Is the lockdown worse than the disease?

Long-drawn battle: People at a vaccination centre in Kuala Lumpur. It’s a tight race between the speed of new variant generation and the speed of vaccination in the country.When the lockdowns are done haphazardly and disjointedly, questions arise as to whether they should continue.

Small businesses as well as the small and medium enterprises have drained their cash reserves and have difficulties to restart.Countries face a trade-off between health and the economy in their response to Covid-19 either through a lockdown or no lockdown. Research by the International Monetary Fund shows that the economic impact from a lockdown is about equal to the effects of people voluntarily social distancing when they are worried about the higher rates of infection.

A three-pronged strategy: speeding up vaccination, the three-T approach and insolation are equally important to win the race of taking Malaysia out of the pandemic. The world data for the Covid-19 countries showed that upon reaching a certain threshold of vaccination – between 30% and 40% – it provides protection against the virus infection to ensure that people do not get terribly sick and hospitalised although the number of cases may still be high.

While saving lives is a priority, the scalable disruptions and damages on businesses and daily economic activities have a negative feedback loop on many people’s livelihood, resulting in hardships on the underserved and vulnerable groups.

For bloody sure...

Probably because it is not very effective.

Nope.. Politiking make it worsen..

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