CoVid19 post vaccination: The media is not doing a good job. They are not asking the right questions.

(Note: This piece was written before 19th July 2021. But I have decided not to edit it and just publish "as is". This is to emphasise the "planning ahead" part rather than what actually happen. Depending on what happen in the UK after 19th July 2021, I may write a follow up.) 

Referring to my previous post here.

It seems Singapore is not the only country with a plan to go back to normal.

The UK is planning to go back to normal also.

In fact, while Singapore is still planning, the UK already set a date for it; which is; 

19th July 2021.

Refer to the UK Prime Minister speech (here) in which he detailed out clearly and concisely the plan to go back to normal.

But of course, the fear mongering media, part of the "safety & health, afraid of everything, generation", kept asking the wrong question.

Listen to this news anchor questioning the UK Health Minister (here). They are focusing on the increasing case numbers, which the Health Minister conceded is increasing.

But the news anchor is ignoring the main point that the Minister is saying. After fully vaccinating 66% of the population (80% for 1st dose) - as of the date of the interview - the link between case numbers to hospitalisation & deaths are greatly reduced. But they kept harping on the case numbers. 

The case numbers are irrelevant! If they are not sick, there is no point tracking them! 

Now, I know, many people distrust politicians, myself included. But notice that the news anchor did not even challenge the UK Health Minister on the reduced rate of hospitalisation cases & deaths. Which made me think that they know the greatly reduced rate is correct, but that they want to stoke fear among the population to demand extended lockdown. How to do that? By focusing on the increasing case numbers which is meaningless since majority, higher majority, do not need hospitalisation. 

Why do they want extended lockdown? I cannot answer that without going into conspiracy theory territories. But bad news sells, and if people cannot go out, the primary activity of choice is watching TV & social media. Who else benefits if lockdown is extended? Think for yourself!

Anyway, I notice the media in Malaysia is also focusing on the case numbers. Nobody is analysing the rate of hospitalisation & deaths before & after vaccination. This is crucial in formulating a revised public health policies and a major factor in deciding whether we should reopen society and the economy.

So, if you are a journalist, please ask the right question. If you have the ears of your elected MPs or ministers, please highlight this to them.

Do not be like headless chicken. We should stop "fighting fires". We should be planning to open back society & the economy. Correct data and analysis of that data is crucial. 

Stop fear mongering. Show the people how we can start living with and managing CoVid19, just like the flu.

CoVid19: Putting CoVid19 deaths in perspective & planning to go back to normal.

I want to clarify that the idea in the previous post is not totally mine. It was a summary and an interpretation of an idea (here, here, here & here) proposed by the Singaporean government, which I agree. The bit of original idea from me is the bit about adding ICU beds and related facilities to cater for the increase in ICU cases.

What the Singapore government is planning is rational and based on a balance of risks. This is after studying the global data for the past 1.5 years, and an increase understanding of the virus. Now that they have the data, I assume they did their own statistical analysis.

For myself, I just google for some data on daily death rate to try and put CoVid19 deaths in perspective.

Below is the infograph that I found from this webpage.

As you can see, the CoVid19 deaths at the bottom are reported in three time period with different average number. Even at the highest peak of deaths, the average death from CoVid19 still did not surpass the current causes of deaths.

This is what I mean when I say we can live with CoVid19 & CoVid19 deaths. CoVid19 deaths will just become another statistics just like any other causes of deaths. Something we have to deal with and manage everyday, just like any other statistics above. (I think this is what the Singapore government also meant, but I do not want to put words in their mouths).

I think after vaccination, the numbers for CoVid19 will decrease, not to zero, but decrease to a smaller circle. To open back the economy, I do not think we have to wait until we reach 80%. We just have to vaccinate the elderly, the vulnerable and those that we know have co-morbidity issues. Then, concurrently, with ongoing vaccination for the rest of the population, we can open back the economy. Please take note that many experts also agree that young children are at lower risk of developing severe symptoms from CoVid19. So we do not have to wait until children are vaccinated. You can just google it if you want to check this fact.

But of course governments all over the world are reluctant to consider this (except Singapore). Half are governed by "safety & health generation", those who are afraid of deaths, afraid of risks, who do not live in the real world. These politicians reminded me of Kathy Bates character "Annie Wilkes" in the movie "Misery" who care for the injured "Paul Sheldon" (played by James Caan) by locking him in his bedroom and not allowing him to go out. She even break his leg in order to prevent him from leaving his bed. (Just like the government "breaking" the people's mental health in lockdown in order to "treat" them of CoVid19. Do you see the irony?). 

