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ALT “SYMPTOMS: COVID-19’s ACUTE PHASE symptoms start about 3-6 days after infection, & last about 12-14 days. e12 Symptoms & periods of contagiousness can differ by variant, but include… e13” Below, symptoms are illustrated by cartoony figures on a black background. “EXHAUSTION, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE” is by a miserable face radi lines suggesting confusion and pain. A person hacks into their hand for “COUGHING, SNEEZING, RUNNY NOSE”. A reclining figure saying “ow” has little stars shooting out of their joints to show “SORENESS, FEVER, CHILLS”. A figure barely holding in vomit represents “NAUSEA, VOMITING, ABDOMINAL PAIN”, &“DIARRHEA”. And a confused head disgusted at the taste of an apple shows “LOSS OF SMELL AND/OR TASTE”. Below, text says “Then again, you could be one of the 32-50% of people with COVID-19 who are… e14, e15” And then next to a silly drawing of a person frolicking and singing: "CONTAGIOUS WITH NO SYMPTOMS"

ALT SEVERE SYMPTOMS header over a distressed muscular person gasping for breath, with lungs labeled STRAINED AND/OR RAPID BREATHING, WHEEZING, heart with CHEST PAIN AND/OR PRESSURE, & darkened lung areas with PNEUMONIA (fluid in the lungs) Below reads: HYPOXEMIA: COVID-19 can impair O2 flow to your blood, even w/o obvious breathing issues. LOW BLOOD OXYGEN symptoms can cause organ failure and even death w/o treatment. Measure BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS at home with a PULSE OXIMETER: There’s a drawing of a finger inside a pulse oximeter. “91-94% = concerning, 90% and under = emergency!! WARNING: Oximeters may give FALSELY HIGH READINGS to people with dark skin &/or painted nails. E16” It then lists Hypoxemia symptoms, with a troubled face for CONFUSION AND/OR DISORIENTATION, a beating heart for RACING HEART & INABILITY TO WAKE UP OR STAY AWAKE”, & CYANOSIS has "PALE, GREY, or BLUE-TINTED TONGUE, LIPS, &/or NAILBEDS, depending on skintone.E17 Page ends: All these require emergency hospitalization!

ALT “HOW COVID SPREADS” it says in large letters above the text “There are 3 main ways that viruses hiding in respiratory particles enter our bodies: 1) INHALATION, 2) DIRECT CONTACT and 3) INDIRECT CONTACT” The page underneath this text is filled with a splash image of a chubby, shadowy figure breathing in mist and particles as we see the particles descend down the trachea and into their lungs. Couples sit across from each other at tables in the background, letting off gusts of air. A bubble pointing to the inhaling mouth says “#1 INHALATION: The vast majority of COVID-19 infections start by breathing in aerosols. e18 In crowded, poorly ventilated spaces, you can inhale an infectious dose in minutes! People working or living in places like this are in constant danger of severe infection. e19, e20”

ALT A Black femme with close-cut hair puts their arm over the shoulder of an Arab friend with short, loose curls, as they blow out air that flows all around them. A bubble pointing towards their visualized sinuses reads “#2 DIRECT CONTACT: Viral aerosols/droplets can also collide directly with your MUCOUS MEMBRANES. e21 Those are the layers of soft, wet cells lining your nose, mouth, eyes, respiratory tract, etc.” Another balloon points at a beer bottle being handed from one of the friends to the other, it reads “#3 INDIRECT CONTACT: Much less likely to infect, but still possible: You get respiratory particles on your hands, & then transfer them to your mouth/nose/eyes. e22”




































