Covid-19 is Very Much a Threat

Covid-19 is even now very much a threat. 

While many countries are starting to see confirmed cases and deaths ebbing following containment measures, still others are seeing numbers piling up. 

Check out these BBC charts that show four countries which are producing alarming figures – Brazil, Mexico, India and Pakistan – and where cases and deaths have been on a determined upswing:

Yesterday, Brazil became the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19, as the disease doggedly spreads.

Iran and Saudi Arabia case total passed 200,000 and 150,000 respectively – and Egypt recorded 2,000 deaths.

Yesterday too, I attended a Zoom meeting of the Magical Bali Toastmasters Club at the invitation of Natali Tjahjadi. She told me I had given her feedback for her ‘contest’ speech that she was to present at the District 87 Annual Conference last year – and that she still remembered me! Wow!

Anyway, I listened to her speech which was the last project for her DTM – and I must admit I was bowled over by her energy that overflowed with effervescence and that lavished me with ebullient exuberance. Her animated gestures were in full view and that was really something to watch! 

I'm sure others felt the same way too because she was voted Best Speaker.

Another Toastmaster friend, Miranda Rumi gave my name to the Table Topics Master who then conscripted me for her impromptu speaking session. I was the first among six participants to speak and I became Best Table Topics speaker. 

FYI, that was my fourth Toastmasters meeting since I quit Toastmasters.