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FACT: The economy is suffering. We have to ease up, we cannot afford to continue the Lockdown.
FACT: Officially, almost 100,000 people are testing positive every day. We have to take precautions
Neither can be looked at in isolation. Both are needed while framing strategy.
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FACT: Officially, almost 100,000 people are testing positive every day. We have to take precautions
Neither can be looked at in isolation. Both are needed while framing strategy.
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Take the second fact first.
We are well into community transmission, so âtrace-test-treatâ alone is not sufficient to slow the spread.
Each of us has to reduce the opportunities for the virus to infect us.
Masking, distancing, hand hygine, reduced contact is the only way.
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We are well into community transmission, so âtrace-test-treatâ alone is not sufficient to slow the spread.
Each of us has to reduce the opportunities for the virus to infect us.
Masking, distancing, hand hygine, reduced contact is the only way.
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Can we stay locked up forever? Or at least till the vaccine is readily available?
Certainly not.
It is not, as people think, a case of a few weeks more. It will be at least another six to nine months before a vaccine hits the market, and the economy cannot survive that long.
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Certainly not.
It is not, as people think, a case of a few weeks more. It will be at least another six to nine months before a vaccine hits the market, and the economy cannot survive that long.
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Economic activity (and not just essential services) has to resume. But it has to resume with precautions.
Individual businesses need to map the functions that require physical presence (and for how much time) and to only call those to the physical workplace.
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Individual businesses need to map the functions that require physical presence (and for how much time) and to only call those to the physical workplace.
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A conscious effort should be made to redefine working hours to ensure that wherever possible, timings are staggered to ensure that fewer employees are present in the workspace at any point of time.
This will also ease peak time demands on public transport.
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This will also ease peak time demands on public transport.
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At the workplace, universal masking should be strictly adhered to.
Care should be taken to ensure that employees keep the masks on even while using the restrooms, because evidence from airlines industry shows that washrooms are a place of maximum contamination.
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Care should be taken to ensure that employees keep the masks on even while using the restrooms, because evidence from airlines industry shows that washrooms are a place of maximum contamination.
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Lunchtimes should be staggered, distancing maintained, and surfaces sanitized after every use.
Appropriate distancing should be maintained. The workplace should be kept well ventillated to ensure germs do not linger.
Sanitisation of the entire office should be done frequently.
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Appropriate distancing should be maintained. The workplace should be kept well ventillated to ensure germs do not linger.
Sanitisation of the entire office should be done frequently.
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Events requiring physical presence of a large numbers should be avoided. They can continue to be conducted online as they have been for the past few months.
While it does not provide the same networking opportunities as physical events, more people can participate.
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While it does not provide the same networking opportunities as physical events, more people can participate.
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While the economy can open up with these precautions in place, it is incumbent on the employer to ensure that if one employee tests positive all the empolyees who may have come in contact with the person are tested, and any medical expenses taken care of.
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Employers should also create a system where employees who display symptoms are encouraged to stay home and get tested.
Employees are used to popping an OTC drug and turning up to work; in the current scenario, that could be potentially dangerous.
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Employees are used to popping an OTC drug and turning up to work; in the current scenario, that could be potentially dangerous.
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#StayHomeStaySafe does not mean that nobody steps out of the house (it is not even possible in a nation where everyone doesn't have access to a dedicated washroom).
What it means is that you come in contact only when necessary, and with sufficent precautions.
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What it means is that you come in contact only when necessary, and with sufficent precautions.
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This will hopefully slow down the spread of the virus, by ensuring that even when there is an exposure, the viral drop is low, so the body is able to launch an immune defence.
Controlled opening up is what is needed. It is the only thing that has worked in other countries.
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Controlled opening up is what is needed. It is the only thing that has worked in other countries.
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