The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ramps Logistics recently took to social media to express his concern about the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana.
In a four-minute video posted to the Ramps Logistics Facebook page on Tuesday, CEO, Shaun Rampersad, stressed the importance of taking the preventative measures to combat the spread of the virus. Rampersad disclosed that he was in contact with persons in Georgetown and after receiving reports of how normal things appeared in the city, he became worried that persons didn’t understand the seriousness of observing preventative measures like social distancing.
Rampersad said that the steps taken within the next few weeks will determine if the outbreak becomes a “mass disaster” or if we can get through the situation with minimal damage. He noted that with the focus on the elections, COVID-19 might not have been at the top of the agenda. However he declared that there is no greater threat to the country than the COVID-19 outbreak. “COVID-19 is dangerous because it has the potential to overwhelm our public health system,” he said while adding that persons most affected by the virus are the elderly persons.
He implored Guyanese to isolate those persons most vulnerable from the rest of the population so as to protect them from contracting the virus. “You the young people, you will get the COVID-19 and you’ll be fine, you’ll get through this, but we can’t afford to have too many people showing up to the hospitals and the hospitals become overwhelmed.” With that he specifically urged millennials to play their role in fighting the virus as he asked, “Is having a drink worth killing your grandmother and your grandfather?”
Rampersad iterated that persons should stay at home and help to spread the message about taking the required preventative measures. “The way we act, what we do now, will determine how history judges us” the CEO said.
