Covid-19: how to survive covid 2021

 By now almost every South African knows somebody who died due to Covid-19; often, it's someone from your family or a colleague from work or friend of the many years. The vaccine, says the president, will only be available within the second quarter of 2021 and albeit so, priority groups (front line doctors , the aged) and therefore the logistics of distribution mean that getting that shot within the arm might only happen towards the top of subsequent civil year , or later. How on earth can we survive until then? Fortunately, there are some vital cues from our behaviour in 2020 which will determine who stands and who falls due to the pandemic threat. In SA, 

as elsewhere, there are stubborn denialists who are among the foremost likely to be infected and even die. They deny the science of coronavirus infections within the same way that a former president and his followers denied the science of HIV infections. Even when loved ones die around them, the denialists have simple frameworks in their heads that specify away the tragedy before their very eyes. 

you can't change minds with a crash program in epidemiology, the history of pandemics (especially second waves of infection, as within the Spanish flu), or vaccinology. Science denialism isn't easily shaken. we all know from the 2020 experience that there's little you'll do for this group of citizens.We also know from 2020 that those that enjoy the best immunity from infection do five things consistently.

 They occupy home the maximum amount as they will . They wear masks (properly). They hand sanitise. They observe social distancing. They avoid any crowds. These people are much less likely to be infected, fall ill, or die. Older people and people with comorbidities are the foremost vulnerable and therefore the sorts of people that are compelled to be very strict about these mitigation measures. But we all know from 2020 that human behaviour may be a lot more complicated than what these simple observances suggest. Humans need connection, even touch. there's no vaccine for loneliness. In fact, we now know there's an important cost to long periods of isolation, including mental and emotional health consequences. A rigid, intolerable enforcement of the laws denies our very human vulnerabilities as a species. That is why I don't accept as true with the fine and/or prison sentence for not wearing a mask. Nor do i think that anyone are going to be thrown within the slammer for mask violations, the contradictions are too obvious when criminals at the very best levels walk free among us.

 the decision to “step aside” from an edge within the ruling party, within the face of great charges, has become something of a public joke. We cannot shame people into safe behaviours or enforce policy by bullying surfers and bathers on the beaches. the simplest we will do is to influence the bulk who are prepared to concentrate . Show them in graphic terms the prices of non-compliance on utterly exhausted nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, and auxiliary doctors . Run media campaigns that show patients struggling to breathe as they wait reception or in corridors due to the non-availability of ambulances, a scarcity of beds and a shortage of oxygen. Demonstrate what happens to poor and working-class families when the only breadwinner is incapacitated by Covid-19 or dies as a result. But also give positive messages about why we are making sacrifices now. for instance , few social media texts got as many “likes” as this one: “We do our part now in order that once we gather again, nobody is missing.” It is so important to point out compassion, even within the application of a replacement and extended lockdown policy. i'm unsure who is advising our president but one among the strategic errors our politician has made is to deliver speeches on lockdown regulations without taking questions from the people. Questions serve two purposes. It gives people access to vital information like “when will the vaccine be available, to whom, and at what costs?” But time period also gives citizens a way of being heard, that the leader hears their voices and feels their pain. Yes, the teary-eyed president won some affection towards the top of his latest announcement, but that's not enough. He must hear directly from the people and not only from journalists angling for a headline.

 this will be easily arranged with the new technologies available and with the required expertise on each flank. Imagine a bi-weekly Q&A with the people, where the president answers questions directly from the general public (including children), with Professor Glenda Gray on one side and Professor “Slim” Karim on the opposite . Most of all, give ordinary people a way of hope, whilst painful regulations are announced. Give them reassurance of a corruption-free supply chain for the delivery of life-giving resources. Show them that officials are being exemplary with reference to lockdown compliance. And remind them that this horrific experience will soon be behind us if we all play out part.

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