The other half are governed by corrupt politicians who take the opportunities of lockdown and Emergency declaration to stay in power under dictatorial rule while siphoning off money from government coffers under emergency expenses (meaning without Parliamentary supervision) for CoVid19 related initiatives.

What is my point?

Refer back to my previous post.

Refer to the Singapore plan.

It is time to start planning to go back to Normal.

Soon.

PS: Again, I have to stress, I am not a healthcare expert or a public health policy expert. But this is something you can think for yourself if you have the time and mental faculty to research and read for yourself. As always, any comment and challenging feedback are welcome.

Salam.

CoVid19: It is time to recalibrate & restructure our healthcare facilities & policies.

This lockdown has been going on long enough. 
We are still living from one outbreak to another outbreak.
This is not tenable.

We need to start planning to go back to normal. 

We need to start planning to live with CoVid19. 

We have to start living with CoVid19.

We cannot have lockdown after lockdown.
I repeat, this is not tenable.

We need to start treating CoVid19 like other diseases like the flu, chicken pox, malaria, dengue, etc.

When we have a dengue or malaria outbreak, do we declare war with mosquitoes and commit ourselves to mosquito genocide? 

NO.

Do we stop people from going out at night or to the jungle? 

NO.

We continue on living and just treat people with malaria & dengue, conduct extra fogging & issue out public service announcement on TV and social media. We do not commit ourselves to mosquito genocide or to zero malaria & dengue death. Because we know it is impossible and impractical.

Similarly, every festival holidays, road accidents and related fatalities increase when more vehicles ply the road to go back to kampungs. 
Do we stop people from going back to kampungs every holiday even though road accidents fatalities increase compared to normal days?
NO.

We go on living as normal and just treat those that got injured in car accidents and bury the dead. We put out public service announcement on road safety and have more police patrol and stricter enforcement but we do not aim for zero accidents or zero death because again it is almost impossible and impractical.

There are Ebola & Zika in the African continents.
Do we stop people from going to Africa?
NO.
We let people know the risks before they go.

We have had MERS-CoV in the Middle East.
Do we stop people from going to pilgrimages in Saudi Arabia?
NO.
We dealt with it.

People die of diabetes almost everyday.
Do we ban sugar and food with sugar?
NO.
We educate people about sugar and let them make their own choices.

Same with CoVid19.
We need to start dealing with it.
Living with CoVid19 in our midst.
Just like the flu & the common cold.

How?

We need to recalibrate and restructure our healthcare facilities, specifically hospital beds & ICU wards facilities.

These facilities are provided by government & private hospitals based on the number of deaths and diseases and accidents that happen on an average day.

We have the statistics.

We know the accident rates of injuries & fatalities number.
We know the rate of people dying and requiring treatment from other diseases, heart diseases, cancer, dying old people, etc, on an average day.

From all these statistics, we calibrate our healthcare facilities and plan on the national level how many hospitals, beds, ICU wards we need all over the country.

With CoVid19, even post vaccination, these statistics will increase by a certain number.
The current healthcare facilities does not take CoVid19 into account.
That is why ICU are flooded.

If we take CoVid19 into account, then the ICU beds need to be added.
The healthcare facilities need to be recalibrated to take into account the CoVid19 numbers.

Then, anybody with severe symptoms to CoVid19 will just be treated the same as people that have severe symptoms with flu, pneumonia, diabetes, major strokes, etc.

No more testing, no more contact tracing, no more quarantine for people without symptoms or people who are not sick.

Let people live as normal.

If people get sick, let them rest at home, just like any other diseases such as flu or common cold.

And just like any other diseases or flu or common cold, if they get worse, go to the hospital for treatment.

Or if you are like some people who go to hospitals or clinic even for mild fever or mild symptoms, then continue doing so, and if you feel like it, ask your doctor to check for your antigen.

Everything is voluntary as per before the pandemic.

With this, CoVid19 will be treated as endemic.

You may ask, where to get the money to add all these new healthcare facilities?

How about diverting all the money in setting up all the quarantine centres to set up new ICU facilities.

Get back to normal as soon as possible, recover and grow the economy, and divert all the new taxes from the economic growth to this initiative.

