COVID-19: TO THE PORTALS OF HELL AND BACK.

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Dec 31, 2020, 11:57:20 AM12/31/20
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Let me first of all thank divine providence for the opportunity to be back from the portals of Hell and share the story, the grim spectacle of the glimpse beyond.  Many were not so lucky with death tolls being recorded in the 700s and 800s.


Listen to no one who writes or tells you that the new strains of COVID-19 are not deadlier than the previous ones; they are!  I rode roughshod with the various strain as if it did not exist and every morning with the cocks siren its ' pírí lolongo nji'. For more than three decades I have humiliated the Western flu because it could find no nitch in my body from where it could secure a foothold let alone luxuriate.

Then came the Monday a fortnight ago with aches spreading gradually all over my body and attempts being made to shrug it off with normal exercise regime.  By Wednesday it was clear I was dealing with a totally different invasion force.  I could not leave the house for work.  Indeed I could not get out of bed easily except for hours of planning even to use the bathroom.  I could not sit up straight in bed for more 10 seconds before collapsing back.  I was bedridden.

Every part of my body ached the way never did: from the lower back and the kidneys to the upper back by the lungs it was clear all the organs in the body were being besieged by the invisible invading force.  All energy left me.  I would swagger the few short steps to the bathroom like a drunk. even though I took no drop of alcohol.  All appetite vanished.  I took only two small bowls of cornflakes in 72 hours.

Government said 10 days self- isolation would do the trick.  Mine's more like 20.  But its the horror of this new strain that most have been economical with the truth about.  This is a dangerous disease; this is a deadly disease.  And it is making its way into America.

For the purpose of those on this forum from time to give a just send a 'just checking to see you are doing ok' to our 70+ members.  They will be extremely vulnerable to this new strain especially if they had underlying conditions in any of their internal organs.


OAA




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Toyin Falola

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Dec 31, 2020, 12:03:51 PM12/31/20
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Prince:

I never knew you were passing through the trauma of COVID-19. We thank God that you survived it. Your recovery is for a purpose: to impact the world with your talent and goodness.

Stay well.

TF

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Alinah Segobye

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Dec 31, 2020, 12:26:42 PM12/31/20
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Brother,

Wishing you speedy recovery. From Pretoria where another variant of the new strain is reported - we are sitting on edge but are hopeful. Indeed the message is for all of us to fortify our health systems for physical and mental strength to be able to withstand the onslaught should it visit. 

Wishing you and your families the very best for the cross over to 2021 . May God grant you all good health and speedy recovery should you fall ill.

Please keep your families and circles  of kith and kin updated with knowledge how to prevent  infection and if unfortunate to be infected how to  fortify themselves. Recovery is possible but the journey is tough. To 2021 we go.... 


Godspeed.

AKS

OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Dec 31, 2020, 12:41:16 PM12/31/20
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Many thanks.

.OAA



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Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

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Dec 31, 2020, 1:40:08 PM12/31/20
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Wow OAA.

We greet you on return. 

Great congrats.

Toyin

Dr BioDun J Ogundayo

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Dec 31, 2020, 3:42:17 PM12/31/20
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Welcome back to life and living, O Brave One!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💙💙💙
Share some of your insights, especially your coping methods in the context of Yoruba/African spirituality, sir.

Again, Welcome Back!!!
BioDun

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Adeshina Afolayan

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Dec 31, 2020, 3:42:17 PM12/31/20
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Ọ̀gá Agbetuyi,
This is a serious matter you just narrated. You went through the valley of the shadow of death. Thank God you made it. 

We thank Èdùmàrè that we all are stepping into the new year. 2020 was too traumatic.


OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Dec 31, 2020, 7:08:17 PM12/31/20
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Thank you Oga Afolayan.

Its good riddance to a bad year.  The worst year of the 21st century.

I havent seen anyone the whole world who hasnt lost this year.


OAA



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Ọ̀gá Agbetuyi,
This is a serious matter you just narrated. You went through the valley of the shadow of death. Thank God you made it. 

We thank Èdùmàrè that we all are stepping into the new year. 2020 was too traumatic.


Adeshina 


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Harrow, Kenneth

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Dec 31, 2020, 7:08:17 PM12/31/20
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so glad you made it through this trial!!!

kenneth harrow

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michigan state university

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Salimonu Kadiri

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Dec 31, 2020, 7:08:17 PM12/31/20
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​KÒ SI BÍ ASÉ MÃ SÉ ÀKÀLÀMÀGBÒ, O GBÓDÒ LO EGBÈRUN ODÚN NI. Welcome back my dear ARIKÚYERI.
S. Kadiri

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Olasupo Laosebikan

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Dec 31, 2020, 7:47:30 PM12/31/20
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Love you, my Brother, Alaafia



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Dr. Oohay

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Dec 31, 2020, 7:47:30 PM12/31/20
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Bad it came but glad you overcame IT!

Elias K. Bongmba

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Dec 31, 2020, 9:20:37 PM12/31/20
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Thank God you beat this.

Elias

Femi Segun

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Dec 31, 2020, 9:20:37 PM12/31/20
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Omoba OAA
Eku a jaye emi o. Ododun lan nrorogbo. ododun lan ra wusa, odun o lejo ko mo obi ma gun origba. Ododun la o ma ri yin o. Ase Edumare. 

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tunde jaiyeoba

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Jan 1, 2021, 4:39:45 AM1/1/21
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Dear Prof.,

Great to have you back, you shall not go there again.

Your experience has become invaluable to The World, if nothing else COVID is real !!! 

We shall live to proclaim the goodness of The Lord in the land of the living.!!!


Babatunde JAIYEOBA




























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Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Uyilawa Usuanlele

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Jan 1, 2021, 4:01:51 PM1/1/21
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OAA.,
          I wish you God's healing and speedy recovery. Happy New year.
Uyi

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Biko Agozino

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Jan 1, 2021, 4:51:54 PM1/1/21
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Happy survival.
The abstinence from food helped you heal
You prolonged it with those two bowls of cornflakes
Fast for 24 hours with lots of water and fresh air to recover.

Biko

Pamela Smith

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Jan 4, 2021, 8:51:10 PM1/4/21
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Olayinka, aburo mi owon:

Ope! Ope! Ope O!

Ope ni f’Oluwa. Jesu seun o!

 

This is most scary. And the message is simple and clear:

“Not yet, your work on earth is yet undone...”

Until then, may Providence continue to watch over you.

 

Pele o! Ma f’ara sile o!

Ire, ire ati alafia ni l’opolopo, l’ojojumo o!

Amin. Aase l’agbara Edumare!

 

Cheers,

Pam

 

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Michael Afolayan

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Jan 5, 2021, 12:47:55 AM1/5/21
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Wow, thank God we are not starting the new year in sackcloths and ashes, mourning another colleague. This must be the sinister missile that missed one's head but got away with one's hat. Congratulations, Ojogbon Agbetuyi! Ọ̀yẹ̀kú is the Odù that appeared on your tray. Therefore, may 2021 be the beginning of your many more years of survival, victorious living and grand productivity. Báríkà o!

MOA





Elias K. Bongmba

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Jan 5, 2021, 10:12:55 AM1/5/21
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I missed this news about the illness of Brother Olayinka.

Thank God you have recovered.

Sincerely,

Elias

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