March 30, 2020 39couldn’t pick my head up. And then I
get on the plane. I’d say maybe within
an hour and a half, two hours, I start
to feel a little bit delirious. When I got
home to Long Island, I passed out in my
bed, and I woke up with a fever of 102.7.
It was like, “You’re going to the hospi-
tal.” There a security guard with a face
mask greeted me at the door. And they
pretty quickly got a doctor out to me and
took me into a nearby room to quaran-
tine me. Then on Sunday they said, “The
test you got is positive.”
Physically I feel fine. Emotionally I’m
painfully bored. I’m halfway through the
14-day isolation. This is the longest I’ve
ever been inside. I’m a junior in college, so
I’m studying for the LSATs right now. I’ve
been doing a lot of that. Watched a couple
of movies, a lot of YouTube videos.Steven Avila, a 30-year-old consultant and
cancer survivor based in New York City,
describes the creep of symptoms that even-
tually landed him a diagnosis of coronavirus.
About two weeks ago I had body aches, felt like
something was coming on. The following day I
woke up with chills and sweats. At urgent care
the flu test came back negative and my lungs
were clear, so they said go home, here’s ibupro-
fen, rest, drink fluids. I did that for five days, and
my fever did not subside, and I felt this pressure
in my chest. I called back urgent care, and they
recommended I go to the emergency room for a
COVID -19 test. I didn’t want to get on the subwayor take an Uber. So I ended up walking. I am now
at home under quarantine for two weeks. It’s been
pretty miserable between the fever and the body
aches and the coughing. I was completely immobi-
lized for a week. But so many people have offered
to bring me food, make sure I have everything at
the house. I’ve been really encouraged, but I miss
being outside.Grand Princess cruise passengers Teresa Duncan
Johnson and her husband, John, of Augusta, Ga.,
were quarantined at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in
Marietta, Ga., until March 14 after the cruise ship,
carrying 21 people infected with the virus, was final-
ly allowed to dock on March 9.
As long as we put on our masks, we can leave
our room and walk around, something we
couldn’t do on the ship. We are staying mostly
in our rooms to limit exposure. They bang on
the doors early for breakfast—and temperatureWhen it comes to trying to rein in
a fast-spreading global pandemic,
there’s probably nobody more
experienced than 79-year-old
Dr. Anthony Fauci. The veteran
scientist, who now serves as
director of the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
has battled a range of epidemics
from HIV to Ebola during his more
than half-century career and
is widely regarded as the nation’s
leading expert on infectious
diseases. “Tony is the most widely
known and universally respectedperson in public health in the
United States and probably the
world,” says Mike Leavitt,
a former Secretary of Health and
Human Services under President
George W. Bush. Fauci, who
has become the face of the White
House’s coronavirus task force,
is admired for his ability to
explain science and “stick just
to the facts,” says Leavitt.
“He’s like a seasoned first sergeant
that higher-ranking officers
find indispensable when they’re
under attack.”DR. FAUCI: ‘JUST THE FACTS’
COVID-19 is just one of many epidemics this veteran immunologist has tackled in his careerIsolation
As a 21-year-old
with no underlying
conditions, Max
Schulman (in
quarantine at his
parents’ home on
Long Island) says
he’s recovering
from a “not serious”
case of coronavirus,
which he believes
he caught while
on spring break in
Spain. “Obviously
if I spread it to
Grandma, it’s a huge
issue,” he adds.P13COR8A.indd 39 FINAL 3/17/20 3:37 AM