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A spread: the page to the left sectioned in half lengthways so that the upper half features an illustration on a light blue background, the lower half a drawing on a light pink/peach background. The upper illustration is of rooftops of some buildings, cars driving on a winding road next to it as well as the word (in red) "view" positioned in the upper right corner of the drawing. The lower illustration is of a (likely, medical) device, with the word "spirometer" (in red, at the upper left corner of this half). The text below the upper illustration reads,'"Pneumonia," came the diagnosis, attributed to the typically mild mHPV virus. I spent several days in the hospital. I was given IV fluids, an antibiotic, and a spirometer, a therapeutic device to rebuild my lung capacity.' The text under the lower illustration reads, 'Upon release I was told to expect an extended convalescence. I was never tested for Covid-19. Test or no, I was one of the lucky ones.' The page to the right consists of a line drawing of an owl, to the left of which is the word "nocturne" in red. The background is yellow. Below this illustration, along the bottom of the page, is the text: 'At night during my illness, and briefly after returning home, I was comforted by soothing hoots from the great horned owl roosting in my neighbor's tree, a creature I have never seen. We settled in to wait out the plague.'

Pneumonia Lessons

final spread; about a Covid-19 scare, published in Plague Journal Vol. 2, Detroit.

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D.B. Dowd

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