This was a scary yet empowering episode to watch because of all the parallels it has to our current pandemic. The episode began with people mistrusting the news and not believing that there would be severe health consequences on people’s health even miles apart from the explosion. One of the first scientists to realize that the explosion would negatively effect people for years to come was a female. Unfortunately, people didn’t believe her (mostly because she was a female so they didn’t think her statements were credible), and those who didn’t initially believe later faced the devastating effects afterwards. Similarly, women in STEM continue to face this misogyny in the workforce. This made me reflect about our current state of affairs with COVID-19. I recently read about how a Turkish-Muslim couple found the vaccine, but due to the negative portrayal of Muslims in the media as well as the perception of Muslims in France right now, they haven’t been getting much publicity.