Actress Anna Camp Shares Her Experience With COVID-19

In an Instagram post, True Blood and Pitch Perfect actress Anna Camp revealed that she recently contracted COVID-19. 

This week, Camp posted that she had previously tested positive for COVID-19, writing that she felt it was her responsibility to share her experience. Though her most recent test results are negative, Camp felt “extremely sick” when she first caught the virus, and even now she still has some symptoms.

In her post, Camp warns followers of the difficult symptoms she encountered, such as losing her sense of taste and smell, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Even three weeks later, Camp reported that she still only smells “about 30 percent” of what she used to detect. According to the CDC, these symptoms are common among COVID-19 infections. 

Now that she’s mostly recovered, Camp wants all of her followers to know how bad the virus can be. She encourages people to wear masks in public. “Let’s all do our part and wear a mask,” she stated in her post. “ I don’t want any of you to go through what I did.”

Several celebs reached out in encouragement and support of Camp’s recovery, including former co-star in the Pitch Perfect series, Shelley Regner, and director/actor, Bryce Howard. 

Camp believes that she became infected after not wearing a mask one time when out in public. To stay safe and protect others, health officials recommend wearing a mask, washing your hands frequently, and maintaining social distance whenever you have to go into a public space.