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ll levels of hazmat) even if you are inside an airconditioned facility. Your mouth dries up quickly, still, you can’t drink, I’m warning you. You should hydrate yourself adequately first before you gonna put it on.</i></p><p id="943b"><i>For us swabbers without the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-contained_breathing_apparatus">SCBA</a> equipment, I have to deal wearing it for long periods until my whole body is soaked up with sweat. Aside from that, your goggles get foggy, because of the dripping grease. Want to wipe your brows, ‘cause you can’t see distinctly the patient’s throat? Nope, you can’t do that! You have to be ready to use a penlight, at all times, FYI.</i></p><p id="db38"><i>Did I mention you can’t also hear fully what the other person’s saying and vice versa? You have to cope with that, too. Plus, a great takeaway is, be ready to suffer from <a href="https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/heat-injury-and-heat-exhaustion">heat injury</a>, or just take the <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kill%20Me%20Please">“kill me please”</a> pill. (<a href="https://readmedium.com/lets-pause-and-toast-for-these-spectacular-poets-f1b5695e00c2">I almost passed out from this one.</a>) You are not yet done testing for a queue of 50–100 patients. Be lucky enough you have the privilege of helping them.</i></p><p id="6cb5"><i>Considerably, I am thankful, that vaccines are being discovered, we have fewer patients to test for in our place. Hopefully and prayerfully wishing that by the year 2022 almost all people will get vaccinated worldwide.</i></p><p id="e8ae"><i>Keep on being safe albeit, my Dear One. We are not sure of the outcome yet if we will go on wearing this hazmat suit, masks, and all kinds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment">PPE</a> relentlessly until when or forever. There are still <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-is-the-only-way-to-stop-new-covid-variants-expert-says/ar-AAP7Etz">unknown variants</a> coming.</i></p><p id="a659"><i>Thanks a million for reading! Remember, be well ever.</i></p><p id="b303">This piece is in response to the prompt <b>“suit”</b> for the <b>#Inktober2021</b> challenge of Art Tales pub. Thanks so much for the awesome invite, dear Jay, <a href="undefined">JS Adam</a>!

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Do You Want the Suit or the Man in the Hazmat Suit?

Suit — 2nd day prompt for #Inktober2021

Hazardous material suit worn against harmful Agents, all the way for anti-bacteria, gases, coronaviruses Zombie walks, talks, wearer goes back and forth, no choice Made up of gloves, goggles, boots, respirator, too A, B, C, D levels — degree of security one needs to choose To all who badly needs PPE — doctors, medics, med techs

Sailors, soldiers, struggling disaster cleaners Unequaled firefighters, unrivaled frontliners, nuclear Inspectors, inconspicuous drug enforcers, be sure you have Three-party extra for your loved ones, kins and me

**The Author wearing the hazmat suit while on duty: Image owned by the Author**

Ever since I have seen the first astronaut landed on the moon wearing that heavenly spacesuit or hazmat suit, I was eternally fascinated and smitten by that purely white garb.

But when the time for me has come to personally wear it, after undergoing meticulous training, a mixed feeling of excitement, and fear has swept over me.

Mind you, this isn’t a joke anymore, I told myself. I for one have to wear it as a shield against the dreadful COVID19 to gather test samples for the confirmatory testing of the unknown, probable, and suspected patients.

I have to confess to you, it was a very challenging moment for me. First, it was so hard though, but when I get used to it, I have adjusted well. Later on, I almost hated it due to stress, anxiety, and innumerable reasons —the feeling’s always hot (same for all levels of hazmat) even if you are inside an airconditioned facility. Your mouth dries up quickly, still, you can’t drink, I’m warning you. You should hydrate yourself adequately first before you gonna put it on.

For us swabbers without the SCBA equipment, I have to deal wearing it for long periods until my whole body is soaked up with sweat. Aside from that, your goggles get foggy, because of the dripping grease. Want to wipe your brows, ‘cause you can’t see distinctly the patient’s throat? Nope, you can’t do that! You have to be ready to use a penlight, at all times, FYI.

Did I mention you can’t also hear fully what the other person’s saying and vice versa? You have to cope with that, too. Plus, a great takeaway is, be ready to suffer from heat injury, or just take the “kill me please” pill. (I almost passed out from this one.) You are not yet done testing for a queue of 50–100 patients. Be lucky enough you have the privilege of helping them.

Considerably, I am thankful, that vaccines are being discovered, we have fewer patients to test for in our place. Hopefully and prayerfully wishing that by the year 2022 almost all people will get vaccinated worldwide.

Keep on being safe albeit, my Dear One. We are not sure of the outcome yet if we will go on wearing this hazmat suit, masks, and all kinds of PPE relentlessly until when or forever. There are still unknown variants coming.

Thanks a million for reading! Remember, be well ever.

This piece is in response to the prompt “suit” for the #Inktober2021 challenge of Art Tales pub. Thanks so much for the awesome invite, dear Jay, JS Adam! Kindly refer to the link below. Please join, have some fun! Or else, you’ll miss half of your life…

Launching My New Pub with #Inktober2021 — Open for Submissions

A new publication with a new type of challenge!

medium.com

If you are fond of this piece, you might as well love this:

Be Special, Be Like A Snow Crystal

Crystal — first day prompt for #Inktober2021

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