‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19

‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19

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

“You live in a routine from syringe to infusion and you hope you make it,” Peter Piot says about his time in a London hospital.

Virologist Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March. He spent 1 week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since. Climbing a flight of stairs still leaves him breathless.