What to Do if You Have COVID

A guide for preparing for illness, preventing spread to others, managing symptoms, and recovery

Jan 11, 2023

We’ve been asked about this a lot and are happy to announce that the guide is finally here! It’s been a labor of love, and for some of us, unfortunate first hand experience. We hope that you won’t need this guide much, but in case you or your loved ones do, please use it to prepare for illness, prevent transmission to others, manage your symptoms, and recover safely from COVID.

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Here’s a sneak preview of the resources in the guide:

This is a template of a diary for tracking COVID symptoms. The page header has room for you to fill in dates: "Date of Exposure (if known)," "First Day of Symptoms," and "Today." The top two-thirds of the page has a few subsections. On the left, there is a box labeled Energy Levels with an image of a battery for you to color in your energy level and a box below it labeled Pain Level with an image of a lightning bolt for you to color in your pain level. On the right, it has a checklist of symptoms including sore throat, coughing, sneezing, headache, fever, muscle aches & pains, loss/change of smell, congestion, and other that has a blank. It also has a fillable area for medications taken in the morning or afternoon. Finally, there is a testing section where you can circle which test you took--rapid or PCR and your test results. In the bottom one-third of the page, there is a section for any notes you want to take, followed by two reminders: "If you experience low blood oxygen levels, chest pain, or difficulty breathing, please seek immediate medical attention." and "Rest is key to recovery. Avoid physical and mental strain as much as possible while you are sick and in the weeks following."

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What to Do if You Have COVID

A guide for preparing for illness, preventing spread to others, managing symptoms, and recovery