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Blaming the people without stern action against errant leaders and the rich does not promote collective community social responsibility in addressing this pandemic.įinally, and perhaps a critical reason, is the Delta variant. This applies to the leaders as much as to the people. Thirdly, our social responsibility remains limited. The lack of a national directive to do this hampers local initiatives. We have continued to focus on surface decontamination instead of the more important ventilation to reduce airborne transmission.
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Secondly, we have yet to make significant changes to our work, business and education environments to reduce COVID-19 spread. It should be noted that we have provided inadequate support for the poorer segments of the population and those struggling in terms of financial and mask assistance. So we will have to reopen the economy or face worsening poverty, malnutrition of children, rising suicide rates, etc. The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Association of Malaysia is quoted as saying that approximately 100,000 companies have ceased operations since the first MCO and an additional 50,000 may lose their business with any extended lockdown. It has been estimated that an additional 2-3 million Malaysians have been pushed below the poverty line income during the COVID-19 crisis thus far. The fifth wave will come for a number of reasons.įirstly, we cannot continue lockdowns indefinitely the suffering of the poor and middle class is enormous. The current high baseline community infections, predominantly unlinked, makes another surge very likely. All social interactions at work, education, religious or otherwise are easily exploited by this virus. But the real issue is that, even now, we fail to understand that there is no safe number to meet. Some may argue that the 4th wave was due to considerable movement of individuals related to the puasa and Hari Raya period that this encouraged spread. You can see that the 4th wave came very quickly after the 3rd wave as fast as four weeks after the 3rd wave.