The recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases in Guyana is quite troubling. This epidemic, which many believed would have subsided by now, seems to have only just begun to reveal its true impact on the Guyanese populace. When the dust settles, how many Guyanese will have been infected? How many will have died?
Some estimate that this global pandemic may not end until 2022. It is quite unsettling to think that this could continue for two years. It is quite troubling to think that eventually every family may be affected; that we all may have lost relatives or friends or we ourselves would have been its victims. This virus does not discriminate. The dreams of the young and old, those of African, Asian and European descent, rich and poor, could vanish forever because of this virus.
