COVID-19's impact and possible solutions

• March 27 2020
• http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business-report/covid-19-s-impact-and-possible-solutions_190665

The novel coronavirus has been wreaking havoc throughout the world, and projections are that what is to come will be even more dire than what we are experiencing today.

Covid-19 has an impact on both the social and economic framework, in a very extreme way, with the immediate impact being that people don't get to mingle with each other.

The Government, in my view, has been doing a good job in managing the crisis, and if I had any criticism, I would have been even more decisive and quicker about some of the measures.

For example, I would have preferred if all the measures — especially the travel ban — were enforced a week before and even stricter in that as soon as it was announced all those coming in should have gone in to mandatory quarantine, whether at home or in a government facility.

After all, the best time to prepare for a crisis is before it happens, which is the reason for insurance.

Anyway, we are where we are and we must focus on solutions, and importantly be unified in our approach, which means follow the lead of the authorities. We must strictly enforce the order and people who violate must pay and more where there is flagrant violation face the full force of the law.

My rationale for strict enforcement and decisive action, to ensure we get over this as soon as possible, is based on the following rationale.