Cuba today is indeed a country of sick citizens who do not know exactly what they are suffering from.
All they know is that they are being infected by “the virus” – a sinister ghost that has drifted across the entire island, wiping out its inhabitants.
First come the high fevers, then red spots develop, or else peeling skin. Vomiting, diarrhea and headaches are inevitable. The hands and knees swell. Victims can barely stand on their feet, and there are those who have not walked again even after the worst is over.
A limp indicates a virus survivor. Citizens who drag their legs or complain about achy joints have likely also been hit. According to Maidelys Solano, 38, who was ill at home in Bayamo along with her two children, her father and nephews, every morning in every Cuban neighborhood, people are saying, “It hurts here, it hurts there, today I am a little better, or I could not get out of bed. That’s how all the neighbors are, it’s what they repeat daily.”
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