Dan's Musings

Cases have been increasing daily since I started monitoring it on April 12, 2021. Tourism industry is calling for the opening of inter-state and international travels. I understand that the tourism industry is suffering greatly. But, how safe is it to open up inter-state and international travels?  Currently, we have cases which are asymptomatic. No matter how many times you do the temperature scan, Covid will not be detected. Reason, there are NO symptoms. But, that does not mean that the person cannot infect others. Asymptomatic people CAN infect others. And this is scary part. You are sitting at the table sipping your coffee or having a meal with a friend who looks healthy, that friend might infect you. I think it might be better to impose the "no eating at the stalls" policy. It should not affect the shops' business. People are just buying the food back to eat instead of sitting down to eat.

 Go ahead, meet your friends for a nice meal or drinks. You haven't met up with them for so long. Afterall, there's the temperature scanner in every establishment. We all have to wear masks unless we are eating or drinking. And the government says we can go out for nice meals. All those months of cooking at home is so tedious. We need to socialise with other people. What if your friends are asymptomatic (infected but with no symptoms)? And when you eat or drink, all of you take off your masks. Red Alert! Shields down. Don't get me wrong, your friends don't have any intention to infect you. They just don't know that they are infected. As far as they are aware, they are in perfect health. After you are infected, you will infect your family and friends. You are not aware because you believe that you are in perfect health. That's how dangerous the asymptomatic variant is. It can spread so easily before anyone knows. What To Expect The following will be both my exper...