The CNN anchor said he still 'can't shake' his low-grade fever
During Monday night’s broadcast of his primetime show, Cuomo — broadcasting live from the basement where he’s been quarantined away from his family sinceGet push notifications with news, features and more.While he said he’s feeling better and his breathing is “getting stronger,” the journalist, 49, admitted he’s frustrated by the lingering symptoms of the virus two weeks later.
“And I am a metaphor for the country,” he continued. “I’m ready to get out of the basement. I’m sick of being sick. I’ve had it, I want to get back to work. But I’m not ready. And I don’t have a plan to be ready. That’s where we are right now.”Cuomo spoke openly about the psychological impact the virus has had on him.
“It messes with your head, this virus. And I don’t know where it leaves you afterwards,” he admitted. “And the experts I’m talking to are saying to me, increasingly, ‘Yes, we’ve seen that. But how do you treat it and what does it mean down the road? We don’t know.'”
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