Like many freshmen, I was incapacitated by the freshman flu.
My first year on campus was marked by a symphony of coughing, hacking and wheezing. I had never struggled with significant health issues in the past, but the introduction of new germs must have caused a panic in my immune system.
I wasn’t alone in this fate, as many other unlucky freshmen could be heard stifling their sneezes across lecture halls. From COVID-19 and strep throat to anxiety and depression, it seemed as though no one escaped unscathed…