We cannot go on like this, living from one lockdown to another. The suicide numbers is increasing, racing to catch up with CoVid19 death numbers. This is not including death from poverty, which can cause malnutrition & crimes of desperation.

I am not a healthcare expert. This is just a radical idea that pop up in my head after doing my own reading. If you disagree, you can comment and give your own idea. You can challenge this idea or give your own idea. 

This idea may be radical and difficult to implement but not impossible, I think.

I do not know what is the best idea to start going back to normal, but I do know one thing.

We cannot be held hostage by this Corona virus anymore.

We have to suck it up and go back to normal before Malaysia becomes a failed state from this economic lockdown.

Salam.

Wawasan 2020: Success or Failure?

At the beginning of the year, I said I will review and give my own evaluation of the success or failure of Wawasan 2020 or Vision 2020 (link here).

But the CoVid-19 and busy work schedule happened.

I said I would write a separate commentary on each goals and objectives, but it looks like that is not possible.

So, what I would do is rate each goal on a scale of 1 to 10; 1 being least successful and 10 being most successful. Please bear in mind that this is totally subjective based on my own opinions and views. No objective data was used and no surveys were done.

Before we proceed, a bit of commentary.

The events of General Election 2018 and CoVid-19 pandemic of 2020 really tested Malaysian citizens in the 9 areas or objectives of Wawasan 2020. It gave me a sort of measuring stick to "judge" the success or failure of the vision.

Here goes.

1: Establishing a united Malaysian nation made up of one Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian Race).
Rating: 5

We are at a tipping point as a Malaysian society. The 2018 GE and the pandemic proved that we can come together as a nation when the nation needed us the most. This makes me optimistic.

But other events, which I will not mention here, makes me pessimistic. Some people still think in terms of "us vs them", along racial, religious or some other arbitrary lines.

Social media amplify both the united front and the divided fronts. There is a tug of war for the soul of the nation. This is why I said we are at a tipping point.

My reading of history also tell me this. The famous quote where it is said, you are doomed to repeat history if you do not learn from it, is true. This is why I give rating 5 for this.

2: Creating a psychologically liberated, secure and developed Malaysian society.
Rating: 4

Are we as a society psychologically liberated? Psychologically secure? Psychologically developed? I do not know.

I think this is about mental health. I confess I rarely read articles about the mental health of Malaysians. 

But I notice many people still blame the supernatural when their family members and friends developed some mental health issues. 

So, rating 4.

3: Fostering and developing a mature democratic society.
Rating: 6

The courage of Malaysians to vote out the BN government that has been ruling for 61 years, showed a more matured democratic society. But that was just one election. Can we sustain our rational judgement and wisdom when voting in future elections? Voting along what is best for the nation rather than "us vs them" mentality.

But a democratic society is so much more than just voting during elections. Other democratic measures such as freedom of speech are still lacking and restrictive. We cannot handle full freedom of speech. We are not yet mature enough for it. Hence Rating 6.

4: Establishing a fully moral and ethical society.
Rating: 4

Why rating of 4? Some people becomes more religious but they are not more moral or ethical. In fact, they use religion to justify their immorality and non-ethical acts.

Recent events proved this, not to mention when religious political leaders are caught with their pants down, they use religion to justify their actions. Their followers also support the leaders using religion. Those who are silent are also guilty of this, in my opinion. 

Even those who use "jangan war-warkan aib orang lain" are hypocrites. First of all, they only use this when their religious leaders are accused of something and not for other people. Also, they conflate and compare "aib" with criminal acts. They use religious teaching of hiding other people "aib" to justify covering their criminal acts, when "aib" is obviously referring only to "personal sins" that do not involve harming or hurting other people. (Just to be clear, molestation and rape are crimes or criminal acts, NOT "aib" to be hidden or covered up.)

And don't get me talking about bribery and corruption. I am sure many of you have your own stories.

5: Establishing a matured liberal and tolerant society.
Rating: 5

Like I said, we are at a tipping point. I think we are becoming more liberal and tolerant. But then some people defined "liberal" as something bad and discourages becoming more liberal. I suppose it depends on your definition of "liberal".  I have my own take on this. I may write this in another post.

