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CONFUSION KICKS-OFF MCO 3.0



Staying indoors is not a problem, it's the confusing SOP's that are getting Malaysians agitated.

My fellow Malaysians,

It is time for us to come together and do our part. Again.

PLEASE STAY AT HOME IF YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY FOOD OR MEDICATION AND WORK FROM HOME.

MCO 3.0 started for Selangor-ians on May 6th, before Kuala Lumpur was added to the list immediately the very next day.

This move happened after a backlash by netizens.

Among them were Segambut MP, Hannah Yeoh, who raised an intelligent question regarding the MCO on Twitter.

"I'm trying to understand the new MCO to combat Covid-19. On the the 1 Utama side = MCO. But cross just one traffic light, on the TTDI, KL = No MCO. I don't understand @MKNJPM strategy." 

Here's the link to that story: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/05/04/daps-hannah-yeoh-says-mco-in-petaling-but-not-in-kl-baffling-when-both-are/1971668#.YJYEdgmEQ1U.link

Although I stay in KL, I have no complaints to be part of MCO 3.0 because the high number of Covid-19 cases scares the shit out of me.

Just spare a thought for the front liners whom are already overwhelmed.

Hospitals and quarantine centers are full as well.

And, our country does not have enough ventilators for everyone infected.

A lesson must be taken from the situation affecting India.

Their citizens just took this pandemic* for granted.

*PANDEMIC (From Cambridge Dictionary: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants)

I had many friends lamenting how they were not allowed to golf or even exercise outdoors.

A public outcry had surfaced on the net about the Ministry's ruling on sports and recreational activities.


 Photo received on Whatsapp

“Come on, YB. Follow the science. Negligible risk of Covid transmission for outdoor individual exercise. It's been 17 months since the start of the pandemic, we know what's safe and what's not,” Harris Zainul tweeted.

Another change in that SOP was announced the next day. (https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/05/07/ministry-non-contact-sports-and-recreational-activities-allowed-in-mco-3.0/1972521#.YJYEHdvzxqM.link)

So, after more than a year since the pandemic hit the world, the powers-that-be still has no clue of how to manage and reduce the number of Covid-19 infections?

Don't we have medical experts and scientists in the country advising our ministers?

Make no mistake, our personal health and of others are our priority now.

Forget going to Instagram-able cafes or meeting up for a pint of beer with friends.

Just apply simple logic to protect yourself and your loved ones.

I have made a decision to decline golf games, Hari Raya open house invitations and weddings; even if the number of cases have reduced after MCO 3.0.

Most of us haven't seen family and friends for eight months.

It is a small sacrifice and something we have to accept to win this battle against a hidden enemy.

Sorry mom, we'll celebrate Mother's Day everyday when this is over.

Enough of blogging, time to cook at home.

   

 

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