What should you do if you get infected with Covid?
Of oximeters, throat lozenges, and maybe some bourbon
I’m a Boston-based cancer doctor and I’ve been writing weekly fact-based-no-blame-no-rumors-all-science-all-the-time essays about Covid-19 since March 2020.
You can read my views on why to get your cold symptoms tested here — or about boosters here — or you can read about vaccines/anti-vaxxers throughout history here
So you got the dreaded email/phone call: you’ve got the Covid. Maybe you’re completely asymptomatic, or maybe you’re already sick. No matter what, it’s a rough moment.
Fundamentally, this positive test means you are infected and infectious (contagious) and you need to stay home for at least ten days after your positive test or symptoms.
If you are vaccinated, chances are you’re not going to get super sick.
But if you are unvaccinated, there is no way of telling what might happen, and you should “prepare for the worst and hope for the best.”
So what should you specifically do?
a) Call your doctor. Let them know you’re positive and see what they have to say.
b) Then call everybody you’ve had close contact with the last few days. They need to watch for…
