• Question: Can your work actually harm people ?

    Asked by Mr. Giraffe Shortneck to Abid, Donna, Sanjib, Thomas, Avril on 15 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Donna Johnson

      Donna Johnson answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      No, or at least i very much hope not! There’s nothing about it that is hugely dangerous and we are very careful with our health and safety. I can’t think of any uses of what i do that could be used to harm people.

    • Photo: Avril Tucker

      Avril Tucker answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      I like to think that I’m preventing people for harm caused by inappropriate antibiotic use (the harm being killing the good bacteria as well as possibly causing multi-drug resistant infections) but I suppose if I get it wrong I could prevent someone who needs an antibiotic from getting one. This could delay their recovery or cause then to have to go into hospital.

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