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Years ago, my niece packed up her hopes, her dreams and a suitcase full of clothes and flew from Wisconsin to London, England. She had been accepted at a prestigious college with a strange name. People in the medical field are familiar with this place but I was not. It’s called The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her dream was to get an advanced degree from the school and help find a cure for malaria. Even at a younger age I can remember her doing fund raisers to raise money to buy mosquito netting so the children in far-off lands would not suffer from malaria. She was a determined young woman.

While attending the school my niece not only gained her advanced degree, she also gained a husband. They now live in the Boston area with two young girls. They are both scientists working in the medical field. Lots of specialized labs are located in and round Boston so they have made that area their home. We are proud.

Fast forward to present day. A couple of weeks ago I was watching TV and they mentioned a famous virologist who had contracted COVID-19. They said he is the Director of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Of course, my ears perked up. I emailed my niece and asked if she had heard about this man getting the virus. She said she had, and she attached the article that I am sharing with you today.

This is the most riveting story of what it’s like to get the COVID-19 virus, how scary it is, what it does to ravage a person’s body and how if you survive a bad bout of it, how it will change your life forever.

If I could have my wish and everyone on the planet would read this, I don’t think we’d have any trouble getting people to wear their mask when out in public.

Please read and pass this along to others.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19