“I was hugging my father, and it didn’t really feel like my father.”
Marjorie Roberts, right, hugs Tanya Washington after speaking about how COVID effected her during a gathering at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, as part of National COVID Awareness Day. ATLANTA — As her father lay dying last August from the coronavirus at a Georgia hospital, Lindsay Schwarz put her hands on his arms and softly sang him lines from their favorite songs.
Tanya Washington, who organized the Atlanta rally of COVID Survivors for Change, told about 50 people gathered outside a downtown church on Saturday that “COVID is still very much a part of our lives.” Schirmer's husband was hospitalized for nearly two months, and she twice received calls from nurses informing her that he was in a critical state. The experience has left her with post-traumatic stress disorder, she said.The rallies also aimed to push lawmakers for financial and medical help for COVID victims.
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