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CHARITH NANAYAKKARA

Apr 1, 2020, 5:51 PM (6 days ago)

Dear Philip

I enjoyed reading the above thought provoking article forwarded by Karals and added by you on to our 1960 blog.

The article is  is highly relevant, quite detailed, informative, lengthy and covers most of the ‘essentials’ both for the present & the future implications.

Incidentally, the contents are quite lengthy due to lots of repetitions( cut & paste effect) but worth reading in full.

I do peruse through your blogs regularly and I appreciate your dedication to share relevant updates with our surviving Batchmates. I believe we should support your efforts by accessing it often, if you are mentally alert and not visually impaired and preferably  adding a comment( like it or not at least).

What is disappointing is our inability to get a true picture of the number who read the updates even infrequently.

I must also warn you with some of the shared information flying around at present.

During this most uncertain and worrying times of this mysterious and deadly pandemic,  I find plenty of ‘experts’ who offer unnecessary and even misleading  ‘advice’.

Could I share some basic but helpful tips for your perusal.( you can ignore or be critical of these if you wish);

1. Isolate yourself from ‘News’ about the Virus 19.  ( Everything we need to know, we already know).

2.  Do not look out for a daily death toll.  This is not a cricket match to know the latest score. Avoid that.

3.  Do not look for additional information on the internet ( which has plenty of unreviewed & false information). These would weaken your mental status even more.

4.  Avoid sharing  fatalistic messages. Some people  do not have the same mental  strength as you have.

5.  If possible, keep yourself occupied  with any of your hobbies- music, physical exercise,  card/ board games, communicating with your friends & relatives etc.

6.  Keep sticking to basic and useful preventive measures - repeated hand washing & social distancing and avoid non essential travels.

7.  Remain POSITIVE and STAY STRONG and Safe. Let’s look back and reflect in say 1-2 years.

Best wishes

Nana

Charith Sena  Nanayakkara