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If the government does not wish to see a collapse of society, it must rethink its Covid-19 strategy. First, it must admit that the Covid-19 outbreak is not controllable after the outbreak has changed from the cluster level (individual based) to the community level (activity based).
At the onset, one can usually identify patient zero , that is individuals and their close contacts, called a cluster. To control the spread of the virus, one simply controls clusters like Thailand did in the first and second rounds of the outbreak. The impact of outbreak control on the economy was minimal as individuals produce little economic value.
Twitter user @inderasakti kl questioned: Why make a simple thing so complicated? Where would they eat? .
Another Twitter user, @CindyTeamGOT7, questioned why the workers were not allowed to eat in the dining areas while on shift, especially if they were sitting and eating alone. It’s the same as eating somewhere else in the restaurant! she pointed out.
Anita Rajagopal said it was quite unfair to expect workers to hide so they could eat, especially if they had been eating there all this while. What does it matter if they eat openly where customers used to eat pre-lockdown? Are they posing a danger to others if all social distancing and SOP are followed? she asked.
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians on social media welcome the government s announcement on Friday (May 28) of a nationwide full lockdown, similar to the first movement control order in March of last year.
Scheduled to take place from June 1 to 14, all sectors, except essential economic and service sectors, will not be allowed to operate during this period.
Optimistic Malaysians are calling for the people to stand united and play their part in flattening the Covid-19 curve, once again. Fellow Malaysians, let s put aside all disagreement, let s make it work. for our better future, said Facebook user Justin Anson.
Samantha Tan echoed the call, saying that she s super grateful for the decision.
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians who "failed" to get an appointment for the AstraZeneca vaccine while trying to register for it on Wednesday (May 26) woke up to good news today (May 27) when their MySejahtera application was updated with an appointment for innoculation.
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians online were perplexed when they found out that almost 10,000 people in Kelantan did not turn up for their Covid-19 vaccination appointments.
Badrul Hisham Yusof said on Facebook that such behaviour is troublesome and denies others their chance to get vaccinated.
Another Facebook user, Ryuujin Ngang, said authorities should not waste any more time and give the vaccines to those who want them.
“If they don’t want the vaccines, please don’t bother pushing them and just allocate it to other states that really want it, ” he said.
Jordi Chia shared the same view, saying that if the people in Kelantan did not want it, they should send it to the Klang Valley.