Corona Vs Nigerians
First there was Corona, Omicron and now, Fluorona. The pandemic has just been using us to catch cruise, changing clothes like a runway model.
Seeing no end in sight for the pandemic which began in 2020, Nigerians learned to double cross it. The true pioneers of making lemonade from lemon.
Here are five ways Nigerians and the pandemic changed it for each other.
1. Overnight Content Creators
People were told to stay home. That meant boredom for people who like to shout ‘we outside’. In a bid to make lemonade out of their lemons, Nigerians turned to TikTok.
That’s how they turned themselves to overnight content creators.
2. Low tolerance for cold & catarrh people
Before the pandemic, if someone sneezed beside you, you might feel like saying “bless you”. Since Corona and co trooped in, anybody that sneezes or coughs funny gets the side-eye from Nigerians. If you sneeze or cough more than once, people will shift away from you.
It is what it is. Everybody wan go heaven but nobody wan die.
3. Couch potatoes
When the lockdown was announced at first, it was met with a lot of disagreement. But Nigerians learned to adapt. The lockdown was eased and life as we knew it resumed.
However, many people no longer want to scream ‘we outside’. Even those who resolved to join the fitfam family during the lockdown have put on more weight and do not seem to care a bit.
Introducing the new I can not come and kill myself batch.
4. Remote work the new cool
During COVID-19, a lot of businesses had to close temporarily or reduce working hours. That affected the working class negatively but it also opened their eyes to remote work.
Working from home is now the new cool o. Now, they regard remote and hybrid jobs as just as effective.
5. Conspiracy Theorists
In a bid to avoid taking injections, some Nigerians turned to conspiracy theorists. According to them, the vaccine was the mark of the beast plus it contained a microchip that would be used to track us.
#TheGoodStuff serves up some light reading with 2 shots of humor and a dash of sarcasm. This edition highlights the changes that happened to Nigerians due to the pandemic.
