Author Archives: Sarah Chambers

I appreciate that people are worrying about me but please DO NOT send me articles about people having covid symptoms for life or for years. Don’t tag me either in these type of articles. These news articles actually give people with covid more anxiety and make us feel down, which then lowers our immunity. IContinue reading “Don’t send people with covid articles that they will have symptoms for years”

This is the image of my bed filled with medicine, vitamins, vital monitors, etc. I have to have all these things next to me since it’s difficult to walk. I tried to push myself more yesterday and walked 20-30 seconds and my heart rate jumped to 165. What is all this stuff you ask? Well,Continue reading “COVID IS EXHAUSTING”

ONE symptomatic patient infected 87% of members If you ever get COVID, it’s likely coming from a human droplet, instead of shoes or clothes or boxes or ATMs or groceries https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm

We’re not just #1 in covid deaths, we’re in the lead by a lot. And to those saying the USA population is bigger, NOT TRUE. China has over 4x larger population than the USA. India too. China’s response to covid is an example of what the USA should’ve done:-built more hospitals (China built massive onesContinue reading “USA has the most covid deaths in the world, by a landslide”

Anyone else feel like western medicine is floundering with how to deal with covid, which is one reason the USA has such a high rate of covid and a high rate of death? (And obviously one of the biggest reasons is that we don’t have universal healthcare). USA is one of the few countries inContinue reading “Why does USA have high death rates from covid?”

Most of these are for the Chicagoland area: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f0LPctoh97pUqGimDFm1hx82ZXRYKzYx2LwOv-jwm6U/edit I created this google doc over many weeks of doing research, contacting elected officials, community organizations and helping my students’ families who needed assistance. If you needs support with filling these out, most local aldermen, state representatives, senators and community organizations’ offices are helping families fillContinue reading “Resources (financial, mental health support, etc)”

In this video, I speak about the sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and ageism in the healthcare system. In these covid support groups, I’ve seen thousands of women, ppl of color and Lgbtqia+ folks, who were originally told, “It’s not covid, it’s anxiety.” This discrimination is killing people. Our “for-profit” healthcare system is killing ppl. ManyContinue reading “Stories of sexism in hospitals & strategies of how to protect yourself”

People often mistake COVID for anxiety. For 7-9 days, I thought my difficulty breathing was anxiety. It became worse after waking and at night, when I wa on my back. Could be covid if: -it’s easier to breathe on your belly, harder on your back -harder to breathe after walking. -anxiety medicine that usually worksContinue reading “It might be covid, not anxiety”

🦠 JUST 🦠 BECAUSE 🦠 YOU 🦠 AREN’T 🦠 COUGHING 🦠 AND 🦠 HAVE 🦠 NO 🦠 FEVER, 🦠 DOES 🦠 NOT 🦠 MEAN 🦠 YOU 🦠 DON’T 🦠 HAVE 🦠 PNEUMONIA OR COVID! My pneumonia and covid symptoms were becoming worse and I NEVER had a cough or fever the whole time I’ve hadContinue reading

Video from my first ER visit on April 22nd, 2020: I am a 33 year old, high school special education teacher in Chicago. I’ve had covid for 4-5 weeks and went to the ER 3x. Being one of the first, in my family and friends, to have Covid, I felt very lost, demoralized and confused.Continue reading “About me”