In case any of you think I'm awful, I disagree with every word that prick Bill Hayton wrote, and to be honest if he doesn't understand the importance of track and trace, then he is an even bigger prick.
Fuck you Bill.

Please indulge me here.
I'm really proud of Vietnam's efforts to put the people first and success we have had over repressing the spread of covid 19.
The transparency, clear information and support we have been provided with has been incredible.

Especially when compared with countries like the UK. Essex alone has had more than 1000 deaths (I fact checked that with my Dad, Mad Dog Mills. He lives down the road).

Track and trace has been a huge factor in Vietnam's success in keeping cases below 300, with no deaths to date.
I posted about this, and how amazing that was. It made me feel safe to keep the resort open, and to accept guidance from authorities that I could trust.

Just like the UK, in Vietnam we all have counties. Ours, like the Cham Islands and other poorer rural areas has a big problem with TB.
I've tweeted about that before because I am working with a government funded scheme to set up free testing and health care for the island.

As I have tweeted previously, because of TB, the government here went further than other counties to protect us.
I was shitting myself and offering to close down way before it was requested - because TB, Covid..

The local government supported me through that. We had meetings, they provided me with a doctor and both police and military support (we're a military island, quite near Chu Lai and the contested islands that some bloke from Essex rants about). Nice fellas.

After the flight from the UK delivered us our first new cases in three weeks, track and trace acellerated. People that arrived on international flights after that were asked to fill out health and travel declarations including flights taken, hotels stayed, etc.

When a new case was reported that information was shared publically online, with timelines of places visited. That meant if we had been in contact we knew fast and could get ourselves tested for free.

Identities were protected, and anyone with any knowledge of Covid (which we all had thanks to our governments clear communication) was happy to have the opportunity to get a test.
I had one, it was vile.

Have we been repressed? I don't think so at all. I think we've been given the respect and trust to beat this together, and we are doing an excellent job.
Anyway, it's too nice a day for this and I'm off to the beach now.