The guidelines for how to keep others safe are also muddled. My discharge instructions told me I’d need to be retested before I could be determined noncontagious. But, when I reached out to the Department of Health as instructed, I was told I couldn’t be tested. Instead, I was told to wait seven days from the first day of symptoms and to make sure the last three days were fever-free, but the department representative put me on hold several times to confirm these details, and neither of us seemed very confident in the instructions. I’ve since learned of a patient in Singapore who despite feeling fine continues to test positive after 34 symptom-free days in confinement. Contagion guidelines seem to vary widely across the world.

It makes sense that the details of recovery are still mostly being shared in private messages and on social media. After all, while infection rates increase, the newness of the virus means that there still isn’t anyone in the world who can report on what life is like six — or even four — months post-symptoms. But while our primary task must be devoting resources to our most endangered Covid-19 patients, we also need to begin thinking about all stages of this pandemic. More robust attention to understanding the recovery process will help survivors grapple with the inevitable physical and mental health burdens of reintegrating into society, and can aid us all in preparing for the next stage of this crisis. After all, the community of coronavirus survivors is a group that will only continue to grow.

The media can help by portraying what the months and weeks after contracting coronavirus will look like for people who are infected. Those of us not working on the front lines in hospitals can do our part by virtually connecting with friends who are recovering, educating ourselves on their needs, and sharing their stories. Employers will need to reconsider expectations of Covid-19 survivors, and we can expect disability law to be tested. A wave of chronically ill and slow-healing survivors is an inevitability we can and must prepare ourselves for.

Darkness and confusion have characterized much of the past month, and certainly define the experience of being sick with coronavirus — I can tell you that firsthand. Let’s not let misinformation and isolation define how we heal.

Fiona Lowenstein is a producer and yoga teacher and the founder of the queer feminist wellness collective Body Politic.

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