What we should do now as an individual?
- Maintain social distancing
- Have healthy diet to maintain your immune system
- Stop your maids, cooks and servants but not their pay
What more we or our government can do?
- Create awareness about “Social distancing” through celebrities like actors/sportsperson and play it repeatedly in all television channels.
o Below is some nice content on “Social distancing”
but with unpopular faces which can be made with popular faces like
actors/Sportsperson and play it repeatedly in all television channels.
- Government can set up hotlines with the help of few Television channels and disaster management experts to provide solutions for the problems that people face on day to bay basis while maintaining social distancing. Film industry people or sportsperson participating in such shows along-with the experts also helps people to watch such shows.
o When we try to maintain social distancing, many
do not know how to deal the situation which led to panic situation. For example, when
the government locked down the borders, there was a huge rush for the people to
reach their hometowns. People gathered in the bus stands and supermarket shops. The whole idea of
social distancing fails here. At the same time, many Paying-Guests are getting closed. One
solution I can think of is: May be the government should allow limited buses and trains
to operate with half of its capacity so that passengers can maintain some
distance from each other. The passengers should also be instructed to be in self-quarantine
or the complete family to be under home-quarantine after reaching their hometown. Ask
your neighbours/அண்ணாச்சி-கடை to help you with grocery to be delivered at your
door step. Etc.....
- We may require many isolation rooms and not necessarily require medical facilities. Isolation rooms should give a sense of comfort to people so that people do not panic on hearing the word “isolation rooms”. We might need isolation rooms in the future as well, as soon as the borders are opened across countries. It is better to be prepared.
o Hotels and Paying-Guests can offer sophisticated
isolation rooms (provided with proper toilets cum bathroom, hygienic food and
internet connection) at a nominal cost.
o Simple isolation rooms can be quickly built in
big grounds, auditoriums and marriage halls.
What Researchers/Technologists/Engineers are doing and how you can contribute?
Few interesting inventions that I came across:
- Suits for persons:
- Mechanical Ventilator designs:
- In-helmet PAPR for delivery personnel: (You can find bunch of them in internet. I have provided one of the links below)
Check out LinkedIn for more inventions. Allow your imagination to solve our problems. However,
none of these things will not be available tomorrow. So still “Social
distancing” is important till any of these inventions comes to market or cure to disease is found.
Beware of scams
Few scammers are looking for opportunities. So
beware of those as well. Please check the authenticity of the news,data or person visiting you.
Please ask for ID card if any government officials visit your doorstep.