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Brian Vastag and Beth Mazur are living with long-term illnesses that followed viral infections they contracted years ago. (Brian Vastag)

In the fall of 2009, one of us, Beth, was hit by an illness she suspects was H1N1 flu, which was circulating then. In 2012, the other, Brian, developed a sudden fever, which his doctors said was also likely of viral origin.

Neither of us recovered, and we’re both disabled to this day.