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How two young men escaped death

The two young brothers – aged approximately eight and 10 years old – would have been dead by now. Their deaths would have been blamed on a road accident. But, if truth be told, their deaths would have been caused by Covid-19, albeit indirectly.

One evening this week, minutes before the curfew commenced, after I finished browsing at my local cyber café, I took the route going the opposite direction from my house. This is unlike me; I like being home tens of minutes before the set time for the curfew. But, for some strange reason, not this day.

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