The emergent Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the global village into state of bizarre. This disease has affected all sectors, ranging from health, economic, job, agriculture, education, sports to politics, and others. This should tell us that the disease is real, not imaginary. Even if you suspect a bioattack from other countries, it still does not take the fact that COVID-19 does exist. A disease that has caused the whole world into psychological trauma, millions of people becoming jobless, taking the lives of 512, 842 people as at 02/07/2020, which is near the total population of Ga-South Municipal, Greater Accra-Ghana.
Diseases caused by microorganisms (cannot see with the naked eyes) are very infectious (that is can spread from one person to another). Most of these diseases are deadly, and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can never be taken out. Likewise, you believe that tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, cholera, typhoid fever, Ebola virus disease and others exist and can kill, same as COVID-19.
You only live once (YOLO) so it is very important to be in charge of your health. Never think that The President said ‘we’ should wash our hands with soap under running water, ‘we’ should wear face mask, ‘we’ should observe social distancing (2m/arm stretched), ‘we’ should stay home, so you are doing these for the President but we must understand that these practices help to break the chain of infection ( that’s prevent the spread of the disease). According to recent research done by the Japanese, the virus can travel through micro droplets, which means that when an unknown/ known infected person talks, the virus can travel through the droplets coming from the mouth ( cannot be seen with the naked eyes) to infect others. This explains why ‘we’ must wear our face mask to prevent that. Wearing face mask is not for fun but a necessity.
We have celebrities and high profile personalities like Playwright Terrence McNally, Actor Mark Blum, Radio Personality Dan Foster, US Senator Annie Glenn who have been swept away from the world by this deadly coronavirus disease. Now, Who’s next on the list? The Saxophonist and Jazz Singer Manu Dibango, Chef Floyd Cardoz, Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Bishop Silas Njiru, Chief of staff to President Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari are all gone by COVID-19. Have you ever sat down quietly and asked yourself who’s next to get infected and die? Will it be me or you? The Chairperson of Electoral Commission, Guinea, Amadou Salif Kebe, a renowned Nigerian Doctor, Dr. Emefa Chugbo, our own renowned physician and former president of Ghana Medical Association, Prof. Jacob Plange-Rhule, Senegalese journalist Pape Diouf, and the most painful sudden Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John), an astute Ghanaian politician were the next to join the ancestors.
We must therefore be concerned and worried and act accordingly. The question still remains, who’s next? You or me or we! The sad aspect is that not everyone who gets infected may survive, irrespective of your age, previous health status and others. So please wear your face mask if you’re moving out, practice the arm stretched distancing, wash your hands regularly with soap under running water and take more fruits and vegetables, so that you don’t get infected cos you might be the next who won’t be able to survive the COVID-19. Your live matter, our live matter.
Whenever you are moving out, recollect that who’s next to get infected and die to guide you in your safety protocol behaviors. The 500, 000 plus dead people started thinking like you and I that the disease is far from us but later realized they were next on the list. Goodbye. Thanks, and who’s next?
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2. http://www.ghanahealthservice.org
Kwasi Omaro 