Stop this witless madness please

 

Which wooden headed, bird brained, dingbats have concluded that everything should reopen, no masks need be worn, and social distancing is a thing of the past?

Declaring ‘Independence’ from Covid is certainly premature I should say.  

Here in the UAE, we are still so very careful, and masks, social distancing and safety rules are being followed conscientiously. We are learning to live with Covid, and that is intelligent, because Covid has not gone away, by any stretch of imagination.  

However, the newspapers this morning carried bizarre stories, of how governments, in some parts of the world had made such doltish decisions, and it filled me with a sense of angst, as cases are still rising!

Let’s put things in the correct perspective please.

Now I am no medical, or to put in more precisely, No Vaccine expert , but I have a certain amount of common sense, or at least I think I do, and hence I beg to be enlightened.

The Delta variant is hovering around the world menacingly, threatening to strike any and everywhere on a large scale, and run rampant. If intelligent reports are to be believed, this will be the third, and even more treacherous wave, so we need to be prepared and take the necessary precautions.  Medical professionals and other experts in the field have commented upon and debated this topic over the last three weeks or more, so it is not just a prediction of Nostradamus. It is the truth.

 Although agencies and governments are working around the clock, vaccines are still in awfully   short supply in many countries. About 15 % of the world’s population are fully vaccinated and 25 % of the world’s population have received just one dose- both woefully low figures- and I am not blaming anyone.  We are trying and it is difficult – point noted. Recovery rates are improving in some parts of the world, and that is a good sign.

So, pray, what is the hurry to proclaim ‘VICTORY’ and throw caution to the wind? It is this very impatience which caused the horrifying second wave. Have our brains gone so foggy, that we have forgotten the suffering and the deaths of just a few months ago? Do we want a repeat performance?

  The Delta variant was declared a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization in mid- May. The designation is used when there is increased evidence that a variant is more transmissible, causes more severe illness or reduces the effectiveness of vaccines or treatments.

Put on the television and you will see milling, joyous crowds, in celebratory modes, without masks, in many countries, shopping, holidaying, partying and at various games. This must be the height of insanity.  Covid is a ‘world pandemic’ and we have seen how easily it breaches boundaries. This is no rocket science. What further proof of impending danger are we waiting for?

Yes, we all want economies to recover, and we all want to get back to normal as soon as possible but this witless madness should cease and we MUST BE CAREFUL and ALERT.

For goodness’s sake – ‘Wake up and smell the roses’, or are you waiting for the roses on your grave?

 

 Remember, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread’’