Por esto seguimos…

Hoy la cosa en el laboratorio se ha ido de las manos. Tubos que se rompen, y toda una tarde limpiando cristales de tamaño ínfimo en el cuarto de bioseguridad. Creo que he jurado y perjurado mil veces que en mi postdoc no pienso trabajar con nada medianamente peligroso.
Llevo toda la tarde pensando la cara de gilipollas que se me iba a quedar si me cortaba. Pensando en que demonios estaba pensando cuando me metí en esto.Ahora estaba haciendo tiempo mientras que unos virus acaban de hacer sus cositas. Me he encontrado las siguientes fotos en “The Big Picture” del Boston Globe, en un reportaje de Afagnistan.

Shafiqa, 14, waits for treatment at a free specialized clinic for leishmaniasis supported by World Health Organization (WHO) October 26, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by a parasite transmitted by a tiny sandfly that can lead to severe scarring, often on the face. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) #

A leishmaniasis patient gets a painful injection of Sodium Stibogluconate at a free specialized clinic for leishmaniasis supported by World Health Organization (WHO) October 25, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leishmaniasis plagues Afghanistan’s poor, who often sleep on the floor, and the disease isn’t a priority for the government and its aid donors who are grappling with infant mortality, tuberculosis, malaria and trauma. The most common form of the disease is not fatal, but causes untold misery and scarring on faces, stigmatizing children who are excluded at school and making it hard for girls to find husbands. According to WHO, there were an estimated 65,000 reported cases in 2009. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) #

Justo a tiempo, me han recordado por que demonios seguimos los que seguimos…