Reading Junkie

Anxiously Smashing Life. Addicted to Reading. Pretentiously Relatable. Wordsmith. Smiley. Ambivert. Nerd. Sock Enthusiast. Cynical Optimist. Believer.

[Kennedy Wandera @KennedyWandera_]

“Ugandan, Swiss, Nigerian”.

The index #Ebola patient in #Nigeria has attracted unnecessary and stigmatising labels; it only fuels public anxiety, and stigma.

See the labels..

“A Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja”

“A Swiss national married to a diplomat”

“A Swiss citizen and the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat”

“A Ugandan national married to a Swiss diplomat”

“A Nigerian national holidaying in Uganda”

“A Wife of a Swiss diplomat”

“A Nigerian woman on a business trip to DRC but transited through Uganda”

“A 42-year-old Ugandan woman”

Can we all just stop this? Public officials with nothing verified to communicate, can you keep off?

The precision of public information matters a lot.

The personal identity of Nigeria’s index Ebola case provides zero medical value.

In fact, potential patients will avoid testing to escape public trial.

Ultimately, we will all pay the price.

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

But Ebola isn't airborne

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say https://t.co/SlY1WIFYZN

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

WhatsApp has ads now. Throw the whole app away.

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

I think Uganda is being scapegoated. We have to declare ebola for the sake of public health. Do I think the borders are porous, yes. But I think we are really good at dealing with pandemics.

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

Life is hard over here. 😪

[Tonny Muwonge @tonysteinn25]

This seems like a good time to tell you about how outbreak response works.

1. Declaration. There is a category of diseases that countries are mandated to tell the rest of the world about when a certain threshold of number of cases is reached. For Ebola, that is 1 case.

[Njoku Nonso @njokunonso_]

“…many of us reached a conclusion that seemed almost impractical then but feels urgent and essential now: We had to ignore the noise and market signals and, to borrow from the South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, write whatever we liked.”

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

https://t.co/SA4DPXO3uQ

[Fiona Laker ✊🏿 @fioneezy]

Yeah
2026 needs to end expeditiously!!!!

[DBwambale @TheMutaD]

The same way they were undetected at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Mutala Mohammed International Airport. If they were served at thos sairpirts, you would claim some supremacy. Ebola is a complex virus that's not ready for these doltish questions

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

Guilt?

[Chiko Biscuit ✨ @Rainbow_Wxtch]

Can we talk about the guilt that comes with calling in sick at work? 😭

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

I just don't want to cook 😭

[Nkanyezi @NkanyeziKubheka]

Eating cornflakes at night? Congratulations. You are pregnant.

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

@Wonder__jR Wonder Vision maybe? 😅

I'll see myself out.

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

Miracles happen everyday to everyone. Miracles should never be a marketing gimmick and yet... That is the entire marketing of many a Ugandan church.

[Jesse @mjesse025]

@DjHush_M Until they attack your belief system, your patience (fruit of the Spirit) has not been tested enough.
Simply because you subscribe to church settings which don't believe in miracles and the healing hand of God doesn't necessarily mean you have mastered patience

[Alotta Warmheart @Eroquezan]

So having power the whole week is a privilege now.
Oh Uganda!

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

@UEDCLTD @Always741QP Hello. We in Buwate have no electricity too. Any ETA on when it will return?

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

@paul_kisakye 😂 @I_I_Acan, should we?

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

Are they in Buwate? Our power is off 😭

[Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Ltd @UEDCLTD]

We have multiple technical teams on-ground across the affected areas, identifying and working to fix faults as fast and safely as possible.

We will keep you updated.

#UEDCLinService #LightingUpYourWorld

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

@paul_kisakye 😂😂😭 yesssssss 😭. We need a support group.

[Reading Junkie @Mablees]

No electricity in Buwate
@UEDCLTD