Hello and welcome back to Story Clider's Stories of COVID-19 series.

This is part one of episode three on the theme of adaptation.

Pretty much everyone in the world has had to adapt some aspect of their lives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some of us, a lot more than others.

Particularly parents of young kids or those who are caring for elderly parents, medical professionals, essential workers, and their loved ones,

if you've made big sacrifices and adjustments in your life this year in order to responsibly quarantine and help others stay safe,

from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Please know that you have saved lives, maybe many lives, and you still are saving lives. All of that

adapting, it hasn't been for nothing. Our storytellers in this episode are folks who've needed to

make big changes in their daily lives or work in order to cope with the pandemic. I'm pleased

to tell you that our first storyteller is the wonderful Fiona Calvert, a scientist and producer

of Story Clyder, UK. Because we weren't able to ship equipment to Fiona, her story is recorded

using her smartphone microphone, and we appreciate your understanding with regard to the audio

quality. I tap my pass on the security system of the doors to my new office and they slide open and I bound my way up the stairs to the second set of doors.

And this is the second week of my first post-PHT job,

and I finally feel like I've found something that I love.

And as I get to the top of that second set of stairs, something catches my eye and this

feeling of excitement almost comes over me, hand sanitizer. And I head to the doors and notice that

there are dispensers at the doors of our new office.

And I take a squirt and put it into my hand and the familiar smell of alcohol just floods my nose.

And then I take a second squirt.

So now I have enough to cover both my hands and the door handle. But I open the

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