An MP for Southall and Ealing has called for "each and every one of you to think seriously about what you do.”
Expressing his concern about the new rise in Covid-19 cases across the borough, Sharma in his open letter wrote,
“Public health is the responsibility of us all – it is there in the name. When someone is sick, we have a responsibility to help them, that way we can all rely on the help we need when we fall ill, it makes a country or society a community and a home. So, the other side of that responsibility is to look after ourselves, to look after each other and take actions to avoid sickness where we can.
“Today the problem is Covid-19, millions have had it, thousands have died, but still some people aren’t taking it seriously. We each have a responsibility to behave responsibly, to act in everyone’s interests and to take the right precautions. You need to wear a mask if you can, keep washing your hands, avoid large groups, and if you encounter someone who has it, to isolate and not spread it to anyone else.
“Spreading the virus will take us back to the Spring when everything had to close and lock down. Spreading the virus will cost jobs and lives, spreading it will risk your life and those around you. We have seen too many photographs and videos of groups of people on beaches, at street parties and in shops, not taking Covid-19 seriously, but more than 40,000 people in UK have already died and when the virus spreads it will take thousands more.
“Remember what this virus can do, remember it kills the weak, the elderly, and those of us with brown or black skin more easily than any other groups. For a while, for six months, a year or two we cannot go back to normal, we cannot behave like Covid-19 isn’t here, we have to be scared of it. The rules against meeting in big groups are there to save lives not to stop fun, but for now, for this time, we have to fight the virus and change how we behave. Stop the virus by behaving responsibly and following public health guidelines, not meeting in big groups, and staying at a safe one metre distance, and remember it’s your parents, grandparents and sick friends that will die first, so don’t be selfish."
