The author of this article deserves credit for focusing on suffering instead of numbers.

On the 12th of December Kyemon (Mirror) published an article: “Donating blood, saving life” by Padaung Than Kywe. In legal groups of four or five, people have started coming forward to donate blood. This is a brilliant nonviolent act of civil disobedience. What if the queue, in groups of five separated by a short space, stretched around the block? Wearing a “I donated blood today” badge has become a political act. Congratulations to the people who thought of this creative move.