David Lat while he was hospitalized with COVID-19. Photo by David LatDavid Lat's Battle With COVID-19
Legal recruiter David Lat has been very open about his diagnosis and experience with COVID-19, which he survived after nearly a week on a ventilator and experimental drug treatments. Here's a look back at his battle in anticipation of a new interview with him discussing his recovery 11 weeks after leaving the hospital.
June 17, 2020 at 02:00 PM
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Law Journal reporter Jason Grant has been catching up with legal recruiter David Lat, whose battle with COVID-19 earlier this year threatened his life. Lat had to spend six days having a ventilator do his breathing for him, and ended up on experimental drug therapies that may have saved him, though it's impossible to say if he would have recovered without them. "It's wild to think about how close I came to dying, to leaving my husband Zach to raise our two-year-old son as a single dad," Lat said in late March as he was preparing to be discharged from NYU Langone Hospital. "I guess my main emotion is gratitude."
We'll be publishing a new story based on the interview with Lat tomorrow. It will discuss his recovery 11 weeks out, along with his surprisingly fast return to a busy and diverse work life.
In the meantime, here's a look back at his experience with the disease.
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