‘A battle going on inside your body’ - Army vet describes what it’s like to survive COVID-19

Army veteran Yvette Paz has become well-acquainted with this war on both fronts since she was diagnosed with COVID-19 early last month. The 30-year-old Huntington Beach resident believes the illness tests one’s mental state as much it does the physical. The virus is a solitary war, she said. “Nobody wants to come around me,” Paz said.