Three pairs of eyes in the family have defected to the Reds, I am the only one left with white corneas but I am sure that very soon, I will soon be pulled to join the other side.

Ironically, instead of the sick being quarantined, I am the one who is being isolated. My brother's towel has been removed from the central toilet (which we both use) and he is to bathe with my equally-infected parents. I am to wash my hands after touching anything that belongs to the sick people.

Today I felt a slight itch in one of my eyes. Good grief... it couldn't have happened sooner... That surge of revolutionary fervour is parasiting me.