World Health Organization has told us that, “Older people and people with pre-existing medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with Corona Virus.” Differently put, even though it clear that the virus can infect everyone, its also true that most young people are only presenting with […]
THEATERS WITH NO SURGEONS, TIME TO RETHINK OUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19
I was thinking, since it’s projected that most of us are likely to get the illness; presenting with only mild symptoms. Well, like Brian or Brenda in Kenya or Tom Hanks and others around the globe. Additionally, since the rationale behind flattening the curve is not geared towards reducing the numbers (though it might) but […]
WHAT WE MUST DO TO STAY 6FT ABOVE, EVEN WHEN WE CAN’T STAY 6FT APART
This is a continuation of the previous article, “6FT APART OR 6FT UNDER, A KENYAN DILEMMA’ So how do we stay 6ft above?Given then that our leaders don’t have a grasp of the enormity and multifaceted nature of the problems that we face in this great hour of need. Given that theirs is simply a […]
6FT APART OR 6FT UNDER, A KENYAN DILEMMA
I was thinking, 6ft APART is better than 6ft UNDER. But how do you keep 6ft apart if you live in a slum? How do you stay indoors if your family chair is your bed? How do practice handwashing if there’s no water where you live? Do you stay at home and starve your children […]