COVID 19. Buds are bursting out from brittle tree limbs only to be embraced by the sun. But this spring, another visitor comes, the coronavirus, known formally as COVID-19. This week should likely surpass and represent the deaths of at least 70,000 people in the United States of America, reportedly the highest number in the world, and in some two thirds of the States, spring will bring a cruel opening, as governors relax rules asking people to stay home, and people, tired and hungry now for the sun, flee their homes for public places and spaces.
Humans are, by nature, social beings. We crave company, conversation, hugs and yes, kisses. If the crafty coronavirus has its way, many of us, perhaps in the thousands, that kiss may include the kiss of death. Americans are taught that they are inherently exceptional, and therefore they’re stronger, smarter and luckier than anybody else. No creepy virus can stop us, we think, until it does, proving that all of us without exception, are simply human. Don’t wait too long to learn this important lesson. Wear a mask, create space, and live to fight another day. From in prisoned nation, this is Mumia Abu Jamal.
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
