The first
coming of CHIKV was devastating for me and my four elderly friends who suffered
severely, and not in silence, for more than a year. Our non=copyright
concoction of guinea-hen-weed, cheyney root, grated avocado seed, aralia stalk,
circe, the exact 2 ounces of the wisdom leaves, (approved by law), a pinch of
salt, ginger to taste and 'tups' of white rum, left entirely to
judgement. We all got better but for the heavy-set one; a former
grand-slam tennis player who now walks with a cane on what looks like
man-made ankles.
Mr, Editor,
the same day the new, enthusiastic Minister of Health alerted us and ODPEM of
the coming of ZIKV, the warner woman I told you about, reappeared on our avenue
bearing bigger placards. Her signs used to say'The End Is Near' but now she has
changed her tune and they say: 'The End Is Here' and even though we're retired
professionals; 'been there; done that' with expertise to boast, we are deeply
concerned about this 2nd coming of what appears to be a terrorist mosquito-controlled
disease called ZIKV.
Only
yesterday, early morning, we passed 2 gullies and saw black helicopters landing
with the night's body waste. Garbage and filth floated in them for the
informal settlers on the banks still have no sanitary conveniences and seem not
to be paying heed to the warnings regarding the second coming of a dread ZIKV.
3 0f us plan to leave and live with children abroad, but 2 of us are
last-in-line survivors about to enter the 'twice a child' stage. If this ZIKV
attacks and shrink the heads and brain of children what will it do to us, the
elderly, who are already beseiged by senile symptoms.
Mr. Editor, I hope our
top ramp designers will outfit us in specially created mosquito jump-suits,
reasonably priced, and in case our tried concoction does not work in the
face of ZIKV. I wish to say thank you for tolerating me and goodbye. It
was nice knowing you.
Yours truly,
Mills Blake
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