Social Distancing? ~ A Fairy Tale

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It was yet another day to waste money on surgical masks without actually putting them to good use.
I mean of what use is a mask when it's not being maximized for its work? when there is no social distance or any kind of safety precautions taken?
In my country, sorry to say, our masks have become more of a uniform or part of our uniform than it is used as one of the safety precautions
Whether it's our office wear, schoolwear, or church wear. It appears more as part of our uniform than it is put to its proper use.

Here we are still very carefree about the pandemic. We believe that it is not really among us or that it even exists (although for some people). We trust the next party so much that we don't even care about our health. We don't care or mind if the next person seated or standing by us is diagnosed with covid. I mean who cares? No one and I don't think any sensible person would accept that he or she is a covid patient or whatsoever.

Guess what happened today in school? Due to the terrible dust around the school environment, one of the lecturers suddenly developed a disturbing cough while the class was going on. We all chorused; Sorry Sir and then the next thing the man said was use your masks and this was when everyone became conscious and rushed to use their masks lol.
The man laughed because of the reaction of the students that he had to tell them that he wasn't a Covid patient and that telling us to use our masks doesn't mean he is one or that doesn't make him one.
But do you know the next thing he said?;


Even if he was to be a covid patient, do we think he would tell us?


Of course, no one would love to admit that they are covid patient. So most people used their faces in the class after they were being told to but I? No way! I mean there was no one I was going to inconvenience myself with that thing. It's always hot even in the few seconds or minutes of wearing it.
We weren't even close to the lecture even if anything were to happen, by the way, so don't be scared, we are safe, or better still, we were safe especially for that particular class.




Non-social Distancing?

But do you know what wasn't safe? It's the non-social distancing observed in the laboratory today.
For crying out loud, it's a practical laboratory, and we shouldn't be expecting this number of people.
We got more than 200 students in a particular laboratory and it was hell if you must ask me.
Some were with their masks but some weren't. And within such a confined laboratory, you know what that means right or what you are in for.
But all the same, thank you for the little rain that fell and made the whole laboratory less stuffy.

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It's funny how you can't even sight the lecture from this crowd. I mean even the students weren't seeing the lecturer again, less more you.
Most of the students climbed to a certain point and degree just so that they too can see and understand what the lecturer was saying and many did this to the detriment of their health.

This is no social distancing, I repeat! It looks nothing like social distancing. The clustering here was too much and it wasn't funny at all.
I was like, what's this, for the love of God, what are we preventing when buying and wearing masks without even observing the social distancing
Is this what a learning environment should be or look like?
No, it isn't, but this is what we got and we have nothing to do about it
Welcome to my country, where social distance is just a fairy tale.
And the educational/academic sector has made it very inconvenient for students to learn peacefully.



But do we have any right to complain? Of course NO, who born you? Like them born you well to complain? (Sorry for the use of pidgin for those who might not get a grip of what I mean :)...)
All the same, we keep striving and someday we will tell the story.

Still your baby girl ;)


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10 August 2021

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Face mask like you just said has been adopted as a fashion trend, haha. Its really heartbreaking to see how we're easily deceived and deceiving ourselves in this country.

You try to go into places and they tell you there's no entry without face mask and still they're no measures put in place for social distancing, no provision for hand washing or use of sanitizers, they just sugar coat every thing or give it a beautiful outside branding.

Your lecturer said the truth actually, if he was really infected he wouldn't have said a thing or even minded distributing it for you all, that's how the Nigerian mentality works.

Ómo, my dear it's not easy but you'll have to be careful nonetheless, lol, I can't even count how many people I shook hands with yesterday, talk more of hugged. It's only God that's saving us.

I try to avoid discussions about our educational systems because each time I open my mouth to talk about it, I end up feeling outraged!
Can you imagine?..200 students in a small lab with one teacher that's using no mic. How do they expect these ones to assimilate what it's being taught and give back to the society.
Our educational system is messed up and I tend to feel that education is a waste on our intelligence. I'm not looking forward to having my next generation go through this kind of ordeal.

Nice write up, stay safe my dear


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My dear. No mask no entry! It's a shame sha. But really, we don't take anything serious over here 😂

As for the students, there were more than 200 but I just used that as an estimate but God will help us and our generation though

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Swers, it's just a big joke for us. We just live life as it comes .

Ahh, that's worse, haha, now I'm guessing y'all were up to 300, I wonder how happy the virus would have been if it were in that laboratory.


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😂😂 I wonder too. But I trust God it wasn't among us.

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That's right. 20 people in room. No mask will help.

We also need luck to bypass the virus.

Hope you all stay safe.

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It really could help but that wouldn't happen, not here in my country 😂🤣

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Wearing of masks and social distancing is just a facade. Most people do it because they are being watched. Left to them, it would be just a formality.

Nowadays, nose masks are part of fashion. You were an Ankara material and wear a matching nose mask. Having fashion sense is good, no doubt, but if you want to wear the matching outfit, just do it till the end.

I met a lady and it was obvious that she just took off her nose mask. Why? She was on make up and when she took the mask off, half of the makeup was gone. How unfortunate.


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🤣🤣🤣🤣, omg. That's very funny, I pity her time wanted trying to wear her make up only for nose mask to lick it off in just a whip.

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Oh, my gee! That's crazy😂🤣 @wongi
So sorry for her. How unfortunate!
Indeed if not that we are all being watched and stopped from entering most open places, what is a mask that we should be mindful of?😂😅
It's just for formality.

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Hours of makeup swiped off within seconds 😅.

Wearing the mask is for eye service, because most people still believe the there is no covid-19, how sad.


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I can't kill myself with that shit. I guess the lecturer too was surprised to see students react that way just because he said they should use it. Common sense no tell them to say, cough itself is contagious. We forget those little ones that are also important and disturb ourselves with what we don't know or even understand how it works. They forget that cough is contagious and disturb themselves about covid 19.

The man is true, nobody tells you dey have such virus for fear of neglect.

Hmmm, education for our side no be moimoi oo, you pray to get admission and when you do, you pray to scale through to the end. This life no balance 🤣🤣🤣.

Sorry girl, God dey sha.

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Haahahhaahhhaha I have been laughing since I saw this post
Lol We are funny in this our country Nigeria.
Who nose mask help, I cannot come and, come and and come and kill masef.
😀😀😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
Didn't I or didn't they or didn't we or didn't you know that lass las na waste of money for this nose mask wahala.

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Las las o, it's a waste. I mean this is our country where the impossible is made possible o😂

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