Author Name: Carribean Channel, Cuba TV.
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Do we have a real perception of risk of the Covid-19?
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Are all Cubans having a real risk perception of COVID 19? Do we bring to our daily lives the measures already known and oriented?

Today’s reflection is a call to discipline and solidarity from individual responsibility.This virus is not a game From my Facebook account I made a call to my fellow citizens regarding the new coronavirus COVID 19. From my position as a journalist, I ratify that call.

This virus is NOT a game!Although there is a greater incidence of seriousness in older adults, any of us, from children, young people and mature adults, can be a victim of this pandemic, which reminds many, those that ended millions in the middle of the last century, and at other times of the history of Humanity.

The call is not for hysteria, it is for sanity, the essential individual responsibility, for the good of collective health. Cuba is not a rich country, but it IS true that it has an organized and structured public health system to face any epidemic. The numbers grow, and until the minute I write these lines, the presence of the virus in our country is by people of other nationalities or Cubans residing abroad and arriving in Cuba.

Avoid crowds

But not to be trusted, there are time frames that will tell us this, and the next few weeks how the infection curves will behave. So the call is to discipline do not leave your house if it is not strictly necessary or urgent. When we have to “queue”, because we have to eat and there are already known shortages, let’s keep a distance of one meter by meter and a half.

We will not crowd !!!!

I imagine that given the guidelines, our workplaces already know which people we will be essential or not. I am aware of institutions and work spaces that have already raised and implemented flexibilities, based on the guidance of the different Ministries.

Tourists are returning to their countries. Otherwise there are hotels planned to take them on and give them all kinds of attention. If your family member has been days ago or has just arrived from abroad, it is his duty and I would say, in these circumstances, his obligation to inform him in a consulting room or polyclinic for the follow-up provided by our health authorities.

Our loved ones may be asymptomatic, and even after your return, not knowing if you were infected or not. It is a time of vigilance and care … Do not act out of passion, let us act with reason, without selfishness !!!

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