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How deadly diseases change personal as well as national histories | Coronavirus

This article is more than 1 month old My grandfather lost his life to TB, but his brother would go on to be part of the scientific team that coined the term ‘coronavirus’ Professor Tony Waterson (left) holding a model of a virus. Photograph: Courtesy of Jim Waterson Professor Tony Waterson (left) holding a model of a virus. Photograph: Courtesy of Jim Waterson Fri 5 Feb 2021 11.50 EST Last modified on Mon 8 Feb 2021 03.53 EST When my grandfather’s lungs finally collapsed, so did my family. He spent his final weeks receiving oxygen to help keep him alive, his body having been eaten away by disease. My dad, allowed in to say goodbye for the final time, was horrified to see his father reduced to a thin wisp of a man, surrounded by medical equipment.

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