I can expect uneducated illiterate people to behave in an ignorant manner, but when educated people start behaving ignorantly i am left in absolute shock and disgust. Over the last few days our medical team has had to deal with patients who were diagnosed by their physicians as covid positive. In some instances the entire household tested positive but they presented with no symptoms. In other words they are asymptomatic carriers of the virus.In other instances only one person tested positive whilst everyone else tested negative. The virus is spreading and as per our onsite physician who is also working at the various quarantine centres, its just a matter of time before everyone gets exposed to it. The majority of people will present with mild symptoms or will be asymptomatic carriers. The immunocompromised however, will have some difficulty in fighting off the virus. It has been established that good nutrition is the key to fighting off illness. Drink lots of ginger tea with honey. Increase your vitamin c, vitamin D and zinc intake. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and get lots of sleep and rest.The media has done an excellent job at creating an atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Fear and worry weakens the immune system. Let go of fear totally.Stop watching the news. The amount of people we treating for stress and anxiety on a daily basis has increased phenomenally within a short space of time.If a person within your home or community tested positive for covid 19, its not the end of the world. With proper medication, nutrition and support they will recover God willing. Thousands of people have recovered already.If you have nothing good of value to add to the persons life, the least you can do is stop spreading rumours about the person and their family. Think before you ink. It takes years to build up a business and seconds to destroy its reputation thereby jeopardising the jobs of the staff members who work there. Some patients have told us that they have received nasty messages from their neighbours. There has been instances where shops have refused to serve family members of a covid positive patient. This is pure ignorance. Nobody asks to get ill. Sickness and health is all from the Almighty.Stay in your own home and worry about your own family. Stop worrying about the next person and who should be in quarantine or not in quarantine. You don't know the health status of other people within your community and quite frankly its not your business. There are people out there believe it or not who think its fine to abuse medical professionals and doctors for treating covid patients. A friend of mine who resides in a townhouse complex has been taunted by his neighbours for treating covid patients. He is now allegedly responsible for some residents contracting the virus. Medical professionals are risking their lives to save your life. If you cant support them and encourage them the least you can do is shut your big mouth rather than bringing them down with your negativity. Now is not the time to be gossiping about those who are ill over fancy dinner dos.Now is the time to alleviate the pain and suffering of other people. Provide help and support to those who have been affected by the virus. Stop being judgemental. Stop the stigmatization associated with being covid 19 positive. If you know that your neighbour is ill, do your bit to make them feel better. Prepare a meal and send it to them. Now you being proactive rather than gossiping about them to your friends and family. Remember today they could be ill, tomorrow it could be you. May God Almighty grant everyone good health and protect us from all kinds of calamities. AMEEN. The best way to ward off calamity is to engage in activities associated with charity, for example,buy a loaf of bread and make sandwiches for the beggars on the street.
