Let's Intensify Fight Against COVID-19

Ever since the news broke that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had reached Botswana, the message from authorities was clear and consistent.

Stay home, do not make any unnecessary movement, wash your hands with soap, use sanitiser and wear a mask. The message is everywhere, some are even complaining that mobile operators send annoyingly many messages on fighting the pandemic. But somehow it would seem we still have a lot of people who are unbothered about doing the right thing.

We were asked to stay home and not go to our villages in December and we defied the plea. We went all over the country to our elders and some even spread the deadly virus. We hosted parties in farms , disobeyed protocols and even defied the curfew that was meant to manage disorder without enforcing another unwanted lockdown. We are now back to our respective workplaces and we continue to live our lives as if the virus doesn't exist. This is despite the fact that our countrymen are perishing in high numbers. Leaders and celebrities are dying. But we act like we live with everyone we meet with at work, school, restaurants, football grounds and many other places. Can we just stop it already and appreciate the situation for what it is?

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Justice delayed is trust denied

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