Worrying numbers
Burning grass
DURING these tough times thousands of people are at home, unemployed.
Lawns are clean, backyard gardens are springing up — which is good to see.
However, one issue has come up. People are burning grass and leaves that is still green.
From where I live, I see a sky full of smoke and it must be awful for people with respiratory issues.
Then there is the issue of people burning rubber and plastic.
Acrid smoke fills the skies.
ALLEN LOCKINGTON
Kava Place, Lautoka
Playing God
ONE must be prepared to face the wrath of God if he chooses to play God.
A godly man will know where to draw the line between the human and the divine.
In humility his request should be “Lord, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference”. NOLEEN BILLINGS
Savusavu
COVID pandemic
FIJI, or rather the greater Suva Peninsula is paying extremely heavily with this “mushrooming” COVID pandemic.
I read from very reliable sources, about 80 per cent of COVID deaths, since April, 2021, are among the unvaccinated.
These are stark frightening statistics.
About 56 COVID deaths since April, 2021. I will stand corrected. Was this so necessary?
The death of any loved one is always painful. The loss, unbearable. Sorrows are heart-wrenching.
I beg all the un-vaccinated to do the right thing, please. Protect all your loved ones immediately around you, first foremost. Protect your own good self and your family members. Then your fellow workers; relatives and friends.
Be bold. Be responsible. Follow medical advice as soon as possible. Please have a change of heart.
Please step forward voluntarily to preserve your own life first, I plead.
To all older parents, please remember the good old days, when we attended primary school years ago in the 1950s and onwards.
We took our vaccinations and inoculations, without fuss. Please repeat the same now.
Please be the shining light to our children and grandchildren. You owe it to them.
Lead the way and take the jab with loving care and a tender sense of greatest responsibility.
In my humble view, No jab; no job, merely means protect your fellow workers.
Do not be a COVID super-spreader to/from work and “contaminate” your family. All responsible employers have a dogged duty of care to preserve life of every employee. No jab means no protection. Place yourself in your boss’s position.
It is so frightening to read over 800plus COVID positive cases 24-hours to 8am Monday, July 12, 2021.
The Lord God helps those who help themselves.
Our hardworking doctors and nurses are God’s gifts to mankind to help us when sickness strikes us. Now is the hour. Respond responsibly. RONNIE CHANG
Martintar, Nadi