Anna Camp is urging people to wear masks after her own terrifying experience with COVID-19.
The 37-year-old “Pitch Perfect” actress revealed that she had contracted the coronavirus in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
“Hello friends … I felt it was my responsibility to share that I ended up receiving Covid-19,” he wrote. “I have tested negative since then, but I was extremely ill for more than three weeks and still have persistent symptoms.”
She said she believes she may have contracted the virus when she went out in public once without a mask.
“I was incredibly confident. I was wearing a mask. I used hand sanitizer. Once, as the world began to open up, I decided to give up wearing my mask in public. One. Time. And I ended up understanding it, ”he wrote. “I think it could have been for that once.”
The camp also described what it was like to have COVID-19.
“People say it’s like having the flu, but I’ve had the flu, and this is not absolutely that,” he explained. “The panic of contracting a virus that is basically untreatable and is so new that no one knows that the irreparable long-term damage it does to your immune system is incredibly stressful.”
She continued: “Completely losing my sense of smell and taste without knowing when or even if they will return is extremely disorienting. I’m only smelling about 30 percent of what I used to do now. Other persistent symptoms are dizziness (a month later), extreme fatigue, impacted breasts, upset stomach, nausea, vomiting and fever. “
Facial coatings may be an effective way to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to two studies published this month. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that wearing masks may have prevented the spread of the virus at a salon in Springfield, Missouri.
Two stylists who later tested positive for COVID-19 worked in the salon while showing respiratory symptoms. However, when officials evaluated 67 of their clients who had contacted the stylists, none of them was positive. Both stylists and clients had covered their faces in the salon.
In her Instagram post, Camp said she feels lucky that she didn’t die from the virus.
“But people are (dying),” he added. “Please wear your mask. It can happen at any time. And it can happen to anyone. Even that time you feel safe. We can all make a difference. Wearing a mask is saving lives.”
