Published May 14, 2021, 12:12 AM SURVIVOR’S TALE (The author is a Filipina married to an American. She worked for a Top 20 Fortune Oil Company as a Corporate Affairs Field Manager before taking an early retirement package in mid-2020. Before she left for the U.S. in 2006, Marian was the corporate communications head of a major oil company operating in the Philippines. The Kings will be shuttling between the US and the Philippines once possible.) • Marian’s husband Tony felt the symptoms on April 10; the next day, both were feeling ill. • An RT-PCR test showed that both were positive for COVID-19. • A teleconsult doctor advised them to go to a hospital because of their age and comorbidities.