Two deaths today.
We are told and warned :
1. More double or triple digits new infected cases in the days and months ahead.
2. More deaths expected.
Why not just impose a 3 to 4 weeks lockdown (minus essential services and import lines of goods) to bring down the cases?
Many countries have already done that. Why are Singaporeans, residents and the few tourists in this country still partying under the impression that Singapore is impregnable to Covid-19?
I passed by Serene Centre last evening. The bar pubs were crowded with westerners and locals, as if all is good and fine.
This morning, at the hawker centre and coffee shop, the old and most vulnerable are still sitting in close proximity, yakking away, mistakenly believing that they wouldn't be unfortunate victims of Covid-19. The queues were still long for the favourite hawker stalls.
When will Singaporeans and residents learn that this virus is highly infectious?
When will they stop believing the MYTH that Singapore has the best medical doctors and facilities, to the extent that, even if they caught the virus, they will surely recover, like a guarantee from God?
Yes, I agree that we shouldn't be paranoid and panic. But that doesn't mean we go on life as if nothing has happened. It's a pandemic out there for goodness sake.
And it's getting out of control. The authorities seems to have lost the plot, hoping that piecemeal actions can slow the number of infections to zero.
It will never happen.
We, as a society need tougher measures, more serious actions and tougher penalties to protect the vulnerable, old and those with preexisting illness from impending possible deaths.
It's not something that we can dismiss off as "lucky" or "unlucky" if one catches the virus. The virus do spread very fast and kill many, as shown in China, Italy and more and more Western countries.
Money and asset can be gambled, but surely, human lives shouldn't be used as gambling chips.
And when infection spikes to consecutively to a few hundred cases a day for a week or so, there wouldn't be enough ventilators to accommodate all those who really need it. We will regret inaction.
At that point, there will be more deaths due to insufficient ventilators, overworked medical personnel, and stretched resources.
The Covid-19 virus didn't kill them, but the lack of serious action or inaction did.
