Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
What is the size of the Covid-19 epidemic in Malaysia? By DR AMAR-SINGH HSS
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | There are many
individuals who have expressed reassurance with the small number of
daily new coronavirus cases reported and the slow growth of our
epidemic. I have seen many posts on various social media regarding this,
often with some comparison with countries doing worse than us. But this
is false reassurance if you look at the bigger picture.
The number of tests we do determines the cases we find and report. If we compare Canada and Malaysia (below), a comparison I have seen online as our population sizes are similar, you will note (top) that they have many more cases than us. But also note (bottom)
that they do a huge number of tests per million population compared to
us. The stark similarity of both graphs speaks for itself. In this
epidemic, you get the numbers you test for.
Allow me to illustrate how we could look at the data
regarding our epidemic. I am trying to answer the question: “What is the
size of the coronavirus epidemic in Malaysia? First,
recognise that our testing numbers are limited. The Ministry of Health
(MOH) only does what they call "targeted" testing and does not test
widely outside of that criteria.
The table below shows the test results
available each day from the testing of new cases for the past two weeks.
Except for one outstanding day (March 27), our test availability is
generally between 1,500-3,500 cases each day. We have been informed by
MOH that currently, we can do 11,500 tests each day. However, only about
20 percent of these tests are used to look for the spread of the virus
in the community.
