Do not be a Covid-iot – be safe

This is the good NEWS – Ed.

Slowly but surely small aspects of normalcy are returning to our daily lives as more and more businesses are opening their doors and some semblance of economic activity is returning to our towns.

At the same time, however, the rate of infections in all our towns is climbing fast.

It is obvious that there is a correlation between more activity and increased infections. While we need people to spend money at our businesses, we need the infection rate to be under control at the same time. This almost seems like an impossible task. Which begs the question: which is more important – bringing our economy back from the brink or decreasing the infection rate?

The answer to that question is straight-forward. We need to bring the pandemic under control before we can stabilise the economy. We cannot risk undoing the hard work we have put in over the past three months.

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