the first Covid-19 case had appeared in the camp one month before this community doctor was interviewed, he shared his belief that no unlicensed health practitioner in the camps had yet had a Covid-19 patient. Speaking also in the early days of lockdown, one of the unlicensed health practitioners expressed his support of the lockdown measures taken by the government: I am very thankful to the government for setting up the lockdown which is making people immobile. It is very important and good for people to have this lockdown in order to be safe from the Coronavirus, and the Coronavirus has not appeared in the camps yet. The government has only set up this lockdown in the camps to keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. ... I personally think the lockdown is very important in the camps because people are living here like a colony of ants. I don't have any negative feelings about the lockdown setup because I think it's a good thing to do here. Yes, I know it is affecting our communication and movement, but we have to go through this difficult situation. The shops and markets are closed due to the lockdown, but things are still available which are necessary to live… Actually, the word lockdown is not new for us, as we were under lockdown when we were in Myanmar. We have been facing a lockdown since our childhood. So, the Coronavirus lockdown for us is the same as the way we used to live in Myanmar. ... The government still allows people to go to hospitals at any time for the treatment, so it’s nothing too difficult for us. The lockdown is good for me. We have to follow the rules and regulations of the place where we live. Despite lacking medical expertise, unlicensed health practitioners in Cox’s Bazar typically gain community trust due to their “soft skills”. One such practitioner was forthright about this and lamented his own lack of expertise: I feel so bad because community doctors are not qualified enough to give proper treatment and we have no medical training or experience. Most are uneducated...Our Rohingya community trusts community doctors more than they trust Bangladeshi medical doctors. That is very bad. We should trust those who have medical licensure and expertise....Sometimes I can't 18