by Hla Min
Update : July 2025
2019
- Disease caused by Corona Virus
- Discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019
- Took a long time before it was declared to be deadly and contagious by Health Authorities around the world.
2020
Restrictions
- Quarantine
- Curfew
- Lock down
- Stay at home
- Circuit breaker
- Mask wearing
- Social distancing
Impact
- Work from home
- Online classes
- Massive unemployment
- Zoom (for Dana & last journey)
- Home delivery services
- Cancellation or downsizing of events (Olympics, Sports, SPZP)
- Say mee toe (some detrimental)
- Fast track clinical trials for vaccination
- Untimely demise of front line health care workers
- Overrun of hospitals
- Shortage of crematorium
2021 – 2025
Issues Remain
- The Origin of Covid was debated, but did not produce answers
- Multiple waves of Covid
- Mutations & variants
- Some had multiple doses of Covid vaccines, but still test positive
Relatives
- Four relatives succumbed to Covid.
- My cousin nephew Dr. Peter Khin Tun (MRCP, former Associate Dean of Oxford University) was an early victim of Covid. I chronicled his last days.
- Two cousins (Dr. Myo Tint & Daw Aye May) and an aunt (Daw Than Than Yi) also passed away.
69ers
- 18 members of the RIT Class of 1969 succumbed to Covid. Saw most of them last at the Dinner for the Golden Jubilee of 69ers Graduation.
- Some 69ers lost their family members — spouse and/or children
Covid might not go away
- Some say that we may have to take annual Covid vaccines
- A few do not want to take booster doses for Covid.
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