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CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FORTY - FORGIVE YOURSELVES, PEOPLE ARE DYING.
WU
forgive yourselves, people are dying.
“The total death count of the coronavirus has risen well above one million with about seventy million confirmed cases in what is suspected to be a third wave—”
I stepped out of the hospital, letting the harsh evening winds hit my face. I adjusted her ear phones which were connected to listen to a podcast, as i scaled the parking lot for Ayodele.
Aaliyah had sent me looking for him after leaving for something in his car for about an hour and a half.
“In other news, Americans fear that a new deathly strain or variant of the covid-19 could very much pose a threat to the effectiveness of the vaccines. Moving over to a health worker from the John Hopkins Medical Center, Jason Ahaba—“
I pulled out my earpiece, allowing me to focus on his car that was s
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