THE DÉJÀ VU OF BURRYING HEADS IN THE SAND
FORreal though, what can I say now or I even wonder if I should really say something because reality which is as clear as a clear blue sky speaks for itself even louder than I ever can?
Obviously, it seems we just don’t understand, we choose not to understand or just don’t mind what happens or what will eventually happen?
It is undeniable that most people think Covid-19 is now over, we may not be getting televised public updates as we used to, life seems to have gone back to normal, cases seem to be dropping.
But are we safe? I am afraid this is a dangerous course of action we are taking because the consequences are known as we been here before, seen it, done it, felt it, it’s a “deja vu.”
Clearly, we have buried our heads in the sand. While, there are some people who literally buried their heads in the sand in Australia recently for some protest, ours is figurative burying which means to ignore or hide from obvious signs of danger.
The saying comes from the belief that instead of facing the danger or running away from it an ostrich incorrectly hides its head in a hole in the ground when it sees danger.
This attitude benefits no one else but the enemy and our enemy who is capable of taking everyone down, won’t stop claiming lives as long as our heads are buried in the sand.
The first strategy under A, “Anticipate” for APA to be effective is to look in the right direction and really accept things for what they are. There is no problem that can ever be solved if we don’t accept it exists.
Coronavirus (Covid-19) had not left
When the second wave had peaked, most people were saying” Covid-19 was back.” I was like “back from where, had it gone anywhere?”
Beloved, Sarscov2, the virus that causes Covid-19 had not gone anywhere, it was so much around. It is just that people were looking in the opposite direction and laid down the guard giving room for the virus to spread and hence mutate then come back with unfathomable force that has claimed thousands of lives and left survivors with lasting health complications, has shuttered economies and changed people’s lives forever.
Whoever told you corona virus or Covid-19 is over? Please let me remind you that as long as we are still having admissions even one admission is one too many, people are still dying from it. Please, Covid-19 is not over yet, it is still very much around and as deadly as ever.
KENYA ALREADY IN THE 3RD WAVE
If you think we are out of the woods yet, just take a look at a country not so far away from us at the eastern cost of Africa, Kenya. There was at one point a report that the country had the pandemic under control with no new cases reported in a long time, but alas now they seem to be in the third wave, cases have risen, hospitals are full, mortalities on the rise.
I can’t put it better as how the global health reporter, Sara Jerving based in Nairobi put it recently, she writes…
“Kenya has hit its peak positivity rate for Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, as well as the highest number of deaths per day. The surge is driven by the capital city of Nairobi, which the government says has seen a ‘staggering’ number of cases recently, prompting new lockdown measures.”
On Thursday, March 25, 2021, the Ministry of Health said that over the previous nine days, Nairobi had reported 5, 718 new cases, accounting for 57.7 percent of the nation’s total.
In a speech on Friday, March 26, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced restrictions on movement in and out of the city, as well as four other counties, among other measures. Kenyatta said the country is in its third wave of the pandemic.
In January, Kenya had 4, 380 new cases, with a positivity rate of 2.6 percent, and so far this month there have been 15, 916 new cases, with a positivity rate of 22 percent. about seven people have died per day this month.
President Kenyatta said the growth in cases is putting “unparalleled” stress on the health system. In the past 13 days, the hospital admission rate has increased by 52 percent, and over 950 new patients were in intensive care unit wards for Covid-19-related complications.
Remember this is happening in Kenya despite the country having rolled out a vaccination progrmame.
Also remember the waves that come ahead are usually worse than the previous ones and really no one is safe.
It took the Spanish flu about three years before the pandemic really calmed down, we just been in ours for a year now and unlike the 1918 society, we are able to interact even more.
We travel more and interact more, so the spread is far much quicker and easier among us than it was then and this doesn’t really currently depend on the vaccination status of the population.
The odds are seemingly the same at the moment. I wonder how long it will take our pandemic to calm down, it could be another year or two or even more or even just a couple of months. Only posterity shall tell.
Please the future is literally in our hands, other countries have successfully managed to control the pandemic, at least at the moment, good example being Australia and New Zealand.
The public been taking the public health measures seriously and following the laid down procedures as if their lives depended on them because they did.
Please let us look in the correct direction firstly by removing our heads from the sand and really see things for what they are and act accordingly. Honestly nothing will change if we don’t change.
Until then, aluta continua, the struggle continues, please kindly:
*Mask up
*Pbserve hand hygiene *Socialise wisely,
And because you care, please kindly share.