NOV 10, 2021: Businesses and places are reopening come Friday 19 November 2021. We are reopening them because of the economy and not because it is safe now.
Like others, our economy too is not shielded from the Covid pandemic's economic consequences.
We need to move quickly to recover from the serious economic downturn caused by the pandemic.
We need to quickly adapt to living with covid that will stay with us forever like HN1N1 and many other influenza-like illnesses.
We expect very minimal numbers of daily active cases during this first phase of 'Operasi Pulih' (Operation Recovery). Probably below 100 a day or less.
MOH will of course closely monitor the situation. It will be closely watching particularly the number of cases in categories 3, 4, and 5.If it sees a sign that active cases in those categories are shooting up and will overwhelm our health system in no time if necessary measures are not taken immediately, then we will be back to square one; the whole nation's semi lockdown.
But this situation can be avoided if we continue to follow the MOH COVID PANDEMIC SOP when out and about in our daily life during the recovery period besides being fully vaccinated.
Complacency plus covidiots are the biggest threat to our health and safety during this recovery period.
Complacency leads to carelessness, covidiots couldn't be bothered, and reckless. Both spell disaster if not addressed, regulated, and managed effectively.
So during this recovery period, we need to focus more on managing these threats. We need to be extra vigilant against these two factors that can ruin our efforts to regain normalcy which we have lost during the pandemic. MHO
