This was written by someone here in Malaysia. I don't think everyone knows what the lockdown is meant to do. This person explained it really well. Dear All , This is an important message for all ! For those who are arguing on both sides that we must open now or it is too soon to open, *this is the most important thing you need to know*. Here's the most asked question to answer: *When will it be SAFE to end the lockdown, to re-emerge?* *May 1st? Or May 15th?* *Or June end? Or July end? Or August?* Here's the real answer: *Never*. *It will never be "SAFE.*” Why ? Social distancing, staying at home, all of these measures - were these not meant to "cure" Covid-19 ? *No at all ! These were measures to slow it down, so as to not overwhelm our healthcare system*. For the most part, so far we've done that. However it should be clearly understood that It does not change the virality of Covid-19 ; or how it spreads from one person to another. *Nor does it have any effect on the mortality rate*. *It was intended to just delay it until we find a PERMANENT CURE .* A very important point to note here is that - As soon as we re-emerge, the virus will spread again, & the people with weak immune systems will still succumb to it in large nos . *This is a harsh fact which all of us have to realise .* The people who missed it this time, may eventually get it - regardless of whether we re-emerge on May 1st or September 30th ...... *What is it , that we need to do now ?* We need to protect our healthcare system in every possible way to handle the load, but we don't need to mislead ourselves over the outcome of this quarantine. *Hard Truth of life now is* - *It is slowing it down, but not curing it.* Eg : If you're driving to Alor Setar from Kuala Lumpur at 50 miles an hour or 100 miles an hour, the distance doesn't change, does’t it ??? Therefore the need of the hour now is - *if our lifestyle is causing you to have a weakened immune system, use this lockdown time to correct that*. This should be one of our major resolutions / actionables now without any doubt ! *Otherwise, you've placed a “heavy target “ on your own back* *which will be very difficult to carry* ... Youngsters as well as older *people should understand & make sure that this is not the time for indulging in comfort food* - but it's a time to give ourselves the healthiest, most robust immune system our body is capable of. *How can this be achieved*? 1 - By Having healthy , nutritious food , 2 - Compulsory, 8-hour, night sleep. - drink lime water ( warm water ) daily morning without fail ; 3 - Not having refrigerated or aerated drinks ; 4 - Detox yourself everyday & 5 - maintain social distancing for next couple of weeks/ even months until we have a vaccine or definite, standardized, proven medicine that ensures rapid cure. It's as simple as this !!! Hope you all understand that this is just the beginning & not the end . We need to be careful about ourselves by maintaining really good healthy & hygienic habits in this lockdown period ! *Stay Indoors ! Stay Safe !* Got this via WhatsApp.
