WE ARE AT WAR!

Sir,

When at war, there are only two goals; one is to defeat the enemy and the other is to survive. Everything else is put to the side. Even your freedom is put to the side. You must defeat the enemy and survive.

 You cannot see them but the coronavirus is shooting bullets, and this war is worse than any other war that we have known.
Because when a bullet hits you, not only may you get very sick or even die, but unless you fully self-isolate then you may infect another who may get very sick and even die. So unlike a typical war, the bullets do not just hit one person at a time. A single bullet can hit (infect) many at one time.

 Do not be fooled; until there is adequate medication that can minimise the sickness of this enemy, or a vaccine to cure it, we will remain at war. But if we self-quarantine, practise social distancing, wash our hands often, use sanitisers and wear masks, we can somewhat prevent the enemy from continuing to move forward and infect and kill more of us. However, the enemy will be waiting to move forward again once we stop doing the aforementioned, so we need to be very careful. 

Lockdown

 There is now a full lockdown in Manzini, and more full lockdowns will come. The police and army (if needed) will have to enforce these lockdowns. I urge you all to obey them and I urge the police and army to do so without violence. Do it with reason.
 Meanwhile, we all need to insist on providing everything needed to medical workers because they are the most at risk. And maybe they are the difference between life and death for anyone of us.

Enemy  

 First Italy was devastated, then Spain and then the UK and even America. These are very powerful and rich countries but the enemy doesn’t care about that. It doesn’t see rich or poor, it has the will to go after all of us, wherever we are. We are now asked to take care of ourselves and survive, while we are also asked to take care of others, even complete strangers, as if they are us. We must implement what our ancestors have taught the world in order to survive - Ubuntu.

 So act now as if the war is here because it surely is here. The bullets are flying and many, many more of them will continue to fly and hit their targets. We need to defeat the enemy by doing our best all the time. One day this will pass but it won’t be anytime soon. Don’t focus on the next year or so, that makes it more difficult.  Just focus on the coming week or few days ahead, and when that passes, do it again and again. The days and weeks will pass, and we will then have defeated the enemy, this coronavirus.  

 
 Do you want to be one of the survivors and help others survive along the way? Or do you want to be hit by a bullet? The choice is all yours, individually but only together can we win this war. I will, personally, help in any way I can. But be in self-quarantine and if anyone needs to speak to me, you may email me as well: hswinters13@gmail.com. Unfortunately, wars have always been part of our lives. Let us win this one the only way we can, together!
 
Howard
 

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