Diana Berrent started Survivor Corps to connect recovered patients with medical researchers who need their help.
, who woke up that day in March with a 102-degree fever and the feeling like an “anvil” was lying on her chest.The 45-year-old photographer and self-proclaimed “news junkie” had begun canceling nonessential appointments starting in February due to concerns about the spread of the. After attending a meeting with eight other people in early March, during which there was “no physical contact,” she developed what she believed were symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
“At that point, there were only a handful of people in Nassau County who had tested positive,” she said. “And none of the identities of those people had been released. Nassau County is a really big place. It’s like saying someone else in Upper Manhattan has it. How could I possibly prove I had exposure to someone who has it if you’re not testing anybody?”
“You know, [my experience is] not really a scalable solution for the world,” she said, but it left her feeling hopeful that in sharing the results, she might at least help mitigate the spread of the virus in her community. When she saw an email circulating from New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital looking for volunteer survivors to donate blood and plasma, her focus shifted.
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