Levi Plotkin was a 49 year old man living in Los Angeles, California. He lived with a wife, 4 children, and a dog. Levi recalls contracting the virus before its potency was widely known, and his time in the hospital when doctors did not know how to treat it. He discusses the symptoms of the virus, and the long term effects of contracting COVID-19. He comments on the toll it took on his mental health, as well as his physical health, and delves into the effect politics had on the lackluster efforts of the government to contain the virus. He also touches on the effect the pandemic had on not only him but many other American business owners.

Interviewed by Eli Plotkin