To handle the current crisis, we must learn from past mistakes

Despite a scary surge in Covid infections and fatality rate, the common people seem least bothered about the looming health care crisis. We, surprisingly, are quite nonchalant about the consequences about contracting the virus, and we care more about our daily life and income. 

As if nothing has happened. No matter what the government or the experts say, our priority is to go out, work, and feed our families. We forget Covid health advisories while doing so. 

The government had enforced a few restrictions from April 5 that ended on April 13. The shops were, sort of, closed for four days and then they opened up on the fifth day because the shop owners had protested. 

As soon the government allowed the shops to reopen, there were unnatural crowds of shoppers in Dhaka’s New Market, Gausia, Chandni Chawk, Malibagh, Mouchak, Shantinagar, and other areas. The people’s unwillingness to follow the health advisories was really funny. The government also had to allow public transport.