“Somehow, I felt responsible
that my rage and envy
had mutated
into a virus,
caused a global pandemic
and that I was
the Queen of Corona.”
“I really don’t know if i feel safe or not. They have numerous people in here coughing, sneezing and allot of stuff. Come to think about it i really don’t feel safe because the people that’s suppose to protect us is the ones that bringing it in here to us.”
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“Minha avó faleceu em abril e tornou tudo mais difícil. Não pude ter contato com familiares e tivemos que viver o luto também isolados. Foi horrível.”
“Comecei a apresentar sintomas leves, provavelmente devido ao meu contato com minhas amigas antes de tudo estourar. Febre, tosse, cansaço extremo… mas o mais estranho foi ficar duas semanas sem sentir paladar ou cheiro de NADA!”
“If we are ever fortunate enough to get out of the current situation…what will the post-Covid world look like? A world with more power and control in the State. Sure, but that is almost a given…Well sure, this is 2020, what do you expect…”
“Juzi tu, kampuni ya Kenya power ambayo inasimamia usambazaji wa stima ilikata stima kwa kuwa watu hao wakongwe walikuwa na walikuwa na deni ya miezi ya kutolipa ada ya stima. Hivyo basi kwa siku mbili mtawalia watu hao wakongwe waliketi kwenye giza. Ni muhimu kukumbuka kuwa wazee hao wanahitaji joto ya stima ili wasiwe na baridi…”
“Tangu virusi vya Korona vienee kila mahali, watu wengi hawaajiri wajakazi ili wawafanyie kazi…”
“Kabla virusi vya korona keenea mipakani na kote ulimwenguni, ilikuwa ni rahisi sana kufanya biashara kati ya nchi hizo mbili ya Kenya na Tanzania. Kuvuka mipaka ya Kenya na Tanzania ilikuwa ni rahisi kama kumeza chakula ulikokwisha tafuniwani…”
“Kuna wenzanu tuliyiyopo nao awali amabao walipoteza kazi zao kwa sababu kampuni yetu inayotuajiri ilikuwa inashuhudia shida ya mapato kwa kuwa watu ambao wanaishi kwa nyumba ambayo tulikuwa tunalinda hawakuwa wanalipa ada ya nyumba. Imebidi tuzae mask kila wakati na tunapokuwa tunapima joto ya miili ya watu inatubidi tupime kando yao na si mbele yao kwa sababu kuna uwezekano kuwa mtu ambaye unampima anaweza kuwa na virusi vya korona na kwa wakati huo anaweza kukohoa…”
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