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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Dull

I hear that a French national was found dead on the street in Kuta. Covid-19.

The maid tell me that a man suddenly dropped dead in a minimart near my old house in Renon. Coronavirus.

News travels here in the form of gossip, as we are for the most part stuck in our own abodes. Oh we can come out if we want, but there are not many places to go. Most are closed. We get our news online. We get our news through small talk with the neighbor. Outside, everyone is wearing a mask. It's difficult to talk through a mask. And they're not out there to talk anyway. They're out there on some necessary errand. Like getting groceries. Get what you need, and get back home.

Is Covid-19 stalkng the streets of Bali? Who knows? All we know is what is on YouTube. And how much chocolate one can eat in one day. And how often one can fall asleep. And how very tiring it can be to do nothing all day.

We can check the Line app to learn the statistics in Indonesia. 1790 confirmed positive. 170 dead.
 

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