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Proper preventative lifestyle is not an option during the pandemic
DEAR EDITOR,
A Reuter report tells of Chilean President being fined $3,500 because he posed with a bystander without wearing a mask. Appropriate laws should have similar compulsion and applied in Guyana and elsewhere.
As I write, the US is experiencing the highest Covid-related deaths (over 309,000), which in my opinion is due to early denial and refusal to follow guidelines, that is, many in high profile leadership positions did not portray lifestyle behaviours as mandated by scientists and medical professionals.
The Guyana press report disproportionate numbers of Covid-19 cases (over 6000) to date.
Here again, leadership behaviour is demonstrably not adhered to in all cases. For example, President Irfaan Ali and members of the Guyana Police Force partook in an annual Police Commissioner’s Breakfast when all were noticeably mask-less. Tradition, notwithstanding, must take second place during the pandemic; prudence is the better obligatory alternative. But then, commonsense is not so common.
This is not the first time when President Ali was seen mask-less. This is injudicious! Advisors and protocol officers, please take note.
Proper preventative lifestyle is not optional. It is foolhardy to do otherwise. No matter how big and powerful one is, this virus does not discriminate; it is an equal opportunity killer.
Haad eays people, listen: when yu na hear, yo gun feel.
I urge: let us all strive to do the right thing.
Thank you,
Gary Girdhari
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