Covidiot

 So, It happened that On March 2020 , there started this life threatening  pandemic which caused chaos all over the world, Kenya being one of the countries affected by this Corona Virus outbreak was not an exemption. The Kenya government through the ministry of health put forward rules, regulations and guidelines to be followed in order to slow the spread or prevent individuals from contacting the virus. The obvious happens, and that is, there was this group of people who strictly followed the rules and then this huge number of citizens who merely followed none of the said rules. Yes! and we call them Covidiots. This being interesting group of individuals,they were seen all over social media ranting that covid is a government project to squander public money. They emphasized that people should continue with their normal life routines. Twitter and all socila media platforms was used widely to spread fake information about covid and hence bringing about confusion to people who a...

  Dear Readers, Hello! My name is Margaret Lokonon. I am student from Moi University in Kenya, taking bachelor’s degree in information science.   I hope you all are doing great and are taking care of yourself against the Corona Virus.   I want us to have a little understanding about Corona and how the media has contributed to this epidemic. Media is a channel of distribution of information both true and untrue. It requires high skills of understanding of its environs to filter out correct information from the overload available in the internet, social media and other user generated online platforms. Corona virus commonly known as Covid-19 is a respiratory virus that attacks the respiratory system blocking oxygen from reaching the different parts of the body. Corona virus causes respiratory infection including pneumonia, cold, sneezing and coughing while in animal it causes diarrhea and upper respiratory diseases. It was first discovered in a city in China called ...