{"id":51866,"date":"2021-06-10T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=51866"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:00:22","slug":"the-new-stigma-needs-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/the-new-stigma-needs-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"The new stigma needs to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"51869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/the-new-stigma-needs-to-go\/covidstatus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVIDStatus.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,860\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"COVIDStatus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVIDStatus.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-51869 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVIDStatus.jpg?resize=298%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"250\" \/>By Mumtaz Moosa Saley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>09:06:2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As infections start to rise, we see a dangerous trend of people afraid to disclose their COVID positive status\u2014the perceived stigma attached to contracting COVID-19 needs to be stopped immediately, as it is life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not easy being told that you may have been at someone\u2019s home, and a few days later, they have tested positive, and you and maybe, your family now have to quarantine. We need to understand that we have an obligation, and that is to inform others when we have tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing masks and social distance is needed, but we also need to learn to control our reaction when we meet in person.<br \/>\nThe more complicated we make it for others to disclose such information to us, the more the spread of the virus will continue.<\/p>\n<p>If you have come into close contact and have been informed, thank the person for being honest and isolate. You also need to check your symptoms and consult with a doctor on managing your health needs.<\/p>\n<p>By ending the stigma, we will help fight this virus together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 09:06:2021 As infections start to rise, we see a dangerous trend of people afraid to disclose their COVID positive status\u2014the perceived stigma attached to contracting COVID-19 needs to be stopped immediately, as it is life-threatening. It\u2019s not easy being told that you may have been at someone\u2019s home, and a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[132,5453],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion-and-analysis","category-social"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVIDStatus.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-duy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 23:38:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}