6: Establishing a scientific and progressive society.
Rating: 5

Again, my reading of history says we are at a tipping point. We want to encourage STEM but when we revert the teaching of STEM from English to Bahasa, I am pessimistic. Whether we like it or not, the language of STEM worldwide is English and if we want to accelerate STEM education, we have to do it in English.

Also, when science and religion collide, people still use the phrase "sometime we cannot use akal or reason for some things". If I consider this alone, the rating would be 1, but there are other hopeful reasons, which I will not write here for now. This struggle between "reason and religion" deserves its own post.

7: Establishing a fully caring society.
Rating: 8

The pandemic of 2020 alone proves we as a society are caring and compassionate and generous. No need to say more.

8: Ensuring an economically just society, in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation.
Rating: 4

This is a bit more difficult to assess. However, based on the number of people that is classified as B40 and on the number of people that is eligible for "Bantuan Sara Hidup" scheme, I think we are at rating 4, maybe even lower.

9: Establishing a prosperous society with an economy that is fully competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient.
Rating: 3

Our economy is still full of monopolies and oligopolies. There are still too many barriers to free trade and free enterprise. Too many restriction to fair competition and free access to economic activities.

 

Re-distribution of wealth: Equal opportunities vs equal outcome (Part I).

We in Malaysia have been talking about re-distribution of wealth for decades.
The intent is to achieve equal distribution of wealth for everyone.
If you live in the real world, you do not want this.
You would and should avoid it like the plague.

In real life, there is no equal distribution of wealth.
There will always be rich people, poor people and the majority in between.
Rich and poor depends on how hard you work and how productive you are.
(Yes, some of you will ask, what about those unfortunate enough to be born to poor families. Not their fault they are born poor. More on that later.)

The only system where you get equal distribution of wealth is in communist countries like the former USSR and communist China, before China embraced capitalism.
But even then, the people in those countries were not equally rich; they were equally poor.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to be equally poor.
It is not OK to be poor just because all my neighbours are also poor.
(Misery does not love company.)

And if somehow we can make everyone equally rich, then inflation will rise since everyone can afford everything.
Inflation will continue to rise until we become equally poor again.

What we want, what you should want and should fight for is equality of opportunities.
Everyone should have equal opportunities to become rich.
Equal opportunities to get a job, to start a business, to get a head start in life on equal footing.

This is why free public school for all is a good thing.
So, it does not matter if you are born rich or poor, everyone has equal opportunities, an equal head start from young in terms of education.
Equal opportunities to start businesses with no red tape that favours cronies of politicians.
Equal opportunities to gain employment based on merit with no discrimination or discriminatory policies that favour one group of people.
In the end, whether you succeed or not, whether you become wealthy or remain poor, depends on how hardworking you are.

Yes, rich people can send their kids to better schools and better universities.
This is why we have scholarships (again should be based on merit).
To equalise opportunities by giving scholarships to good students from poor families.
But once they graduate, they are on their own.

It is about equality of opportunities.
Not re-distribution of wealth; certainly NOT equality of outcome.
Not everyone will become rich and wealthy.
Some will stay poor or become somewhat medium rich.
But that's life.

Some will be poor and some will be rich.
Your attitude, your work ethics should be the only determining factor whether you succeed or not.

So, fight for equality of opportunities and let those who persevere wins.
Avoid anybody who propose equality of outcome or equal distribution of wealth like the plague.

Disclaimer: I am not an economist. I do not have any degree in Economics.
This observation and argument are my own based on my own readings and personal research and my own understanding of the theory of economics. Comments are welcome. 

CoVid19 and lessons of history.

Malaysia is at a tipping point.

I am a student (amateur) of history.
A reader of socio-political issue.

I read history and analysis of historical events to understand current events and predict the future based on those historical events. Because history are made by humans and in the end, human nature, at its most basic, are the same, no matter what time period you are at; how "modern" you have become.

Nations and civilisations goes through a cycle of rise and falls. This social theory is proven throughout history. I have mentioned this in one of my previous post. The USA and the western world is also at a tipping point. But I do not want to talk about them, yet. For now, I want to highlight about Malaysia.

There are many reasons why nations rise and many reasons why nations fall.
It is rarely just one thing. It is a million little things and events accumulating to that one event, that tipping point, a point of no return, where your nation will decline and crumble.

For the Greeks & Romans, they invented democracy, but they had slaves who were oppressed. When the slaves revolted, it set a chain of events that led to their fall.

