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#kerajaangagal79 — Convene Parliament to evoke the Dunkirk Spirit among Malaysians to unite and prevail over the Covid-19 crisis

The lament of the Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdulalh that there is heavy traffic out of Klang Valley before the total lockdown on Tuesday despite the inter-district travel ban and the fear that the health system is facing paralysis is part of a larger problem — the inability of the Muhyiddin government to restore public trust and confidence and the failure to have a “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the 17-month war against Covid-19 pandemic.

We have not been able to evoke the “Dunkirk spirit”, the nation’s ability to come together with courage and resourcefulness to get through a crisis, because the government has become a kakistocracy and the government leaders do not inspire the people with trust and confidence. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal78 — Khairy should reveal the latest time-line for Malaysia to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 under the National Immunisation Programme (NIP)

Two days ago, an article on the race by countries  to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 by vaccinating three quarters of their population against the disease gave the  following chart:

Nation Doses given (million) Population Coverage (%) Vaccination Rate (doses per day) Estimated time needed to achieve herd immunity from May
Israel 10.6 58.4 4,595 22 months
UK 61.4 46 5,801,439 2 months
USA 288 44.9 1,750,524 4 months
Singapore 3.41 29.9 38,534 4 months
Germany 45.4 27.3 679,567 4 months
France 34 26.2 520,616 4 months
China 527 18.8 15,037,429 3 months
Brazil 64 15.2 663,323 12 months
India 200 7.3 2,104,068 2.4 years
Malaysia 2.48 3.8 69,658 22 months
Thailand 3.02 2.2 97,617 2.8 years
Vietnam 1.03 0.5 3,655 >10 years

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#kerajaangagal77 — After Tajuddin’s sacking, who will next get sacked for Malaysia’s failure of an emergency in the 17-month war against Covid-19 pandemic compelling a total lockdown of the country?

After Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s sacking as Prasarana Malaysia Bhd chairman, who will next get sacked for Malaysia’s failure of an emergency in the 17-month war against Covid-19 pandemic compelling a total lockdown of the country?

When Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as Prime Minister on March 1, 2020 after the Sheraton Move conspiracy toppled the democratically-elected Pakatan Harapan government in 22 months, there were 29 Covid-19 cases and zero
Covid-19 deaths. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal76 — CITF should consider incentives to accelerate the national vaccination rollout to ensure that vaccination does not become the nation’s Achilles’ Heel in the Covid-19 Pandemic when it is definitely a game-changer although it may not be the silver bullet to end the pandemic

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The public unhappiness, frustration and anger was palpable and tangible in the many MySejahtera technical difficulties faced by the people seeking an appointment to receive Astra Zeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday.

Although the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has apologised for the confusion and technical hitches, it has yet to regain public trust and confidence.

The question is whether the CITF has learnt any lesson from the poor website architecture on Tuesday, as no head is rolling over the technical and system problems of the MySejahtera app. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal74 — Arifin Zakaria should ask the Independent Special Committee on Emergency 2021 to consider whether it should ask the Prime Minister to end the emergency not only because the emergency is a failure but because it is not a solution to combat Covid-19 pandemic

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In response by the query by the Pakatan Harapan presidential council, the Independent Special Committee on Emergency 2021 said it has agreed to several “criteria and threshold” in reviewing whether the state of emergency should be continued or not.

However, the committee did not elaborate on the details of the criteria and threshold they agreed to.
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#kerajaangagal73 — Full endorsement of Deputy Speaker, Azalina Othman’s reiterated call for the reconvening of Parliament

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I fully endorse the Deputy Speaker, Azalina Othman Said’s reiterated call today for the recovening of Parliament.

I also full endorse her seven-point recommendation on standing operating procedures (SOPs) for Parliament in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, viz:

  1. To minimise Covid-19 risks: Ensure that all parliamentary staffers are vaccinated including all MPs and senators.
  2. To minimise unwarranted “drama” in Parliament: No “no confidence” in Parliament during the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic and no early general election unless pandemic is controlled and herd immunity of at least 50 percent is achieved.

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#kerajaangagal72 – Vaccines may not be the silver bullet to end the Covid-19 pandemic but it is undoubtedly a game-changer as seen by the examples of USA and UK

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Malaysia is having the worst of both worlds in the Covid-19 pandemic.

