S – When a person is rushed into the emergency room short of breath in respiratory distress, he needs immediate relief before he fatigues, becomes exhausted he stops breathing.
Yet the onslaught of COVID patients into hospitals and the closure of small businesses in response to the stay at home orders has placed the health care system and the economy both in severe distress.
There is COVID-19 testing and increasing targeted stimulus checks to small businesses and the general population, but still there is no guarantee that these treatment measures will be enough to turn these systems around and prevent them from collapsing.
We can start with small moves which have a great collective impact, such as:
1) Continuing to avoid the emergency room – using it only when we must;
2) Continuing the use of self-care strategies and herbal medicines in concert with your physician;
3) Restructure our business organizations and plans to provide for our communities’ needs within a contracted economy;
5) Plant family gardens everywhere possible, eg.
Biosketch: Imam Dr. Mikal Ramadan has been a Muslim since 1962 when his family joined the Nation of Islam under the Hon. Elijah Muhammad.
