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COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in

  • Written by David Chesire, Associate Professor, College of Medicine, University of Florida
imageMillions of Americans may wonder if they inadvertently passed COVID-19 to someone else.franckreporter/E+ via Getty Images

People are eager to return to normal after a year of coronavirus, but is the U.S. there yet? Hardly. The ongoing psychological and spiritual damage caused by the pandemic is rising, too.

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