"I mocked the 'stay at home' order," says shopkeeper who lost her husband to Covid.
"Fifteen days ago, I was hearing the words 'stay home' and I even mocked them. I went to the store and made a video saying, 'Stay home, but who's going to pay our bills at the end of the month?' Today I say, 'Stay home,'" said Silvana Cunha, who lost her husband to Covid.
247 - Silvana Cunha, a shopkeeper from Santa Rita, in Greater João Pessoa (Paraíba), defended the operation of commerce and even mocked the "stay at home" order, recording a video to encourage social isolation in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic.
The situation changed when her husband, Marco Cirino da Cunha, 57, a retired sergeant from the Military Police, died last Thursday (30), a victim of Covid-19.
"Fifteen days ago, I was hearing those words 'stay home' and I even mocked them. I went to the store and made a video saying 'stay home, but who's going to pay our bills at the end of the month?'. Today I say, 'stay home'," lamented Silvana, who recorded a video after her husband's death.
"Those words 'stay home' are very heavy for me today, because I didn't stay home, my husband didn't stay home, and unfortunately he passed away. Yesterday I felt their weight even more when I arrived and my son looked at me: 'Mom, did you save my dad?' and I just said no," she reported.
Silvana and her son were tested for Covid-19 twice, and both results were negative. Silvana, who owns a glass shop in Santa Rita, closed her store and says she has suffered prejudice in the city because of the disease.