Josefina Andrade felt her chest closing in as she walked up a flight of stairs to catch a ride home after work last month on the L. At times, she said it felt like her chest was tightening. In other moments, it felt like it was being pulled apart.
Her throat hurt. Congestion followed, along with coughing bouts that would last for minutes, and pain in her stomach. Andrade tested positive for COVID-19, and even though she was fully vaccinated and boosted, she was scared. Last year, a personal injury attorney she worked for fielded calls from clients who wanted private autopsies for their loved ones who had died of COVID-19.
