COVID-19 and wi fiuja: Wi don redi fo di ‘New Normal’?

Yu memba wen di Covid pandemic fos hit Sri Lanka? Di wan ol kɔntri bin lɔk, di strit dɛn bin ɛmti, ɛn ɔlman bin de fred bad bad wan. Dɔn, smɔl smɔl, vaysin dɛn bin de kam, ɛn op bin de. I dɔn pas sɔm ia naw. Bɔt wan kwɛstyɔn stil de na wi maynd... Wetin rili de apin naw? Yu tink se di pandemik dɔn dɔn? Wi go go bak to wi ol nɔmal layf? I go mɔs bi se yusɛf gɛt dɛn kwɛstyɔn dɛn ya. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt aw wi fiuja go tan lɛk wit dis Covid pandemic, ɛn wetin na di ‘nyu nɔmal’ we dɔktɔ dɛn de tɔk bɔt.

Usay wi de naw? Di kayn we aw di pandemik de naw

Fɔs, wi nid fɔ ɔndastand se di Covid pandemic nɔ dɔn yet. Insay kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, tɛm bin de we ɔspitul dɛn bin de ful-ɔp ivin tu ia afta di sik bigin, ɛn di nɔmba fɔ di wan dɛn we dɛn kin ripɔt ɛvride bin de bɔku bad bad wan. Insay Sri Lanka, wi bin de fes wef afta wef bak.

Bɔt sɔntin we gud bin apin insay da tɛm de. Dat na bin di wɔndaful we aw sayɛns ɛn mɛrɛsin bin de go bifo. Imajin, insay wan rili shɔt tɛm afta di Wɔl Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn dɔn kɔnfyus se dis vayrɔs de pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, dɛn mek vaysin dɛn we go sev layf. Dɛn bin fɛn tritmɛnt dɛn we de mek di sik nɔ kam tranga ɛn i nɔ nid fɔ go na ɔspitul. Di we aw dɛn bin de tɛst fɔ no di sik bin bɛtɛ. Ɔl dis bin apin wit spid we nɔbɔdi nɔ go biliv.

Pan ɔl we dɛn vaysin ya dɔn sev bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn layf, ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn dɔn kam. Prɔblɛm de lɛk sɔm pipul dɛn we nɔ want fɔ gɛt di vaysin, ɛn sɔm po kɔntri dɛn na di wɔl stil nɔ gɛt inof vaysin. Dis kin mek di vayrɔs kɔntinyu fɔ skata. Wan gud ɛgzampul fɔ dis na di we aw nyu we dɛn de kɔmɔt lɛk Omicron.

Wetin na di ‘Nyu Nɔmal’ ɛn ‘Endemik’?

Naw, bɔku masta sabi pipul dɛn de tɔk se di Covid pandemic de chenj smɔl smɔl to "endemic" stet. Wetin dis ‘endemic’ min?

Di ‘Nyu Nɔmal’ na bɔt wi fɔ yus fɔ liv wit dis ‘endemic’ sityueshɔn. Dat min se, fɔ lan fɔ kip wi ɛvride rutin, skul, wok, ɛn soshal layf sef wan we di Covid vayrɔs de wit wi.

Na taim fo chenj di we aw wi de luk fo Covid?

Along wit dis kɔnsɛpt fɔ di ‘nyu nɔmal’, wan grup we sabi bɔt mɛrɛsin dɔn kam wit wan rili impɔtant prɔpɔzal. Insay wan atikul we dɛn pul na di prestij Amɛrikan mɛdikal jɔnal `(JAMA)`, dɛn se, .Na tɛm fɔ stɔp fɔ si COVID-19 as separet, difrɛn sik.

Dɛn aidia na se Covid na jɔs ɔda vayral sik we de afɛkt di respiratory system. Fɔ ɛgzampul, influenza ɛn nyumonia. So, wi fɔ stɔp fɔ kategoriz Covid day ɛn nyumonia day sɛpret ɛn tek ɔl dɛn tin ya togɛda as "di risk fɔ ɔl respiratory diseases."

Dis kin tan lɛk se i kɔmplikt smɔl. Lɛ wi ɔndastand di difrɛns bitwin dɛn tu aidia ya wit di ɛp we di tebul we de dɔŋ ya de gi.

So wetin wi fɔ du?

Dis nyu vishɔn nɔ min fɔ tek Covid layt. Bifo dat, i min fɔ rɛdi fɔ bia wit dis prɔblɛm wit mɔ sɛns ɛn we go kɔntinyu fɔ de.

1. Vaksin: Di men tin we go protɛkt yu na fɔ gi yu vaysin.Fɔ gɛt di kɔrɛkt dos fɔ di vaysin ɛn bɔsta dos kin rili ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs sik ɛn fɔ go na ɔspitul if yu gɛt di sik. Aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ no mɔ bɔt dis.

2. Pasɔnal sefty: Lɛ wi kɔntinyu di gud abit dɛn we wi dɔn gɛt bikɔs ɔf Covid.

• We yu wɛr fes mask na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin bɔku ɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ briz insay os.
• Wash yu an wit sop ɔltɛm.
• Kip di winda ɛn domɔt dɛn opin na os ɛn na di ɔfis fɔ mek shɔ se briz go insay fayn fayn wan.

3. If yu gɛt sayn dɛm: If yu gɛt sayn dɛm lɛk fiva, kɔf, trot we de at, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm, nɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛm. Go to dɔktɔ if nid de. I at fɔ no fɔ yusɛf if na COVID ɔ na kɔmɔn kol, so i bɛtɛ fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ.

4. Korekt infomeshon: No biliv evritin we dem de sheri fo soshal midia and WhatsApp mesej. Ɔltɛm, na di kɔrɛkt infɔmeshɔn nɔmɔ we gɔvmɛnt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ɔ yu dɔktɔ gi yu.