Australian broadcaster Karen Tighe's recovery after contracting viral encephalitis
22 Feb, 2021 03:23 AM
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Australian sports broadcaster Karen Tighe. Photo / Supplied via news.com.au
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By: Natalie Brown
Most people will look back on 2020 and remember it as a year defined by the discovery of an unknown disease, the race to learn more about it, and – for some – dealing with a slate of side effects long after their diagnosis.
Nobody knows this better, perhaps, than renowned ABC sports broadcaster Karen Tighe – though the last 12 months for her have been defined not by Covid-19, but herpes simplex (cold sore virus) encephalitis – an illness she knew nothing about until she contracted it last March.