What having COVID-19 is like: Two Canadians talk diagnosis and recovery Two people explain how they caught COVID-19, and how they handled symptoms and the lingering effects—physical and mental by Julia Mastroianni on January 25th, 2021 at 3:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 Even if you haven’t had COVID-19, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to say you don’t know someone in your extended network who has received a diagnosis. “You may get COVID-19 and survive. Most people do," Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa stated at a COVID-19 briefing. "But you may spread to someo...