Can we really scrap QR codes and quarantines, physical distancing and MySejahtera check-ins?
Vaccination is our best defence against Covid-19 – so Malaysian parents, note the May 15, 2022, deadline for vaccinating your children for free. Although rare, kids can suffer serious complications or get Type 1 diabetes after being infected by the virus.
Still, we’re in a better place than ever before in the pandemic. All of Malaysia’s Covid-19 numbers are now on a downward trend – the cases, the deaths, the hospitalisations. With 97.7% of adults vaccinated, and two-thirds of us boostered, the disease is no longer the same threat as it once was. Health officials are pretty sure that this “wall of immunity” will hold up, but are maintaining vigilance with a “heightened alert system”.
The immunocompromised or people with severe comorbidities also need to be careful. They have the option of another booster. And can mask up. But wear a proper mask – an N95, KN95, FFP2 or FFP3 all filter 94% or more of aerosols . By comparison, a triple-layered cloth mask may only be 30% efficient. Any gaps render masks useless, of course.
Every infection means more viral mutations, and thus more variants. We’ve seen new variants of concern every several months. Currently sub-variants of Omicron are causing concern. Could a new dangerous variant emerge? Yes. That’s very possible. But for it to become dominant, it would have to be even more transmissible than Omicron, which is already incredibly infectious.
That’s why countries sticking to a zero-Covid-19 policy are now struggling. This isn’t the same Covid-19 of 2020 or 2021. China previously could keep the virus at bay, but its tough lockdowns are now looking more unsustainable. They’ve slowed the economy and caused much public anger, such as in Shanghai where there were food shortages and limited access to emergency and critical care such as dialysis.
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