For the Ottoman, they shunned innovation and become dogmatic in order to control their vast empire against attacks from within and without. This decline in civilisational mindset becomes the main reason for their downfall

For the Soviet Union, they curtailed freedom and oppressed their citizens through autocratic and authoritarian government machinations. The citizens revolted and the socialist republic fell. Luckily for them, it was a "soft" revolution, their country did not fall into chaos. It was difficult for awhile, but they persevered.

For Lebanon, sectarian (religious, ethnic, tribal) conflicts erupted almost instantly after the French colonial government left their country.

What about Malaysia?

One ingredient in Malaysia that can be our strength or cause of our fall, is our diversity. For more than 60 years, there was a tug of war between these ideals. Is our diversity our strength or our fall in the making?

In the beginning, it seems we were on the right track. Even when we were faced with the communist threat, whose members were mostly of one ethnic make up, we banded together as a nation and come out of it stronger.

But now, our sectarianism is widening. But at the same time, our unity is also stronger. Yes, the statement is contradictory, but humans are full of contradiction. But this widening contradiction is why we are at a tipping point.

Let me explain.

We are becoming more sectarian. Our inter-ethnic relations are being tested more and more. The latest manifestation of this is that "buying" campaign. Those who propagate this campaign do not understand the fundamentals of economics. When they mix their lack of understanding with race based rhetoric & campaign, they are seeding the fall of our nation.

Even within the Malay Muslim community themselves, they are becoming more sectarian. New sects are jostling for power within the machinations of government. Politically, the Malays are also more divided.

All of these division are OK if tempered with common sense and free & healthy dialogues, free & healthy exchange of ideas that seeks to understand and accommodate. But they are not. Everyone seems intent to destroy and crush one another.

But then, CoVid19 happened. CoVid19 is a blight but it also gives hope. Because when we were at our most vulnerable, the nation banded together. Everyone of all ethnicity, creed and idealogies.

The nation comes first.
Humans come first.
Kindness and compassion come first.

What is more amazing, it happened right in the middle of a political crisis.
So, there is yet hope for Malaysia.

This youtube vidoe sums it up better than I do.

So, what next for Malaysia after this?

Will we come out of this better?
Will we avoid slipping into the point of no return?
Or is this nation-wide harmonious cooperation just a temporary truce in our ongoing cultural & socio-economic war among us?
Will we stop our tug of war after this or revert to our sectranian & ethnic animosity?

I do not know.

Only you can answer this yourself.

Was the Wawasan a success or a failure? (Wawasan 2020)

We are now in the year 2020.

30 years ago, during his stint as the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir set out a vision for the holistic development of Malaysia which he called Wawasan 2020 or Vision 2020.

I was in my teens at that time and my own long term vision at that time was to get good grades for my exam so that I can continue my study oversea in the UK. (FYI, I achieved that vision!).
But I did not have a 30 year vision of what my life would be.

And I think Mahathir himself did not foresee his own fate 30 years in the future.
But, history has a funny way of unfolding.
Who would have guessed that when the year 2020 rolls in, he would be the 7th Prime Minister, able to see the success or failure of his own long term vision.

Clotho must have spun the string of fate in a knot for this to happen.

Whether we agree with his politics or not, it has to be admitted that Wawasan 2020 was a good plan.
It is worth reviewing and evaluating whether this Vision was achieved or not.

As a reminder, the nine goals or objectives of Wawasan 2020 were as follow;

1: Establishing a united Malaysian nation made up of one Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian Race).

2: Creating a psychologically liberated, secure and developed Malaysian society.

3: Fostering and developing a mature democratic society.

4: Establishing a fully moral and ethical society.

5: Establishing a matured liberal and tolerant society.

6: Establishing a scientific and progressive society.

7: Establishing a fully caring society.

8: Ensuring an economically just society, in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation.

9: Establishing a prosperous society with an economy that is fully competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient.

I saw in google search that there were many news articles written about the success or failure of this.vision. I have not read them.
I want to give my own personal view on this.

I do not have data, rather the posts will be my own personal observation of my own surroundings, environment and readings.

You, the readers, are welcome to comment.

In the coming weeks and months, I will write and post separate commentary on each of the goals/objectives above.

In the meantime, Happy New Year and hope you all have a good and productive 2020.

Ciao.

