Arsenal midfielder has inspired others to overcome Covid fears and seek treatment by going public with her own diagnosis
“The idea of speaking out, ultimately, was to help other people, 100%, but when people would message me and say: ‘I didn’t have the confidence but now I have booked an appointment with my GP, thanks so much for talking’ … that to me meant absolutely everything,” says the Arsenal centre-back Jen Beattie.
“That was the whole point. The whole purpose. Just to make people feel comfortable that they could go to hospital or their GP and get something checked.”