During the first 12 months of the pandemic, when the United States and the European nations were the worst-hit nations, Malaysia climbed from the ranking of No. 83 in November 2020 to be ranked No. 42 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal70 – The Yang di Pertuan Agong should host an All-Party All-NGOs Conference on the Covid-19 Pandemic to avoid Malaysia from becoming an international poster boy of a nation losing the war against the Covid-19 pandemic

Before Hari Raya Aidilfirtri, Malaysians were sorely offended when the Indonesian Government used Malaysia, together with India, in its admonishment as two countries Indonesians should not emulate for the mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic in its advice to Indonesians to stay home and to take precautions about Covid-19 in the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays.

Now Malaysia has together with India become the two international poster boys of failure in the handling of Covid-19 pandemic, although this is unfair to India, as it had been on a sharp decline since its peak of daily increase of 414,422 new Covid-19 cases on May 6, which fell 53% to a daily increase of 195,815 new Covid-19 cases on 14th May 2021.
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#kerajaangagal69: What a contrast – Noor Hisham warning Malaysians to be prepared for the worst in the Covid-19 pandemic while the worst country in the world in the pandemic, the United States with 34 million Covid-19 cases and over 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, looking forward to the end of the pandemic!

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What a contrast – the Health Director-General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah warning Malaysians to be prepared for the worst in the Covid-19 pandemic while the worst country in the world in the pandemic, the United States with 34 million Covid-19 cases and over 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, looking forward to the end of the pandemic!

This is the extent of the failure of Malaysia in the mishandling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic in the last 17 months – akin to the horrible Light Rail Transit (LRT) collision in Kuala Lumpur because a negligent driver drove the LRT in the wrong direction, resulting in three passengers suffering brain haemorrhage, a systemic failure which should never have happened. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal68 – We need a new Commander-in-Chief after losing the 17-month war against Covid-19 pandemic – one whom all Malaysians have trust and confidence in his leadership and vision in the war against Covid-19 pandemic and not one who does not mind being called “stupid”!

Malaysia needs a new Commander-in-Chief after losing the 17-month war against the Covid-19 pandemic – one whom all Malaysians have trust and confidence in his leadership and vision in the war against Covid-19 pandemic and not one who does not mind being called “stupid”!

When Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin became the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia on March 1, 2020, there were 29 Covid-19 cases and zero Covid-19 death. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal67 – Khairy should approve the two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Penang to give Yong Chee Kong a chance to redeem himself and deliver on his claim

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The minister-in-charge of Covid-19 vaccination, Khairy Jamaluddin should approve the two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Penang to give businessman Yong Chee Kong a chance to redeem himself and deliver on his claim.

Yesterday, Yong clarified that the formal letter on behalf of him to the Penang state government pledging to donate two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine was written by a staff member from his company and not by Penang DAP as he had said earlier and he made an apology over the matter.

Yong said that if he could get the approval letter from the government for the two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, his “boss” was still willing to donate the vaccines to the people of Penang. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal66 – Malaysia beating the world’s top ten countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases on Sunday in the category of “confirmed cases per million” is a great dishonour and shame for the country

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Malaysia beating the world’s top ten countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases on Sunday in the category of “confirmed cases per million” is a great dishonour and shame for the country.

These statistics are available on the Our World In Data website. For Sunday, 23rd May 2021, the “daily confirmed cases per million” for Malaysia and the top 10 countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal64 – Police should learn from the Prime Minister to be less stiff and stuffy or are the Police going to charge social media users for sedition if they had called the police “stupid” in the “Nilai3 in Selangor” incident?

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The Police should learn from the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to be less stiff and stuffy or are the Police going to charge social media users for sedition if they had called the police “stupid” in the “Nilai3 is in Selangor” incident?

Muhyiddin said in a special telecast last night that people can scold the Prime Minister “stupid” in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, that it’s okay and he would say it on television.

But can the people scold the police “stupid” when they were “stupid”? Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal63 – Prime Minister Muhyiddin has presided over a war of failure against the Covid-19 pandemic for 15 months, from 29 Covid-19 cases and zero death on March 1, 2020 to 512,091 Covid-19 cases and 2,249 deaths – is this not enough evidence to demand a new start in the war?

