write a letter to editor of Tribune newspaper for highlighting the importance of social distancing
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Hey! Here u go!
( sender's address )
( date )
The editor
National Daily
( city ).
Subject: Awareness about " Importance of lockdown "
Respected Sir / Ma'am,
I am the resident of xxx area of the city. People are not at all bothered about the lockdown as they aren't aware of it importance.The purpose of a lockdown, explains a new study from the Imperial College London COVID-19 Response Team, is to reduce reproduction – in other words, to reduce the number of people each confirmed case infects.
The goal is to keep reproduction, or “R,” below one (R<1) – with each case infecting fewer than one other person, on average.Without any lockdown or social distancing measures, we can expect peak mortality in approximately three months. In this scenario, 81% of the UK and US populations would be infected, with 510,000 dying in the UK and 2.2 million dying in the US.Starting 23 January 2020, the Chinese government locked down Hubei Province, including Wuhan, the city of 11 million where the outbreak started. They halted transportation in and out and barred tens of millions of people from working or going to school and closed all shops except those selling food or medicine. In some areas, residents were even forced to limit trips to the store, or order supplies for delivery.
This unprecedented lockdown of tens of millions of people was considered a “vast experiment” – but it may have worked. Following the lockdown, cases began to slow. On 19 March, China’s National Health Commission reported no new confirmed infections in Hubei.
So, this lockdown actually halts the spread of covid 19. I request the concerened authority to publish this article in the newspaper so that people come to know about it inportance and stay home, safely.
Thaning you
Yours sincerely
xxx.
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Regarding your full page Need-to-Know on page A9 of March 7 which gives information on the extent of the coronavirus and its symptoms.
I am not panicking about the coronavirus. I am 71 years and of the most vulnerable population, but have not done anything to change my habits or lifestyle. But I am deeply concerned about the advice given in the smallest letters at the bottom of the information.
It says that a person should ask to be tested ONLY if they have the symptoms (same as flu and/ or respiratory virus with fever) AND if they have recently traveled to an affected country or had contact with an infected person. Look, these symptoms can be mild, so that half the country could have the coronavirus and think they have a cold or flu.
If we only test this narrowly defined group, we will miss any epidemic until it is full blown. We will probably only end up testing those who are hospitalized and on the edge of death.
We need to engage in broad scale testing to isolate the infected and to prepare for the possibility of an epidemic. I have read that the tests can be manufactured easily and administered easily. Please report on this approach rather than just parroting the CDC.
Frances Moyer
Stephens City