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Covid-19 survivor goes from lockdown into no-man’s land

The swabs and fever were expected; the psychological hangover was not.

'It is like the stages of grief: I’m at acceptance and everyone is still at anger,' says Gary Sweidan.
'It is like the stages of grief: I’m at acceptance and everyone is still at anger,' says Gary Sweidan. (Gary Sweidan)

The swabs and fever were expected; the psychological hangover was not.

A Jo​burg man's relief at recovering from Covid-19 is marred by the mental lockdown of emerging from the disease into a society still under siege.

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