BALTIMORE — Kels Rosario tested positive for COVID-19 before there was a vaccine and again after he got the shots. He suspects an illness at the beginning of the pandemic also was caused by the coronavirus.
One bout was enough to send him to the hospital four times and turn his mild asthma into a persistent lung issue requiring him to breathe in medication morning and night through a portable inhaler. He also has such “puffers” at the ready around his home and car and at friends’ houses.
“They’re stashed everywhere because I feared I wouldn’t get to one in time,” he said. “With the weather a little colder, I use them a little more frequently during the week.”
