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What a relief it is to be back among level-headed Kenyans

When you’ve grown up with malaria, a bat virus isn’t going to make you panic

Caption: For many Kenyans we know, who lived on the beach, wandered the slopes of Mount Kenya or enjoyed their cattle and farms, 2020 could not have been better. Credit: AlexanderXXI
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