PREPARATION IS PEACE
Lockdown! Stay at Home, Save Yourself: Save Others
The
Last Resort of “Physical Preparation” (Duncan, 2019) to prevent the spread
of any infection, like Coronavirus, is the “lockdown”/shutdown (Larweh, 2020; Palmer, 2020). Unlike Duncan & Liebenson, (2019) who were
referring to physical preparation like training for fitness: I am referring to
that and all forms of preparation that are physical in nature; such as the
building of physical infrastructures (Lacovidou, 2016) like hospitals or
roads; provision of medical consumables like drugs, gloves; protection of
national borders from terrorists invasion; and so on. In our struggle to
prevent the COVID19 pandemic, so many physical preparations such as the closer
of national borders, provision of Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs),
disbanding of almost all social gatherings like workshops/conferences to
encourage social distancing, encouraging people to cover their mouths when
coughing or sneezing, establishment of diagnostic and treatment centers,
donations by rich/wealthy people, the promotion of regular hand washing with
soap under clean running water, hand sanitizing, and so on were used.
All
these strategies mentioned above are very important or healthful, but the best
of all is to provide a barrier between the infectious agent and human beings;
this can best be achieved with the “Lockdown” (Larweh,
2020; Palmer, 2020). If all people could understand and maintain strict “social
distancing” (Barry, 2020; Boakye, 2020) , there would have be
no need for a lockdown or curfew. Social distancing is defined by the Center
for Disease Control (CDC) as: “Remaining out of congregate settings, avoid mass
gatherings and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet) from others when
possible” (Miller, 2020) . Unfortunately, some
people still do not understand why they should maintain social distance! Though
cases of horizontal transmissions have been recorded (Antwi P. b.,
2020; GHS. b. , 2020) in most nations, most people still
think that once they know you and, especially because you have been working or
staying together, it is safe to interact with you without maintaining social
distance. This is serious, because just like criminals, COVID19 is not written
on the foreheads of those infected, before you can be careful.
Most
nations, like Ghana, needed a complete lockdown
(Larweh, 2020) to permanently contain the “Coronavirus Pandemic” (Draver, 2020; Yang, 2020) that is sweeping
innocent lives. No disease has legs or strong wings to walk or fly for longer
distance(s), infected animals, objects, or human beings are the ones who spread
them around; through contacts/droplets, as revealed in: “How infectious
diseases spread” (MOH., 2017) ;
and “The consequences of human actions on risks for infectious diseases: a
review” (Lindahl & Grace, 2015). Politics
is one of these “human actions” (Lindahl & Grace,
2015) though the authors did not talk about it! If government is doing
everything possible and we are not ready to support, it will be like pouring
water on a rock.
So,
to be able to contain any outbreak or pandemic, it must be void of politics,
unlike in this Coronavirus which is full of politics, using Ghana as an example (Antwi P. c., 2020; Amofa, 2020; Appiah, 2020) . The government’s
decision to pay for water (Larnyoh, 2020) and 50% of light
bills (Dapaah E. b., 2020) for citizens is an
excellent move, though it was politicized as revealed by Gariba, (2020) and Arthur, (2020); but if those
without water are quiet, how will government know about it? The attacks/insults
on one of our journalists for saying that water was not following from her tap
for the past two weeks was not necessary (TIG., 2020) . Behaviors like that
create culture of silence which is not good for modern democracy (Raphael, 2018; Karikari, 2010) . As Sarkodie said when
interviewed by TV3 through Skype: “Everyone must do his/her work” (Sarkodie,
2020) ,
which is essential in containing this Global Obstacle of Peace (COVID19). So, she
was doing her work by pointing out a problem that can affect the success of the
partial lockdown.
If
we human beings who are social animals (Takano, 2018; Tomasello, 2014) are mostly the ones spreading
most infections amongst ourselves (Lindahl, 2015) , through our natural
loving nature as Waytz, (2014), said:
“Humans Are By Nature Social Animals”. Then, the only strategy that can stop us
from unknowingly spreading them is the “lockdown” (Larweh, 2020; Palmer, 2020). This is why you should appreciate
why there was the need for a lockdown, and comply by the directives that were
given for your safety and that of the whole human kind.
