ORLANDO, Fla. – At 42, Terry Greear was active and healthy, an elementary school PE teacher who loved to run around with his students, practice lacrosse and basketball with his sons and coach soccer at a local high school.
Then he got COVID-19.
It was January, and he was not yet eligible for a vaccine. Less than a week after testing positive for the coronavirus, “Coach Beard” — his facial hair is so long and thick he would hang Christmas ornaments on it during the holidays — was struggling to breathe.