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The Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said he was prepared to take abuse from the public amid frustration over measures against Covid-19 but urged people to play their part in bringing the pandemic under control.

He said: “They can blame the government. They can scold the prime minister. I accept. Scold ‘stupid prime minister’, it’s okay. I can say it on television. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal61 – Convene Parliament and State Assemblies to form Covid-19 Pandemic Parliamentary and State Assembly United Front with five objectives – (i) national mobilisation (ii) restore public trust and confidence (iii) economic stimulus package to help the poor and vulnerable groups (iv) mass testing and (v) accelerate vaccination rollout

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Who won and who lost from the National Security Council (NSC) meeting of Friday not to impose a total lockdown in the war against Covid-19 pandemic?

The people and the nation lost, but the Muhyiddin government thinks it has won, which is most dubious despite several self-seeking opinion polls showing Muhyiddin Yassin head and shoulders above all others in the popularity stakes. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal60 – The total lack of urgency of the Prime Minister and his lieutenants about the worsening Covid-19 pandemic with over a half-million cases, over 6,000 daily increase of new Covid-19 cases and 2,199 deaths illustrated by nonchalant announcement of the crucial NSC meeting yesterday

Malaysians are right to be outraged by the indifference of the Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin and his lieutenants about the worsening Covid-19 pandemic with over half-a-million Covid-19 cases, the fourth consecutive daily increase of over 6,000 new Covid-19 cases and 2,199 Covid-19 deaths.

This total lack of urgency and gravity of Muhyiddin and his lieutenants over the worsening Covid-19 pandemic have been illustrated by the nonchalant manner in which the decisions of the National Security Council (NSC) were announced today. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal57 – If the question had been asked at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic 17 months ago what to do with a government which allows half-a-million people in Malaysia to be infected with Covid-19 and more than 2,100 people to die of it, the answer will be that this government is not fit to be in power and must be replaced

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If the question had been asked at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic 17 months ago what to do with a government which allows half-a-million people in Malaysia to be infected with Covid-19 and more than 2,100 people to die of it, the answer will be that this government is not fit to be in power and must be replaced.

Today, Malaysia crossed the half-million mark for total cumulative total of Covid-19 cases and our Covid-19 fatalities stand at over 2,149 deaths. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal56 – will all Malaysians who were vaccinated this year require a booster shot next year?

There is widespread scepticism and doubt that the Co-ordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme would be able to fulfil his promise to complete the national vaccination rollout by this year, as after nearly three months of the national vaccination campaign, only 2.4 per cent of the population had been fully vaccinated while 3.9 per cent of the population had been given one dose of the vaccine.

We have seven months to go before the end of the year. Even if we speed up national vaccination rollout, is it possible to achieve the 60-70 per cent vaccination of the Malaysian population necessary to achieve the herd immunity for the Covid-19 virus? Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal55 – Will the National Security Council give its blessing to the meeting of all Johore MPs and SAs on the Covid-19 pandemic as proposed by the Johore Sultan and will the Prime Minister, as a Johore State Assemblyman, give a report to the meeting?

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The Johore Mentri Besar, Hasni Mohammad has acted on the Johore Sultan’s advice to convene a meeting of all Johore MPs and State Assembly representatives next week on the Covid-19 pandemic to discuss efforts to strengthen and improve all Federal and State government measures to curb the pandemic.

Hasni said:

“This (discussion) includes increasing the capacity of the existing Covid-19 quarantine and low-risk treatment centre and vaccination centre in Johor. Read the rest of this entry »

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#kerajaangagal54 – All Johore Members of Parliament and State Assembly persons should support the Johore Sultan’s call for a meeting of Johore lawmakers on Covid-19 pandemic in Johore and have the meeting before the end of the month

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All Johore Members of Parliament and State Assembly persons should support the Johore Sultan’s call for a meeting of Johore lawmakers on Covid-19 pandemic in Johore and have the meeting before the end of the month.

The Johore Sultan is aware that the Johor legislative assembly cannot be convened, but a meeting can be held in other forms and chaired by the menteri besar. Read the rest of this entry »

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