In
Ghana, for example, the suspension of public activities like schools,
conferences, and so on, was not effective as revealed by (Larweh, 2020) and the National Day of Prayers
and Fasting (Alamisi, 2020) . Some citizens were
seen live on televisions (TVs) praying together without wearing face masks;
especially some two (2) ladies who were pairing one microphone (Fig. 1). In a
situation like that where everyone was praying, there was the need to properly wear
face masks, since the one meter (1m) social distancing was not even effective
as seen in Fig. 1. Some people up to now, do not even know the proper ways of
wearing face masks. This alone can lead to multiple infection of people (Gallagher,
2020)
just like all other frequently touched objects known to spread infections (Bhatta, 2018) .
Fig. I: Some Ghanaians Praying Together without Face Masks (Retrieved from (Alamisi, 2020) .
While
some border towns in Ghana like, Ketu South, as revealed by Ghana New Agency (GNA., 2020) and Bawku, were indirectly
selling their lives and that of others by “Letting travelers in from neighboring
French-speaking Togo for a fee” (Adeti, 2020) ; some people are
also stubbornly having wedding with many people being invited (Dapaah E. a.,
2020)
to violate social distance. This social distance violation is an evidenced
global problem; where 20 people tested positive for COVID19 in Albany, Georgia,
after attending funerals (Opera.com., 2020) . For these reasons,
the best option for Ghana should have been a complete lockdown (Larweh, 2020) to prevent it from spreading to the
remaining regions.
As
at 28th March 2020, a day after this write up was started, there
were 141 confirm cases with five deaths and only three regions had reported
COVID19 Positive cases; Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Upper West (GHS. c. ,
2020) .
When I visited the same site on 15th April 2020, ten regions (more
than half of Ghana) have recorded 636 confirmed cases (Fig. 2B) with eight (8)
deaths (GHS. d. , 2020) ; this is even after
a partial lockdown of the three hotpots cities for the disease (Tarlue, 2020) . These number of
increased cases could be as a result of violations of Social Distance and the
lockdown orders as could be seen in the case of Chorkor Beach (Fig. 2A) and West Legon
Pool Parties respectively (Crabbe, 2020; Anaba, 2020) . It also shows that
our COVID19 Team is doing an excellent job; despites our increased cases, the
number of deaths as compared to other parts of the world is low (GHS. d. ,
2020) .
2A. Residents
Parting at Chorkor Beach on Easter Sunday, Despite Partial Lockdown. Retrieved
from (Hartmann, 2020)
2B. Situation Update, COVID-19 Outbreak in Ghana As At 13 April 2020, 23:00HRS.
Retrieved from (GHS. d. , 2020)
Fig.
2. Evidence of Lockdown Violation and Increasing COVID19 Cases in Ghana
Nothing
can enforce “social distancing” (Barry, 2020; Wilder-Smith, 2020) better than the
lockdown and strict enforcement of laws to punish those engage in non-essential
public social activities! No one should see it as a punishment! It is good to
pray for God’s divine intervention for a cure to COVID-19, but it should not be
perceived as a punishment from God, as claimed by some religious people (Martin, 2020) . I am a Christian
myself, but, comments that God is using Coronavirus virus as a “death angel” to
wipe away sinners (Brown, 2020) , defeat our preventive
fight. The COVID19 Pandemic, is no respecter of person! If you don’t maintain
social distance you will get it from infected person(s) or infected frequently
touched objects (Bhatta, 2018) ; not because you are
a sinner, as claimed by some Pastors (Brown, 2020) . A lockdown, in any
outbreak, is done for one’s own safety and that of others. When there is a
lockdown, do not try to be recalcitrant by going out, especially at odd times,
or by violating any of the orders as some people did during this lockdown (Ayamga, 2020; Primenewsghana.com., 2020) . When you do that
you are risking your own life and that of others!
In
areas that are not locked down, people should have it in their minds that, the
virus can infect others even within the incubation period when there are no
signs and symptoms (GHS. a. , 2020; Opoku-Fosu,
2020; Brownson, 2020; Ghclues.com., 2020) . We should
also bear in mind that; people are mobile and that is how the virus has
succeeded in ruling the world. If you are at a border town anywhere in the
world and you are allowing foreigners into your country; you are risking your
own life and others, as seen in Ghana (GNA., 2020; Adeti, 2020) . This is why gone are
the days when people who return abroad are mobbed by everyone, now the story is
different. People are running away from them as if they are criminals; all
because of this deadly virus that can be transmitted by asymptomatic people (Brownson, 2020) .
