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A Florida man who thought the coronavirus was "a fake crisis" has changed his mind after he and his wife contracted COVID-19.Brian Hitchens, a rideshare driver who lives in Jupiter, downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus in Facebook posts in March and April.Brian Hitchens (WPTV)"I'm honoring what our government says to do during this epidemic…

A Florida man who thought the coronavirus was "a fake crisis" has changed his mind after he and his wife contracted COVID-19.Brian Hitchens, a rideshare driver who lives in Jupiter, downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus in Facebook posts in March and April.Brian Hitchens.WPTV"I'm honoring what our government says to do during this epidemic but…

In a recent discussion about Covid-19 with a medical professional, she asked me about any changes in the appearance of my toes. Initially, I thought I'd misheard her. Understandably confused, I asked why. Was this a symptom of coronavirus I hadn't yet heard about? “Yes, it’s something we are hearing a lot about,” came the answer. It is…

Three separate observational studies analyzed the use of certain blood pressure medicine that some coronavirus patients might be taking and concluded that the drugs aren’t risk factors for COVID-19. The drugs the doctors analyzed are angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), which some people believed might impact the ACE2 protein that the virus binds…

Photo: Rana Zoe Mungin/ wellesleyunderground.com Rana Zoe Mungin, a 30-year-old teacher from East New York, died on April 27 due to complications from the coronavirus. She had been on a ventilator at Mount Sinai Hospital. But more than a month earlier, she reportedly tried multiple times to get treatment for what she feared were coronavirus…