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Monday, April 13, 2020

The Corona Lesson

There are always lessons in disaster and CoViD19 teaching big ones

We should be prepared. This is not the first epidemic or pandemic. And not the last. So why we are not getting 'ready' for it. Why do we have to wait till it spreads all over then we need huge steps.

We have epidemic research centers. They should be on alert always and warn government to take early enough measures. Better to stop infection reach.

- Stop international flights at earliest possible after epidemic break

- Do strict and thorough checks of passengers

- Develop Q City on some island. It should have all facilities, hotels, hospitals to accommodate incoming passengers for about 15 days to a month.   All flights should first reach Q City, passengers must remain in quarantine and when confirmed negative then allowed to enter main land.

- Information about preventive steps should be spread and taught to everyone

- Information about epidemics and how to prevent spread must be taught to every school child

- Steps of lockdown and easing lockdown must be well defined and applied properly to avoid panic and confusion

- Every citizen especially middle and lower class must have bank account linked insurance. In case person get affected by sickness his or her family living expenses can be taken care

- Labs must be ready to develop and produce testing kits in bulk

- Be ready with stuff like sanitization equipment, PPE etc


The better prepared we are, safer we will be.