Protect yourself, get vaccinated

The National Letters

I appeal to the prime minister, health minister and the pandemic controller to immediately consider:

  • PUTTING in necessary measures and to enforce the immediate ban of visitors travelling in from Australia, South Africa, the UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy and the Czech Republic due to the new wave of the Coronavirus (Covd-19) strains and variants like the B.1.1.529, called Omicron, that has been detected already in these countries;
  • INCREASING the safety distance between persons in public places to 5 metres;
  • THE new Covid-19 strains and variants have learnt to travel as “air droplets” and as “aerosols” (finer particles) too, and, therefore, the virus is able to travel further and able to infect more people more quickly;
  • STRICTLY enforcing a no spitting and spitting of betel nut in public places and/or out of vehicles, especially PMVs.
    This offence should draw a heavy penalty of K10,000 and corporal punishment applied;
  • ENFORCING 12 or less passengers in a 25-seater PMV bus and reducing passengers in dingies!
    The Government or NCDC’s City Hall and Councils owe it to its people to run a properly managed PMV bus service;
  • BANNING dodgy face masks and enforcing a properly recommended medical face masks (3 layers) be worn in public places!
  • MAKE it compulsory for all public buildings – hospitals, medical clinics, shopping centres, Government and public buildings – to have better and upgraded air filtering systems with infra-red systems to kill bacteria and viruses be installed at the air intake and the air output of air conditioning systems into buildings be done immediately; and,
  • ENACTING and enforcing the law that only those that have been vaccinated and have genuine Covid-19 vaccine cards be allowed access shopping centres, markets, PMVs and other services and Government and private buildings that are used by the public.

Many civilised, democratic countries are now enacting such laws to minimise the transmission of the Covid-19 and its strains and variants.
The World Health Organisation and our PNG health authorities have strongly recommended that all persons get vaccinated to receive some form of protection from the viruses.
Leading scientific medical teams in other countries are now quickly studying these new strains and variants like Omicron and how to counter them with new vaccines.
It is far more logical and sensible to enjoy a safe festive season with your family, friends, villagers and people in your respective areas without the Covid-19 then it is to spend your time in a sick bed fighting for your life.
The flip side are the scare mongers that preach about the “failures” of vaccination and advise people against vaccination but they have not provided any substantive alternatives.
Do not be disobedient and be a fool like those ignorant people during the time of Noah.
Get vaccinated!

Luimack Johnson