Dear Mr. Chief Minister,
The people of Goa are aghast over your failure to step in decisively to try and contain the further spread of the COVID-19 virus which is now raging across the State. How many more deaths and positive cases are you willing to stomach before you take the bull or virus by the horns? Our friends and their family members are just dying while we watch and mourn this grim scenario unfolding and just getting worse by the day. One death is too many. Worse still the question on everybody’s mind is ‘’Will I be next’’? In the current scenario a total lockdown, well policed and adhered to of at least 15 days is inevitable and mandatory to ensure that the current devastating situation is brought under some kind of control. Your own Health Minister has recommended a month. Our Medical care services are overwhelmed. The brave overburdened Doctors, nurses and other front line heroes in our Hospitals and Health Centers are fighting a rear guard action often in vain. They are doing an extremely commendable job against all odds, tirelessly working to save lives but they are over stretched and may be reaching a breaking point. Their work made increasingly impossible by your inaction to do anything significant to mitigate and contain the spread of the virus. Mr. Chief Minister, for once show some leadership in this hour of greatest need and listen to the medical and scientific experts and learn from the experience of other countries that have successfully and relentlessly fought the virus and contained while almost eradicating it. In every instance by competently using a total lockdown as a circuit breaker to stop this virus increasing as it is spread through human transmission. You and your Government must realise that your first duty is to protect its citizens. This failure of yours to do so is creating a human carnage of unimaginable proportions. Posterity will never forget or forgive your inaction at this crucial juncture. With folded hands, even at this very late stage I seek your immediate action to prevent further loss of precious lives. A complete and total lockdown is a must as nothing less will work. Remember that Prevention is always better than cure! Taking a chance at the Casinos in the Mandovi is one thing but gambling with peoples’ lives is unacceptable, abhorrent and tragic. May wisdom and better sense prevail. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com