• Question: how did it feel to work while the Ebola outbreak happened ?

    Asked by anon-236374 to Lucy, Greg, Emma, Anthony on 16 Mar 2020. This question was also asked by anon-236373.
    • Photo: Lucy Kelly

      Lucy Kelly answered on 16 Mar 2020:

      I was a university student when the first Ebola outbreak first started, so I wasn’t working back then. I studied microbiology at university, so me and my course mates were interested in the outbreak which meant we were learning a lot more about Ebola and viruses in general!

    • Photo: Emma Hayhurst

      Emma Hayhurst answered on 16 Mar 2020:

      I wasn’t specifically working on the ebola outbreak but I did teach my undergraduate students about it. I think it helped spark their interest in microbiology, especially viruses.

    • Photo: Anthony De Souza

      Anthony De Souza answered on 17 Mar 2020:

      I was working in a big NHS lab, I remember it was coming up to new year and I new I had the relevant skills to go and help. I told my manager I wanted to go and help out with the crisis and the lab staff and my manager supported me in doing so which was good!

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