Coronavirus update: Survivors describe what its like to have COVID-19 |Morgan Cook

<p>In the days after the March 3 primary, Democratic political insiders met to socialize and organize for what was expected to be a bruising November contest.</p><p>They were unaware that a far more formidable opponent was already in their midst.</p><p>Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Padilla was the first among his political circle to announce he had fallen ill with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Within a week of Padilla’s March 14 announcement, he was fighting for his life, and another person in the circle, Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, was critically ill in intensive care.</p><p><br /></p><p>Story: <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/story/2020-04-05/whats-it-like-to-have-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/story/2020-04-05/whats-it-like-to-have-covid-19</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Watch the episode of the COVID diaries: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhSzg0qHdSk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhSzg0qHdSk</a></p>