So you’ve got COVID. Here’s what to do | NPR

CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre weighs in on what to do if you or someone you know gets COVID-19:

“…If you are showing signs of a virus (fever, headache, congestion, sore throat, gastrointestinal issues), what you do next might depend on your access to testing, says Dr. Cassandra Pierre, medical director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center and a parent of 4-year-old twins who just had COVID-19.

If you have a decent supply of at-home antigen tests, says Pierre, go ahead and take one as soon as you feel ill. ‘But do not,’ she stresses, ‘use that test as proof-positive that you can go out and interact in society, thinking it’s just a cold.’ Many people are using an early negative test as a false sense of assurance, she says…”

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