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Fig. 3: Lady Covers Her Face with a Clean Material as she coughs or sneezes (Retrieved from
The
only way out is: “Stay safely at home: protect yourself, and protect others by not
moving around in public places”. If you move, maintain social distance of at
least one meter (GHS. a. , 2020; Opoku-Fosu, 2020) . The WHO, (2020); GHS., (2020) and some experts, like Opoku-Fosu, (2020) have advised us to avoid
crowded places or cover our noses and mouths when there, especially when you or
others are coughing or sneezing (Fig. 3), wash your hands with soap under
clean running water or disinfect them frequently with 70% alcohol-based hand
sanitizer (WHO, 2020) . If you stay safe, I
stay safe, and we stay safe; Coronavirus will run for safety. To cope with your
Staying at Home or Lockdown, see “STAY AT HOME” as an acronym with the full
meaning as seen in Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. How to Cope with Any Lockdown in Your Life.
To
also help us cope with any lockdown like this, we should see it as a temporary
strategy (Leung, 2020) that requires the
sacrifice of every one of us. You may not have money to support this worthy
fight, but you can still contribute by staying at home, as your own way of
scarifying for others. Do not make yourself unnecessarily busy during any
lockdown, use your free times to sleep (Fig. 4). Strong immune system is
identified through research, as one of the best ways of treating or preventing
most diseases like viral infections, especially COVID19 (Draver, 2020) . One of the ways
that you can boost your immune system is by sleeping (Watson, 2015; Draver, 2020) . As revealed by
experts, rest is medicine (Watson, 2015) and the best form of rest is to sleep
for the required hours daily, according to your age (Chaput, 2018; Draver, 2020) .
To
also build a strong immune system for our bodies for them to fight infections
too, we need to eat nutritious food daily, studies have proven that foods that
have all the nutrients help build our bodies immune systems (Draver, 2020) . Yet, most people, especially
those in offices, do not even have time to eat! She also added that regular
exercise is another way of building our immune systems (Draver, 2020) to help fight
against infectious agents or any allergens. Meanwhile, it is an open secret
that most people could not get time to do all these in addition to their busy
schedules. So, a lockdown does not only help us to maintain social distance; it
helps to get time to rest well, eat well, exercise, self-assess our lives, and
so on.
If you are the type who do not spend time with
your children, this is the best time to let them enjoy their parental love. If
you have an undesirable habit that you find it difficult to stop, this is also
the right time to self-assess yourself well and pray to God for help. It is
true that a lockdown is not easy for any nation (Antwi P. a.,
2020) ,
but the stark truth too is that, the consequences of any infection, especially
this novel Coronavirus, far outweigh that of a properly planned lockdown. Before
concluding, we must make sure that we do not introduce any politics or whatever
in our quest to contain this global obstacle of Peace! Make use of any lockdown
to self-assess your life and your children; this will help you to identify your
weaknesses and strengths, if you do not know them already. Thank you for
Reading!
Recommendations
1. The
first way of being able to cope with any lockdown or curfew in your life, is to
see it as your own way of sacrificing to save your own life and that of others.
Never see it as a punishment.
2. We
must not treat any lockdown like a normal holiday where we can roam about to
chill, we must always bear in mind the reason(s) for the lockdown.
3. We
must prepare ourselves physically, emotionally/psychologically, and spiritually
before, during and after any lockdown/curfew.
4. Have
faith in God and pray, but do not treat most disasters in life as punishment
from God. When that happens, you may focus more on spiritual preparation
instead of preparing physically or complying with the lockdown orders to
prevent it negative effects.
5. Social
distancing is not social rejection! So, as you maintain social distance to safe
yourself and others in outbreak or pandemic, still respect the rights and
dignity of every human.
6. Don’t
break any orders that ensure that you or others are not infected in an
outbreak. It does not show how brave you are: it shows ignorant or suicidal you
are.
7. The
political will of every government is very important in preventing the spread
of any infection. Governments in power around the world should always act
swiftly if the only option that can stop the spread is the lockdown or curfew.
This is because, the consequence of any pandemic cannot be compared to a
properly planned lockdown/curfew.
8. We
must avoid any form of politics in the prevention of any outbreak or pandemic!
9. Comments
by some religious leaders that COVID19 is God’s “Death angel” to wipe away
sinners must be avoided during any pandemic. People are already having
emotional pains of uncertainty and fear, such comments add more fears to their
existing fears, which is not good for their health.
1. People
with other underlined health conditions like, TB, Diabetes, HIV, and Asthma should
be considered at their work places; with flexible work schedules to help them
live by protect them from COVID19. This is because research findings, as seen
in Ghana’s COVID19 deaths (GHS. d. , 2020) , proved that they
are the ones who mostly die from the disease.
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