After watching the second episode of Chernobyl, I was very intrigued by the parallels between the climate of Ukraine during the nuclear accident and the world today with COVID. During the pandemic there has been a heightened level of anxiety and physical changes to adjust to the outbreak of COVID -19. Since the virus is airborne and is not visible, just like the radiation, people are scared to contract the virus and there is little information towards how and why the virus develops the way it does. One aspect of the film that I was impressed by was the emphasis on women in leadership roles in an era where science was a predominantly male field. Although I enjoyed seeing women in the leadership role, I was surprised to see that there were many women working at the Chernobyl nuclear facility.