The much talked about 2nd wave of Covid19 had arrived and practically hit all countries around the world. Unfortunately, some have not even completed the 1st wave yet and version 1.5 came when they reopened too soon.
Countries that were praised for flattening the curve have seen a resurgence of cases from multiple venues. These are mainly from external sources that could have easily slipped through. This had resulted in an urgent clamp down again for countries like South Korea, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Until the vaccine is discovered, new waves are inevitable as a country cannot completely shut itself from the rest of the world and its borders are every so porous.
After the virus experience of the last 3 months, we are beginning to see that a simple action like wearing a mask while outside is a very strong deterrent to slowing the spread of the virus in the community. A study showed that if 2 persons wear masks at the same time, the probability of one infecting the other will drop to only 1.5%. This very simple rule of making everyone wear a mask while outside is very well understood and practised by Asians and some Europeans in general. But why is it so difficult for the most powerful country in the world to understand and implement?
It was a terrible week for the orange moron that refuses to wear a mask. His numbers are getting worse and he has gone into full denial mode. Bolton’s new book confirmed as much that a kid is running the White House. Saying that cases are higher now because of more testing is a really oxymoronic statement. So if we reduce testing, then there will be fewer cases and he will look good. It’s like someone saying that if I imagine hard enough that the moon is green, then it will become green in my mind and everyone is wrong if they see otherwise.
America is a big mess now as everything is chaotic and there is no adult left in the White House. The lack of leadership is so apparent that it is becoming embarrassing to be identified as an American nowadays. As the most powerful person in the world, if you think wearing a mask is undemocratic and sissy, wouldn’t all your followers also mimic you and ignore the medical professionals?
The stupidity of this came to a head when I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433b5RJ9BME&feature=youtu.be
The Covidiots claim nature and religion mandates to not wanting to wear masks and denying all scientific facts. Really?!?!? Look what too much crazy social media can do to a normal person… While it is so laughable, choosing between freedom and dying/spreading the virus to your love ones is such a no brainer choice, right? Yet I am proven wrong in this video. The insanity of it all. What don’t you get? Is everything you read a conspiracy theory? Can you even just fact check them first? I guess not as your leader, the American president, spews lies and racist remarks every other day.
A quiet week for me as we go into phase 2 last week and more “normal” activities like dining in restaurants and working out in gyms again, but with a lot of new pre-conditions. Better than lockdown, I guess. Into the new normal we go.
The other big news was the announcement of elections with a 3 weeks timeline. Its the shortest ever, due to Covid19. The circus show will start soon with a lot of mudslinging and fierce rhetorical exchanges. We see 11 opposition parties challenging the incumbent this time. The likelihood of walkovers will be very low and the opposition parties had already worked out gentlemen’s agreements to avoid 3 cornered fights.
Meanwhile, I am making good progress on my 2nd set of deliverables for my current project. We also had our monthly Myanmar meeting via MS teams, which is becoming a way of life and work nowadays. The next 2 weeks of election fever will probably grip and consume all our minds and our energies. It may be a huge upset to the ruling party this time. But then again, that was what we said during the last 2 elections too…
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