At home I tried a cup of coffee – it tasted like warm water. I suddenly realised that I couldn’t taste or smell anything. The penny dropped… I had COVID (again).
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We have to find the South African version of the Irish “No jab, No pint” and if that doesn’t work, something more draconian so we can finally get ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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It’s day 3 of Level one… lekker!! So perhaps it is time for less of the moaning and criticism? After all, we’re not doing so bad when compared to our European friends…
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Unless people change their selfish and reckless behavior, we will have wave after wave, with more people getting sick, more job losses, more alcohol bans, and more people dying.
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So as a country we are again having to face what the majority of South Africans and people in the developing world know all too well: Access depends on money.
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I’m no language expert, but I think the Webster dictionary has missed the word that describes the global feeling to this year the best: “TSEK!!”
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Unfortunately, the vast majority of people around the globe have cared (and complained) more about the inconvenience of the regulations than the lives of others.
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It seems to be that there are much larger dangers than those peddled by conspiracy theorists, writes Melanie Verwoerd.
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While several important measures were taken at this past weekend’s G20 summit, they do not address the actual cause of the pandemic, writes Melanie Verwoerd
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