Bacteria are independent living cells with their own machinery, so antibiotics can target them without severely harming us.
Viruses, however, are biological parasites. They enter our cells and use our own machinery to make copies of themselves.
Trying to kill a virus is often like trying to eliminate a burglar who has already blended into your family photo without destroying the house. That's why antivirals are harder to develop, usually virus-specific, and why rest, fluids, and the immune system remain the main treatment for most common colds
Loud sounds can hijack our attention and interfere with the brain’s visual processing, which is why you turn the music down when looking for an address or parking spot
Normalize understanding a person when they say NO to things they don’t want to do. Without pressuring them or making them feel bad for not wanting to participate in things you want them to do. Asb mense ons is groot nou.
I often gift Neshani Andreas’s “The Purple Violet of Oshaantu” to friends, who r almost always struck by the depth + quality of this relatively unknown novel. There’s certainly much more out there so let’s start a thread of Namibian fiction to read in 2020 starting with this:
Congratulations to our Director of Programs @youngish_human for winning the 2019 Young Business Women Award. We celebrate this award and your commitment to enabling innovation, entrepreneurship and developing the next generation of Namibian leaders! Keep rising our superstar!