This was my brain on COVID

  • This was my brain on COVID
    This was my brain on COVID
  • Chris Murrell treats his headache with a cold compress and his joint aches with heating pads during the throes of his COVID-19 infection. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    Chris Murrell treats his headache with a cold compress and his joint aches with heating pads during the throes of his COVID-19 infection. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL | DISPATCH RECORD
  • This is a candid shot of my bookshelf during the COVID-19 infection experience. The Murrell home became a recovery house for 12 days. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    This is a candid shot of my bookshelf during the COVID-19 infection experience. The Murrell home became a recovery house for 12 days. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL | DISPATCH RECORD
Do you remember the 1980s anti-drug campaign that warned, “This is your brain on drugs,” while they cracked an egg over a sizzling skillet? When I caught COVID-19 last month, a frying egg describes exactly how I felt. My take-away from catching COVID-19 was that everything I believed about it is true: It’s not the plague, but it’s not nothing, either. COVID-19 didn’t affect my body severely,…

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