That’s 318 Malaysians we’ll never hear from again – 318 lives that have been snuffed out forever. I strongly believe that the vast majority of these 318 deaths were avoidable and preventable. But what are 318 deaths against our cumulative total of 11,691? Indeed, even Jia Chern, who is not taking any solid foods, has decided to dedicate his fast to helping others. Sometimes, we need to humanise these numbers, to help all of us remember that there are real lives and real families behind those numbers.

Source: The Star August 14, 2021 21:11 UTC