Despite the despites!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
July 21, 2020 9:58pm CST
My 2 older brothers and my sister-in-law arrived here at home yesterday at dawn. Of course, we were caught off-guard because we expected they will be 'detained' in a hospital facility for 2 hours. I had to get out of my room at 5AM with face mask on.
They came from the capital city which is known for having many new patients of the virus. It is therefore expected of them to know we have to cautious about the possibilities of the spread of the virus; they should be aware that I have lowered immune system.
I literally was a 'bandit' the whole day at home. Wearing the washable face mask, I sometimes would go to my room and breath normally sans mask.
This morning, my siblings planned that we have dinner outside in a restaurant tomorrow just like before. Despite the enthusiasm of my siblings to have a reunion of sorts, I had to beg off. My son too, will stay with me.
There are 26 new cases here in my city, and I would not even want to compromise myself even though I wear a mask. The curve has not yet flattened and I think we are still on wave one.
My brothers will leave on Saturday while my third brother will leave on the 27th. Hopefully, my 2 older brothers will send off my third brother back to UK on the midnight of 29th.
Despite the despites, we won't see him off even to the bus terminal. he will be fetched by the bus at home.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
22 Jul 20
It is ok.sometimes we all.get helpless and fail to manage things out
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
good thing we were able to manage the situation.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
25 Jul 20
@ridingbet yes that is better than seeing the situation moving out of our control
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
25 Jul 20
@ridingbet wow. Our country is inflating the number of cases. Lying and say ing people are dying from it, that are not. I don't trust the numbers.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
@minx267 me too. the curve has flattened, according to our secretary of health. this comment made by him caused an outrage among the netizens. he should be truthful with the numbers he is stating.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
indeed. my country is now the highest having active caases in southeast Asia.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
25 Jul 20
@ridingbet I see, I hope they wore their masks and kept social distancing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
they have another reason for coming over. my oldest brother sold his parcel of land to somebody and he received the payment here in our house. that is why they could not postpone their trip coming here.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
they did not push through last night due to that problem last night, of my brother's mode of transportation going to Manila. I and my son ste, not in the dining table, but a distance from them; we ate buffet-style.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
22 Jul 20
This is a hard situation now that we must accept... Better to be careful than sorry.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
my 3 brothers left already. it was good because they practiced the precautionary measures.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
22 Jul 20
I don't blame for being cautious, I try not to go around to many people myself ether. That's like here in the United States, I don't see how it's ever going to die down if people keep crawding together and them keep opening places. That's like them saying they want the kids to start back to school, I just can't picture a child keeping that mask on all day, them kids will get tired of wearing them and take them off.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
i sympathize the kids not wearing masks but only their parents. it is not a common notion that kids are free from getting the virus in to their system.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
thank you. cases are rising to this date, and i wonder really why this particular government secretary is not yet removed from office, because he made so many blunders now. the president though has his trust on this entity.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
yes, they were tested negative for the virus and they were extra-careful that they maintained their distance far from me. i understand why they wanted to go home. it was an instant reunion for us 6 siblings at this most unusual moment.
they did not have the 14-day quarantine and they maintained their face masks as always.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
yes, as always, i maintain my being a homebody.
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
22 Jul 20
It's a very difficult situation when our relatives arrive here because we shouldn't compromise with our safety and cannot hurt them too
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
that is why for anyone coming to visit us, they should be able to pass the health test so the virus won't infect the 'healthy' ones.
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@piyushbhatia1 (11695)
• India
22 Jul 20
In case a family member gets infected they will inform others first.
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