Global Pandemic & Us
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We have all been in it for a long time now. When it all
started, I didn’t know nor could imagine that something of such huge magnitude
was going to raise it head in front of us. Its been more than 4 months that I ventured
out. No, I am not complaining. I have a roof over my head, work for a very empathetic
organization and have my family around me. We are all healthy, but the fear is
real. What seemed like another new disease, has completely taken over our
lives. We hear people around us giving up and just asking for prayers for their
loved ones. We all know we are too small for all this and we may just be a number
in the large game of statistics. I don’t know when the vaccine will arrive and
how successful it will be. But what keeps the disease at bay is the statistic
that are fed to us on regular intervals.
In March when this all started, it still felt distant. The numbers
were rising and all I could predict was someone or other in our circle of acquaintance
may get infected. But it still felt distant, cause we were still feeling safe. But
as days passed, I started feeling the most proximate cause of Covid deaths was stupidity
coupled with carelessness and not Corona itself. As its been quoted at many places,
“Natural stupidity is a bigger threat than artificial intelligence to human existence”.
We are seeing live examples of that every day. Government announces a lockdown
to bring the incidents down, we flock in large numbers to hoard things. With so
much at risk, for what are be stocking. Had
we been in a war and we could see and hear bullets being shot and bombs being
blasted, would we still venture out. Would then being alive not be a priority
over being fed. An invisible enemy is far more dangerous and the best strategy
around it has to be precaution and prevention. Its still a fairly new disease,
are still to learn ore about it. We see
WHO come out with new information every other day. We are still studying it
while at the same time fighting it. And let me assure you the virus has till
date been a winner when to comes to speed and disguise both.
Are best bet is to stay indoors and only step out if really
really needed. Our health and life now only
depends on to things, precautions and preparations. Precautions to be prioritized
over preparation.
Every time I avoid an infection to myself, I avoid a
possible further transmission too. Lets learn to love and care for each other
from a distance. Lets all be socially responsible citizens.
To conclude let me call put my mantra “Follow social distancing
– be distanced but still social”
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ReplyDeleteWell very nicely presented.
ReplyDeleteHave you noticed, we consume what is being marketed. Nobel coronavirus, is more powerful than it has been hyped, I opine. Viruses are an integral part of the ecosystem and their job is to co-exist and they shall remain even if we cease and they are omnipresent. How many people who are spending life in a panic even know that viruses can never be killed technically?