Imtiaz Sooliman – Urgent Message to South Africans from of Gift of the Givers

Imtiaz Sooliman
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The speaker discusses the COVID-19 wave and the importance of preventing infection. They suggest ways to prevent infection, including mask-wearing, social distancing, and vaccinating. The speaker emphasizes the need for everyone to wear a mask and avoid contact with others, and encourages people to keep their heads and noses clean.

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			Dear viewers, we are back
discussing the covid 19 wave. We
		
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			are in the third wave, the Delta
Adan wave is very, very
		
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			destructive. The most important
message I have for you is, don't
		
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			depend on hospital beds, on
ventilators, on oxygen
		
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			concentrators on oxygen machines.
Depend on yourself. Responsible
		
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			behavior is going to help us
reduce the number of people
		
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			getting sick in this country, and
it's going to help us reduce the
		
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			number of the number of days that
is the wave last in our country.
		
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			It will reduce spread. And it's
simple precautions we have to
		
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			take. Make sure we mask ourself,
make sure we avoid going out too
		
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			much. Go out once a week, buy
everything that you have to buy.
		
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			You don't have to stop living, but
don't go out to the malls or
		
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			places where there's aggregation
of people too often. Also, when
		
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			you go out, make sure you have the
distancing everyone has to have
		
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			the responsibility of checking
there's nobody in front of them,
		
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			behind them, on the side of them.
When you're waiting in the queues
		
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			to pay, be careful in the queues
when you take all your purchases
		
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			and you come into the car, don't
take off your face mask without
		
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			sanitizing your hands first.
Always have a sanitizer bottle in
		
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			the car to sanitize your hands
first, because you could have
		
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			picked up infection with your
fingers and you touch your face.
		
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			Everybody's going to scratch their
nose or scratch their face once
		
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			you take off their mask. So please
don't take off your mask until you
		
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			sanitize your hands in the car.
Try to avoid visit to families
		
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			right now, it's a short period we
can spread the infection.
		
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			Unfortunately, in this wave, a lot
of people don't have loss of
		
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			smell, loss of taste, fever,
headache, so you could be walking
		
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			around as a time bomb, being
asymptomatic and passing the
		
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			infection on. Don't go out under
the influence, whether it's
		
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			alcohol, whether it's hard drugs,
or whether you're taking
		
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			medication that affects your
mental state. Please don't go out
		
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			then you have to be fully
conscious to be aware, to be
		
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			mindful before you go out in covid
19 it won't harm right now to
		
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			cancel all birthday parties, baby
showers, wedding showers, and even
		
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			weddings. Even though it says
limitation is to 50 people, the
		
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			virus affects you. Whether you're
five or 50 people. The spread is
		
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			is very, very fast. The other
important thing is to have good
		
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			ventilation in your car, your
homes, your offices. If you're
		
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			sitting cooped up in your house,
go out. But go out to areas where
		
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			there's good ventilation, a park,
the beach, the nature deserve. If
		
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			there's no people around, you can
take your mask off and inhale so
		
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			you can go out. The most important
thing is to avoid contact with
		
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			other people, very close contact,
the virus spreads from person to
		
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			person. If there's no contact, the
virus can't spread. It can't
		
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			mutate. The waves become shorter.
The people survive. We can go back
		
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			to normal life much faster. We're
fortunate right now. It's only in
		
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			gauteng, in a big numbers of
infection the other provinces are
		
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			not so badly hit. We can protect
ourselves. We can prevent spread.
		
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			We take simple precautions. So
avoid going out to families, avoid
		
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			all the other functions. It's very
temporary, and if adhere to these
		
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			rules, the other important thing
is make sure you don't self
		
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			medicate with steroids. A lot of
people think I'm still sick. Let's
		
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			take steroids. You can actually
harm yourself. You can get
		
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			critically ill. Steroids, giving
the wrong phase, can aggravate the
		
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			virus. It can spread to your
lungs. Only doctors, healthcare
		
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			workers should prescribe
medication for you. Those who want
		
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			to take your lemon and your ginger
and your honey, you're welcome to
		
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			do that. It's not a cure, it's not
a protection, it's not a
		
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			safeguard. Makes you feel good,
makes you feel good in the body,
		
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			nothing protects you against
getting infection. Even those that
		
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			are vaccinated can get infected.
Please remember that vaccination
		
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			does not mean you must be reckless
and be
		
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			and not take any care. You have to
take every precaution, like those
		
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			who are non vaccinated, because
you can spread infection.
		
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			Vaccinated, people can get
infected. So teachers and
		
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			everybody else who's taken it over
60, and those over 50 going to
		
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			take it now, please be careful
that you can get sick and you can
		
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			spread it. So the biggest
safeguard is the precaution, the
		
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			mass the sanitizing, the social
distancing, cutting out contact
		
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			with family, people, parties,
functions, going to the mall,
		
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			limited time. Good ventilation.
Ventilation absolutely critical.
		
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			Being in office, being in
healthcare, in being in hospitals,
		
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			being in medical centers, the
doctors, healthcare workers.
		
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			Ventilation is absolutely
critical. We do that. Hopefully
		
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			this wave will pass as very soon
and will be confined in large
		
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			extent to Gauteng, and hopefully
we'll be able to deal with it
		
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			there and spread will not be to a
large extent to the rest of the
		
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			country. It can be done. It
requires our persistence, our
		
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			support and our responsible
behavior.
		
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			We.