CORONA, A JOKE TO KENYANS!

Coronavirus, the deadly virus which causes COVID-19 disease has been claiming lives all over the globe in the affected countries. There is neither a vaccine nor a specific antiviral medicine to prevent or treat the disease. Coronavirus originated all the way from Wuhan, China to different parts of the continents around the globe. Since it is a contagious disease spread via human to human contact, it has spread very fast to different parts of the countries and Kenyans are living on the verge of being infected.

Though most Kenyans are living in fear of being infected with the disease because flights to different parts of the countries have not yet been banned thus still allowing foreigners in the country, some see this as a mere joke. Ironically, instead of living in fear and taking precautions over the deadly disease, they all take it as fun by making memes and giving sarcastic comments over the social media.

It seems that most Kenyans careless about the disease invading into their country. This was evident especially after the plane from China which landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi with at least 239 passengers. While others were criticizing the government on the measures it was taking to prevent the disease from getting into the country, some were mocking it by making and spreading funny memes not forgetting the sarcastic comments in the internet. Not only pictures and comments were made but also videos and songs were recorded concerning the coronavirus.

No matter how fun or sarcastic the memes are, to some they are offensive because they feel that people are being racists since the memes mostly attack the Chinese and this does not please them. Those who are not pleased with the memes see the ones making and spreading them as psychopaths who do not know what they are doing but all in all the disease is real and despite making jokes out of it, people need to be courteous and alert!

BY BRIAN MRIRA

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