The Pluribus Unaffected 13
They come from every corner of the map, stitched together by chance, circumstance, and the quiet weight of their own lived worlds, a gathering that reads less like a roster and more like a snapshot of humanity’s vast, uneven reach.
Ages of the immune stretch from childhood to the edge of ninety. Homes range from the crowded streets of Beijing to the high desert light of Albuquerque, from the volcanic hush of Bali to the salt winds of Sardinia.
Carol met these folk:
- Carol Sturka, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Koumba Diabaté, from Mauritania
- Kusimayu, from Peru
- Laxmi, from India
- Otgonbayar, from Mongolia
- Xiu Mei, from Beijing, China
Carol has not met these folk (but spoke with Manousos via airplane phone):
- Abdul Kareem Alsharei, 37, from Aden, Yemen
- Bora Colak, 68, from Istanbul, Turkey
- Ida Ayu Dewi, 23, from Bali, Indonesia
- Manousos Oviedo, from Asunción, Paraguay
- Mary Kuksie Akintola, 8, from Maseru, Lesotho
- Sidore Melis, 89, from Sardinia, Italy
- Takeo Kitanaka, from Osaka, Japan
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