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Na you dey make me high! I see you for Chicken and Pie I wave ‘aye’ Even though you dey shy You tell me ‘Hi’ When you agree to see me, my heart fly I raise my hands to the sky Na you be the one, I nor lie Your kind of love, money nor fit buy But I come see you with another guy I shock; I come shout ‘Kai’ O baby, tell me ‘Why’ All my life I don try Baby I dey miss you die Your love dey make me high So tail I change my hair with dye Tears dey pour from my eyes Like say na River Nile Na you dey make me cry Give me wings make I fly Abi na rope make I tie It’s time to say ‘bye’ Na so I hear one voice say ‘Nigh, Weep not, make your eyes dry Wetin be your own, another man can’t pry Look up, make you nor sigh’ ©Dr Eugene’s Blogs (http://dreugeneoji.blogspot.com/) ©Dr Eugene’s Column (http://dreugeneojirigho.blogspot.com/)

It was a busy Clinic day in the Outpatient unit. All adult patients were required to wear a face mask before entering the Clinic. Yet, some patients came in without masks. Usually, we asked those patients without a mask to get one before they could be attended to. On this day, an elderly patient walked into the consulting room without a mask. Instead of asking him to go get a mask, I gave him a spare mask that has not been used. The patient thanked me and we began the consultation. I was putting down some notes in the patient folder when he coughed. I looked up and saw that this elderly patient had lowered the mask to his chin and was coughing into his bare hands. What! ‘What is the essence of having a mask on, if you are going to remove it to cough’, I wondered. I was so upset that I kept quiet for some seconds to regain my composure. He was an elderly patient, what can I say to him! Each time I remember that incident, I do pause to think. The patient should not bear all the blame for

In January of 2020, I started seeing news of a novel illness in China. At that time, I didn't give it much attention because of the then ongoing impeachment trial of Donald Trump. One of my favourite pastimes is following up on current news and topical issues. So, it was towards the end of the impeachment trial that the news of this new infectious disease in China started picking steam in the traditional and social media. The possibility of a new transmissible infection reaching the shores of Africa, for me, was a dreadful thing to think about because it brings back the memories of the 2014 Ebola crisis in West Africa. As a practicing health care worker in Nigeria, I remember how it felt seeing febrile patients with history of travel to regions with confirmed Ebola cases. The last thing I wanted was to relive that experience. Hence, out of fear, anxiety and much trepidation, I closely followed every key event related to this novel viral illness that later came to be named COVID-19