Chapter - 38 - Lockdown 2

Although there was a rumor that N-Corona Virus was man-made that cropped up through the social media, still, it can be positively thought that it had somehow helped Mother Earth to be able to heal its ruptured ozone layer as the pollution was decreased from emitting destructive effects in land, water, and air.

Moreover, this was the very moment when every family would be more closely knit from each other, praying for the safety of a family member who was locked down away from home because of employment.

This was likewise the moment when people should not panic in facing a pandemic that might had snatched one's life unexpectedly. Hence, everyone was looking back for a traditional cure that may possibly drive away the deadly virus out from any infected person.

Solis-Britton family was not excluded from those other families world wide to follow some instructions in order to get rid of the virus.

While following the instructions about sanitation to avoid being infected, Britton as an inventor, together with his family, focused on a new invention that would certainly disinfect an individual the moment he/she stepped on their gate to press the door bell.

Once the bell was pressed, a sprayer with disinfectant would automatically shower a sanitizer not only to the person but also on the gate and the door bell that he/she touched and pressed.

They named his invention as DAS- Disinfectant Automatic Sanitizer.

The moment that person was already inside their premises, just five paces away from the gate, a shed where clean and fresh robes are hung ready to be worn to unclad himself/herself from the clothes he/she was wearing. He/She would have to wash and dry it first in the washing machine that was also in the shed. Some hangers were also ready to be used.

Not very far from the shed and the main door of their house a tent with some comfortable seats and three small tables were properly arranged. The visitors had to be entertained in that tent. Again, before foods and beverages be served, Sydney Ace had to press the DAS that was installed in that tent.

Before the visitor left their house another ritual is given to him/her. He/She had to get inside in an enclosed booth where he/she would be required to close his/her eyes while breathing from the steaming booth that they called ASB-Automatic Steaming Booth that boils water with three to four tablespoonfuls of salt. It had a timer that stopped after at least five minutes as its minimum and fifteen minutes for its maximum time. It was on the choice of the number of minutes that could be pressed by the inhaler.

It could had only been for their own usage just like their IBT-Invisible Bag Teleportation that remained a family secret. However, Athena, their youngest child, convinced them to expose his father's new invention through one of the known social media outlets.

Having been convinced, a video coverage was done with an explanation. When they uploaded their video clip, it became a sensational exposure that there was a clamour from the four corners of the world using the same social media outlet to get the details of the inventor.

What made them more interested to own is the ASB- Automatic Steaming Booth. The explanation of its traditional origin dramatically caught the attention of the willing customers to have their own.

With the rising inquiry from those who would like to buy, the Solis-Britton family was suddenly very busy helping each other to assemble at least first twenty five units to create a hype of their new product. Thus, making it a limited edition, it really costs a customer for an expensive purchasal.

With the suggestion of Splash to her husband, the production had become Systematic that shortened its length of making those twenty five limited edition. Instead of one month, it took them only fifteen days to assemble those twenty five units.

The detail how to purchase and who to contact was once again uploaded. Hence, it was bought so quickly like a hot cake despite their preference to sell them only to their own countrymen.

What about those with less money but would like to buy? They had to assemble some for them using materials which were cheaper but still durable than those limited edition.

The purchasal of the said ASB hit both the local and national market. Miraculously, it helped Philippines had less death compared to United States of America and Italy.

So, when General Community Quarantine was already declared, Splash told his husband to send a specially made ASB to his parents and sibling to USA. Sydney's compassionate parents, were very generous to let their neighbours use their son's recent invention to cure COVID 19 patients and to avoid getting infected with it.

In the Philippines, every school requested Sydney to install his DAS-Disenfectant Automatic Sanitizer. Even some churches had likewise contacted him for its installment which he did it for free. While others were given big amount of discount.

Their family was thankful to God for providing them an idea to produce machines used to fight against the fatal virus that killed peoples of the world. It was an idea that made Sydney upgraded the traditional treatment for a sick person that was called 'USLOB' that they named ASB- Automatic Steaming Booth with only a liter and a half water and three to four tablespoons of salt needed. Pouring one fourth cup of vinegar was written optional in the instructions in using it.

Consequently, little by little the world was starting to get rid of the virus with God's providence. It was maybe because almost all those who had forgotten God had vowed and bent their knees asking for forgiveness, begging to intervene the sweeping away of COVID 19 virus.

Another probability was social distancing even in some scenes in some television drama series that may endanger the health of some performers as the infection is contagious. Therefore, such action that directly or indirectly influenced many young people of so many immodest scenes like kissing scenes, bed scenes and even deception and betrayal against a beloved and a family member was no longer shown. Indeed, they had become more and more decent and wholesome that had been rated as general patronage.

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The lockdown had become a springboard to analyze the shortcoming of mankind to obey God's words. It had also tested the strong faith in God in facing the pandemic that resulted to a sudden collapse of economic stability of every affected nation as the industrial and commercial companies were shut down.

It had also put every leader's governance into a hot water as the constituents had become more demanding on the financial assistance and relief goods distributed to them just to let them stay at their home, safe and sound.

This pandemic had also united compassionate people who chose to be anonymous during the days when they had to give an assistance to the needy and homeless.

Indeed, they were able to decrease their affliction and difficulty. They were, in fact, saved from dying in starvation. This was how pandemic affected the Solis-Britton family. Their compassion grew more that urged them to help without a camera man videoing their good deeds for publicity.

The words that stated---"If you quench the thirst of your brother, you did it for me; If you fed a hungry brother, you did it for me." were never been forgotten by this couple.

Thereby, while their children were busy packing the relief goods, the couple were very busy distributing them from place to place where the needy were residing.

The distribution was done through the assistance of the frontliner no other than the Peace & Order officers. It was really a blessing from God that they had vehicles that were used to bring the food assistance to them.

When someone was noticed to have conducted a video coverage, the couple would talk to them to stop for they didn't want any publicity with what they were doing. It was so good that the person who tried to have video coverage listened to them obediently.

In fact, the husband and wife housed some homeless to their unoccupied apartment unit just across their home that was why they could have supported their daily meals.

As a leader on his own right, he led them how to be productive instead of being helpless through gardening at the vacant lot between their store and five unit apartment building. They provided them with seedlings they had allowed to germinate in several seedlbg boxes.

Their son suggested that they should also lead them how to make a small fish pond where they could have raised fresh water schools of fish. Swine and poultry raising were also introduced by this family in preparation to an unpredictable disappearance of the virus known as COVID 19 that caused the death of hundreds of thousands people world wide.

Without going out, they had their foods to eat even though the pandemic would have lasted for a longer time.