Healing From COVID-19

Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 11 a.m.

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In this special ITT episode,\\xa0Maria\\xa0shares her\\xa0story\\xa0of healing from\\xa0COVID-19. She reconnects with friend and actress\\xa0Debi Mazar, who was a guide and support throughout her journey. Then she brings together a group of women of color including\\xa0Amanda Alc\\xe1ntara,\\xa0Futuro Media\'s digital editor,\\xa0Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE, and\\xa0Stacey Monroe, a trans advocate and community organizer. They share about making it through this illness, the ancestral knowledge that carried them, and being in community with one another.\\xa0 This episode was reported and produced by In the Thick\'s New York Women\\u2019s Foundation IGNITE! Fellow,\\xa0Harsha Nahata. ITT Staff Picks: - Nicole Karlis writes for Salon\\xa0about a Facebook support group for\\xa0COVID-19 survivors that now has tens of thousands of members. - "The list of lingering maladies from\\xa0COVID-19 is longer and more varied than most doctors could have imagined," writes Jennifer Couzin-Frankel,\\xa0in this article for Science Mag\\xa0about the lasting impacts of\\xa0COVID-19. - In this\\xa0story\\xa0for Texas Public Radio, Ben Henry reports on survivors experiencing fear and distrust from neighbors, friends, and strangers long after their recovery. Photo credit: AP Photo/Eric Gay \\xa0

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