In the days after the March 3 primary, Democratic political insiders met to socialize and organize for what was expected to be a bruising November contest.

They were unaware that a far more formidable opponent was already in their midst.

Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Padilla was the first among his political circle to announce he had fallen ill with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Within a week of Padilla’s March 14 announcement, he was fighting for his life, and another person in the circle, Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, was critically ill in intensive care.

Story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/story/2020-04-05/whats-it-like-to-have-covid-19

Watch the episode of the COVID diaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhSzg0qHdSk