Heidi Stevens: How did you get it? And what good are masks if they didn't protect you? Answers to common reader questions about my COVID-19 ordeal.
by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Nov 20, 2020
4 minutes
Earlier this week I wrote about my October COVID-19 diagnosis and subsequent hospitalization, and hundreds of readers have reached out through email and social media with support, questions and a few criticisms.
Thank you sincerely to everyone who wrote. Here, I'm going to try to answer the questions and criticisms that have come up most frequently, in the spirit of us all being in this together.
_How did you catch it?
I truly don't know. I realize that's an uncomfortable answer for people who want to know what mistake I made so they can avoid making the same one — I would have been inclined to ask the same question of someone else,
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