T&T...A new Covid red alert...Editorial
WE began this week marking the continuing relentless march of the Covid menace across the globe with news that its death toll had hit the five million mark.In our own case, the public should be jolted by the report of 14 Covid-19 deaths this past Sunday alone. On October 18, we took note of the fact that the death toll from Covid had hit 1,600. Just 13 days later almost 100 more persons had their lives cut short by the virus. The figure recorded on Sunday was 1,696. Those latest fatalities included six elderly men, four elderly women, three middle-aged men and one middle-aged woman.
At the close of play yesterday, therefore, almost 1,700 persons were recorded as having died because of a single virus between March 12, 2020—when the counting started—and now.Even as the highly transmissible Delta variant digs in with deadly intent, however, the general atmosphere remains one of deep complacency.The number of persons having come down with this variant stood at 156 yesterday. This in the relatively short space of time after it was reported to have entered T&T.It is as if the country is operating in parallel realities, one of rising infection and death and the other of business-as-usual.
At the close of play yesterday, therefore, almost 1,700 persons were recorded as having died because of a single virus between March 12, 2020—when the counting started—and now.Even as the highly transmissible Delta variant digs in with deadly intent, however, the general atmosphere remains one of deep complacency.The number of persons having come down with this variant stood at 156 yesterday. This in the relatively short space of time after it was reported to have entered T&T.It is as if the country is operating in parallel realities, one of rising infection and death and the other of business-as-usual.
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