So drink your Gatorade. Change your sweat-soaked shirt. Take your next dose of meds. Put on the most boring documentary you can find (I recommend one about paint drying—seriously, it helps you sleep). And know that somewhere out there, a 4 AM comrade is coughing, typing, and surviving right alongside you. I'm so sorry to hear you're dealing with COVID

: Some reviewers believe these "little packets of human interaction" were essential for processing collective anxiety. Day 6 of COVID