Through Your Eyes

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ows amidst the virus outbreak, but I realized later that this storyline could be a sensitive issue to those who are affected. So, I

ase spare me a bo

soon as I finished writing orders. I was already exhausted from those non-stop admissions. It was already past three in the morning when I returned to the q

myself as I opened another message, shaking my head for this nonsense stuff. Having scanne

nd in a few seconds, another came in, so I hurriedly opened it. To my dismay, it

r hospital still

cour

, please spare me

larmed me. I reached over the phone and co

e. Can you please charge to my

er giving out masks except for staff on duty. All companies are not accepting ord

erstand why I received those many desperate messages asking me to

re about reading news, even if news portals were buzzing loudly about the same headlines that went around for almost a month already, I was shocked to see posts from social media that masks were

nc X virus. I opened one and learned that at that moment, the death toll from

the southwest region of Philippine territory. The source of th

an a thousand deaths in the Philippines alone, forcing retailers and travel operators to close stores, cancel flights, cruises, and warn investors about the inevitable financial crisis. To prevent

those quarantined travelers when a friend of mine, who

ed, and through her worried looks, I could tell that

ious diseases here are more threatening than that. We don't even wear masks all the ti

hat also appeared as a serious worldwide health problem. It is an airborn

orldwide threat now, we should also take precautions, especially if we have children a

feine in my third cup of coffee no longer did its task in keeping me awake. I still had

that shook my shoulders vigorously, woke me up. I opened my eyes but gathered my brows right away, hoping to show her

wake

s time?' I asked

I know you're already exhausted, but

and instructed the nurse to hand me the PPE. It stands for Personal Protective Equipment like gloves, goggles and glasses, gowns, h

to the set of protective gear; and she, assistin

ssman, single, and on

'single'. It should have meant nothing because we always ta

g the tickling sensation I foolishl

go, four weeks after the d

quaran

, d

t hard. As far as I knew, the government is

he dropped on one of the destinations,

Dear skies, his tall and lean built captured my eyes. I stared at him to get more of his features, but for what seemed like menta