Don’t be negligent,” “Don’t drop your guard,” “Don’t be misguided,” “Double down the efforts, “… These have been some of the severe warning signals from the international forums like CDC-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as against the ongoing corona fight worldwide. Incidentally, most people are not ready to buy into these serious messages. Although there have been encouraging measures and methods in place to reopen economy, schools, colleges, etc, the CDC has been rightly doing its bits and bytes through encouraging people to still wear masks and by warning against letting down guard on the coronavirus. Though I have been in the habit of wearing a mask while out and off to somewhere outside and nearby, there has been the “mix and match” attitude from the people. Even then, I usually feel positive seeing others wear masks. As for the mask mandate, I have been trying to cajole friends and others into wearing the masks in my native areas like Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tiruchendur and Korkai in Tamil Nadu. With the mask on and by being ready to buy this fact, they can still make a big difference to the COVID fight. Also, there is no need to get panicked by unnecessary hearsay like ” We have not yet been out of the woods.” Though caught unawares by the new strain out of the blue, the world community has been rigorously fighting this virus through strong strategies and medically proven powerful vaccines. “Been there, done that” and that said, it finally falls in the hands of the people to permanently end the dangerous thrall of the coronavirus strictly following the rules and doing the things as per the government machinery.
P Senthil Saravana Durai
Mumbai
