'Everything Broke Loose': A Doctor And COVID-19 Survivor Recalls His Ordeal
"I didn't know if each night I would deteriorate and have to go in the hospital, or whether I would survive the night," says Michael Saag, an epidemiologist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Dr. Michael Saag studies diseases for a living. The epidemiologist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, specializes in HIV and AIDS research, so he's familiar with the toll a deadly infection can take on the human body.
No amount of study, however, could have adequately prepared him for having the coronavirus himself.
Almost one month ago, Saag and his son, who is also a physician, came
