I survived swine flu as a teenager, and it taught me one crucial lesson about life during an epidemic: don't panic
that generated global panic and anxiety similar to today's fears about the new coronavirus. It's called "swine flu" because lab tests showed it to be similar to a flu virus most commonly found in pigs, according to theI remember reading a flurry of news articles and watching TV segments about the swine flu, but as a naïve 10th grader, I never thought it was something I could catch. But then I started to get sick.
I had been getting progressively sicker with flu-like symptoms for several days when my mother decided to take me to the pediatrician. Through a simple swab test, I got confirmation of what I feared: It was swine flu. I felt anxious, sitting in the car with my mother, calling my father and telling him about the diagnosis. "What are we going to do?" my parents said.
I spent more than a week quarantined in my bedroom with severe symptoms like vomiting, sore throat, and a high fever. My mom and dad were told by their officesAn alert email was issued to all of the parents at my high school. I missed more than a week of school and all of my final exams. I laid in bed for days sweating from a fever and struggling to breathe.
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