Covid: ‘I was drenched in sweat, but I had a Bible.’

Bible Society  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Sep 2020
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Covid: ‘I was  drenched in  sweat, but I  had a Bible.’

Dr Duncan Steed, a Christian Navy medic, tells us his coronavirus experience.

The day I came down with the coronavirus was shocking. I started to feel a bit rotten, thought I’d overdone it on my cycle ride. The next morning, I was drenched in sweat; I couldn’t move or bend the top half of my body. My temperature was 38.3C. I realised I had it.

Living on a Royal Navy base, I couldn’t self-isolate. I went into isolation in a separate building with 134 rooms, me and one other guy. I spent six days there. It was horrendous and claustrophobic. Food was delivered in a polystyrene box by someone in full PPE. I couldn’t even taste the food.

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