“I'm old enough to remember the polio epidemic. I must have been six or seven years old. We had it really bad in Caldwell County and I have relatives who are still paralyzed from it. I was very young, but I do remember schools being closed, which was a big thing.”

“Compared to MS, my COVID experience is nothing. I've had a cold that was worse. It was just an inconvenience.”

“I had the symptoms, but I didn't have the battle.”

“I wasn't that sick. I just wasn't feeling the best.”

“One night I laid down and I couldn't get up the next morning. I couldn’t move nothing.”

“When I got sick in March, I felt ‘cured’ after being treated with a mystery substance in a Yale study. But, six months later I’m still dealing with issues — like double vision and an irregular heartbeat.”

“I feel like I've dodged a bullet and I want to know why.”