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Ventilator Blues: An Interview with Sara C. Jacoby, A Covid-19 Positive Oklahoman

1:16 PM EDT on August 3, 2020

“We did everything we could…and we still got it.”

Those words from Oklahoma City resident Sara C. Jacoby struck a particular nerve with me. A self-avowed “over-masker,” around twenty-five days ago she was diagnosed with Covid-19, possibly from an area grocery store that, when she called to let them know, hung up on her. If this virus can attack someone like her, what chance do the rest of us have?