Out Into The World
There was a wild outburst of discontent - Oh! Oh! followed by Aww! Aww! Then I overheard him shout how could this happen all of a sudden. For a second, I stood in stunned silence, too shocked by Tom’s outburst to think of a response. He is usually calm so I was surprised by his sudden outburst. What really has come over him? ‘I wondered.
It was that about 53% of the population in the USA got sick and that victims could die within hours of first symptoms – horrific symptoms, not just aches and cyanosis but also foamy blood coughed up from the lungs and bleeding from the nose, ears, and even eyes. Well, he was probably embarrassed and felt the need to explain.
I haven’t taken the news well. I reflected on it as I walked out of the room. How many would it kill? Who would it kill? How long would it last? These questions would be asked a million times over.
I was just 23 years of age at that time and was in level 400 studying a commerce degree at the University. On that fateful day, my friends came to visit me at home since we were still enjoying our semester break. My younger cousin Tom was left alone on the other side of the living room watching T.V while my friends and I were on the other side too. It was really a big living room but any sound on one side could be heard vividly by any person on the other side of it. So when Tom made that strong outburst, we were the first to hear him.
Walking out, I heard the sound of the radio from the nearby building. It stated that even though there are numerous cases of the disease in the USA but most of them infected by the pandemic virus may survive due to advanced medical health care technologies. Hmm, I felt the ease. Following that was how the pandemic is impacting the globe. In Mexico, estimates of the cases were about 23 to 25% of the entire population. Much of Russia and Iran had 12% of the cases being recorded and not to mention the numerous recent cases emanating. In conclusion, confirmed cases pass 3.5 million worldwide according to BBC news.
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