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Submitted by Neil
\nConsultant, Medicine, SRH<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nI was asked early on to be part of the COVID team. I was happy to do this despite being deemed medium \/ high risk myself.<\/p>\n

I have no regrets in doing this – in the twilight of my career I found myself learning anew and being able to bring to bear experience of working with the last epidemic which was HIV in 1984 and on.<\/p>\n

The morale, team working and the absolute willingness of the group as a whole to expose themselves to danger, especially at a time when we were still in the dark as to exactly what we going on, was a privilege and an honour to be part of.<\/p>\n

To misquote Shakespeare’s Henry V:<\/p>\n

And gentlefolk in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accursed they were not there, and hold their manhood\u2019s cheap whiles any speaks that worked with us upon the Covid ward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A bit overblown but it encapsulates how we felt. “We band of brothers….”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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