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LISTEN: What's it like to have COVID-19? Doctors and callers explain.

Alaska Public Media | By Zachariah Hughes

Published December 7, 2020 at 11:07 AM AKST

Red billowy objexxt with blue rods latching onto them — A scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with particles of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Image captured from a patient sample at a federal lab in Maryland. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

As COVID-19 spreads freely through the state, more Alaskans have either had it or know someone who has. We want to know what your experience has been. What were your symptoms? Did you recover at home or in the hospital?

Join host Dr. Justin Clark and community physicians. Please call in with your comments and questions.

HOST: Dr Justin Clark, MD, FACS

GUESTS:

Dr. Ben Westley, M.D.
Dr. Tracy Slager, DO, ATC

LINKS:

Alaska’s COVID dashboard
CDC's COVID page
FDA update

PARTICIPATE:

Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast (10:00 – 11:00am)
Send email to lineone@alaskapublic.org before, during or after the live broadcast (e-mails may be read on air)
Post your comment or question below (comments may be read on air)

LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, December, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT

LINE ONE’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:

Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic offer extensive health information libraries
MedlinePlus has a guide to finding reliable health information on the internet
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies

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