APRIL 6 — War involves the mobilisation of the entire country with the single objective of defeating an existential threat. The latter implies the sort of threat that can grind a country to a halt, creating a chain reaction of human miseries. But the analogy to war should be used not only...
APRIL 6 — War involves the mobilisation of the entire country with the single objective of defeating an existential threat. The latter implies the sort of threat that can grind a country to a halt, creating a chain reaction of human miseries.
There is no metric to understand the state of mind of the decision makers in Malaysia right. Are they in a strategic war mode, or are they reeling from utter fear? That being said, there is no need to use the word war too loosely yet. Covid-19 is a pandemic, which can become an endemic too. It other words it is here to stay.
It could happen to Malaysia but it hasn't. Do note that JP Morgan expects the cases in Malaysia to peak in the middle of April 2020 by two times the number of the current cases; making it a total of 6000 cases and above. Indeed Carl Von Clauwitz, author of the Magnus opus on"war," warned time and again that war is easy to declare but difficult to fight.
As the fervour, for now, should be to ask, indeed demand Malaysians, to comply totally to the MCO. This is to stop more human traffic from perpetuating various vectors of transmission. If anything, the private and public health workers would be thrown into a disarray. As over time, they would feel psychologically burdened to the extreme. That only they, and they alone, are expected to carry the physical and proverbial fight of the entire country.
Further more, there are strategic implications that go beyond Malaysia when the country uses the analogy of war in a callous manner. For example, war necessitates alliances when you are unable to win. Parliament, ideally, online, must still be convened on time on May 18. Hari Raya and Ramadan must be celebrated online for now.
These items can be intentionally held back at the customs and check points; triggering more head aches for the government. A strong technocratic government is still needed to deal with the unseen threat of Covid-19 cases, albeit in different clusters; especially their dire economic implications that follow.
The rhetoric or language of war does sooth the feeling that one is taking Covid-19 seriously. That one is doing something, indeed, anything. But this is clearly a form of policy over-shoot. But the method to fight both manifestations must not necessarily carry a martial and military implication immediately.
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