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Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, at the International Center for Ethnic Studies, based in Colombo. Sri Lanka.
A lockdown closer home. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres walking the empty corridors of the UN Secretariat building in New York in 2020. Credit: United Nations
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan 7 2021 (IPS) - The currently available Covid-19 vaccines have been authorized for ‘emergency use ‘in Europe and North America. This is due to an apparent spike in Covid-19 flu cases in the northern hemisphere as winter advances. Highly advertised vaccines are being produced and rolled out at ‘warped speed’ by powerful pharmaceutical and bio-technology companies headquartered in Euro-America although their efficacy including how long their immunity lasts is not clear.
Country-Level, Qualitative Data For 2020 Expose The Covid-19 Status In Sri Lanka
1. A year after Covid-19 emerged, the Sri Lanka country statistics and data for year 2020 indicate that Covid-19 is milder than seasonal influenza, as is the case in other tropical countries like Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh or Tanzania. The number of deaths due to Covid-19 and related co-morbidities in 2020 in Sri Lanka was 204, although in a normal year between 4,000 and 6000 people die of influenza co-morbidities annually in Sri Lanka[1].
2. Yet, economically, socially and politically devastating Curfews and isolation policies have been introduced, resulting in fear, isolation, increasing poverty, inequality and pushing the island into a bigger debt trap and forcing the Government to sell off strategic assets and seemingly give tax relief to various international companies, investors and airlines
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because i think about things that could happen even though not likely. we have a medical anthropologist at the university of southern california joining us from san diego. larry, tell me if we re making more than we should be or lest than we should be about what happens to these guys now that they re out. in my mind, the worst is definitely over for them. they may have certain issues they have to face but it can t be worse than being stuck in that shelter half a mile underground. aspect of this experience has been the last two months and most notably the first 18 days when there was absolutely no contact with the surface. they re actually moving into a new phase. initially what you re going to be seeing is elation, joy, all the wonderful scenes that you ve been viewing over the screens being broadcast from chile. and that s likely to continue at least in the short term. however, eventually, all of that