Identity politics vs Consumerism, Trade & Commerce (My thought on "that" campaign)

Bread and many traditional Malaysian kuih are made from wheat flour.
Wheat flour are made from wheat.

Malaysia does not grow or produce wheat (source here).
Malaysia imports wheat and wheat product 100% from other countries.

Malaysia imports 100% of wheat mostly from Australia, USA, Ukraine, Russia and Canada (source here).
The majority population of these countries are of different race/religion from the majority population of Malaysia.

So, if you are a majority race/religion of Malaysia and want to buy only from your own race/religion, please stop eating bread and other traditional kuih muih.

Oh, and please also stop eating roti canai.


Kicap are made from soybeans.
Malaysia does not grow or produce soybeans.
Malaysia imports soybean and soybean product 100% from other countries.

Malaysia imports 100% of soybeans mostly from Argentina and USA (source here).
The majority population of these countries are of different race/religion from the majority population of Malaysia.

So, if you are a majority race/religion of Malaysia and want to buy only from your own race/religion, please stop eating food that has kicap in it such as ayam/daging masak kicap, char kuey teow goreng, nasi goreng cooked with kicap, half boiled egg with kicap, goreng pisang cicah kicap pedas, soup dishes with kicap relish or other food with kicap relish (or alternatively eat them without the kicap relish).

And please stop eating tempe, taufu goreng and drinking "air soya cincau" too.


Malaysia also does not grow or produce corn (jagung) for chicken feed.

Yes, Malaysia grow corn, but only sweet corn for human consumption (source here).
Corn for industrial chicken feed are 100% imported from other countries.

Malaysia imports 100% of corn feed (for industrial chicken feed) mostly from Brazil, Argentina, United States, Paraguay, India, Australia and Thailand (source here).
The majority population of these countries are of different race/religion from the majority population of Malaysia.

So, if you are a majority race/religion of Malaysia and want to buy only from your own race/religion, please stop eating chicken.
Those chicken are eating corn feed (and soybean cake) imported from countries where the majority population racial/religious background are different from Malaysia.

Do you want me to tell you what the cattle (whose beef you are eating right now) eat?
Well, to be honest, I do not know.
I assume they eat grass.
I do not have time to google everything.

But, if you like to eat beriyani or nasi arab, which are made from basmathi rice, please be careful.
Malaysia does not grow basmathi rice.
About 50% of our basmathi are imported from India.
The other 50%?
Who knows from where...

However, if you still want to eat beriyani and nasi arab but do not want to be a hypocrite, you better do some research.
If the other 50% are from a country with the same race/religion as you, then you are saved.
You can still enjoy your beriyani and nasi arab with a clear conscience.
Just remember to ask from your retailer or supplier or restaurant certificate of import for proof!

(Also, are you sure those meehoon are made from local rice and not from beras Siam?)

 

 

 

 

Now, some of you will say I am stupid for not knowing the difference between PRIORITISING (MENGUTAMAKAN) and BOYCOTT.

Yes, prioritising implies practicality.
How wiser and cleverer you must feel.

And how convenient for you.
You can ignore fundamental theory of economics (supply & demand) and the reality of today's global trade & commerce, as long as you use correct vocabulary and grammar.
At the same time, you do not have to sacrifice the convenience of modern living made possible by people of other races/religions.

If there are no manufacturer or producer from your own race/religion, you would, of course, still buy from those other people.
Otherwise, you would have to go around without wearing your underwear.

Yes, I know, underwear is not a necessity.
If you do not wear them, nobody would know.
So, you can still be committed to your principle while your "bird" is "free" underneath.

Hence, practical wise, you can still buy and use these items without being accused of being hypocrites;-
...your handphones, your laptops, your TV's, and other modern necessities.

Also, surely, you cannot be expected to change your non-Proton car that you just bought last year before the campaign.
Anyway, Proton's new owner is no longer the same as your race/religion.
Maybe, you should sell your car and use public transportation.

Oh wait...! The buses and trains are imported also from those countries.
Maybe you should just walk around.
The hot sunny Malaysian sun is good for the skin, I hear.
#vitaminD

I am sure these dilemmas are depressing for you mentally while you eat your roti canai and drinking teh tarik with milk imported from New Zealand, most probably, in glasses manufactured from God knows where and made with bones of "that animal" or with silica sand that has been walked over by "that other animal".
Be careful!

Enjoy them while they are available and cheap.