Leaving ifs and buts aside, it’s true that at several points in
time, we took coronavirus very lightly. Only when Italy’s death toll became
massive (5000 plus), all the governments across the world have started taking
stringent measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.
#8) Chinese Wuhan
Origin: Novel Coronavirus was first spotted in China’s Wuhan
region in late December last year. At that time, some Wuhanese complained of
severe mysterious pneumonia-like symptoms. But China not only kept the world in
dark by belittling COVID-19 to another flu or pneumonia, but also kept secret
about the real number of its affected patients!
#7) Chinese
Number Games: China
is still playing a number game. We are still unaware of the total number of
coronavirus-infected people and deaths in China. Since most of the Chinese
media are handled by the government, so we may never actually know how many
Chinese were actually affected and how many got cured!
Is China Hiding Its Casualty Figure?
A recent social media post said that more than seven
million China’s telephone users vanished in the last three months. Where have
they gone? Even if we imagine that out of these seven million telephone users at
least one user uses seven telephone numbers, then still one million is missing!
Aliens can’t swallow them all in the last three months! Their sudden disappearance now strongly signaled what we don’t want to hear. Yes, by all possibility, they might have succumbed to Coronavirus. But China wants to keep it a top secret!
A gigantic figure in itself!
Another social media post showed how several houses
at Wuhan now wear a deserted look with not a single tint of light. It’s not
because of a regular power cut but indicates something more frightening! Maybe,
these people are gone forever!
#6) The
Great WHO Blunder: If
the incumbent WHO director Tedros Adhanom had declared it ‘Pandemic’ in
February, then certainly the entire world could have taken preemptive measures to
contain the disease back then. But it was only in the third week of March the
WHO declared it Pandemic. Why?
At least, other countries could have sealed their
international boundaries back then stopping the spread of novel coronavirus
from one region to another.
#5) Bringing Stranded Citizens Back: The Indian government was proactive in bringing back its own citizens stranded in the infected regions. However, we failed to make sure that all incoming people undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine at dedicated wards.
If we made a blood test of COVID-19 compulsory for
all inbound people coming from other countries, then Kanika Kapoor-like episode
shouldn’t have happened in India.
Also, we must have braced ourselves for lockdown and shutdowns
since then but we didn’t do that. Because the government was too
late to announce that!
#4) Fear of
Community Transmission:
Now only when we are witnessing total chaos, the government has only swung into
action. It’s now or never! Either we should lock ourselves at homes or create
mayhem on the streets just like what naïve Italian citizens did in their own country.
#3) Sanitizer
Spray: Government
should sanitize the entire locality using trucks and other vehicles as far as
possible. Though all CORONA warriors are doing commendable jobs in tough times,
if the government utilizes vehicles to sanitize our congested streets and
cities, (just like how our anti-dengue fogging machines work at all lanes and
streets across India) it would be better.
#2) Junta Curfew: The entire nation collectively made Junta
Curfew a big success until 5 PM! Just when the clock struck 5 in the evening,
some people started repeating the same mistake that ITALY and IRAN did a few
weeks back.
These people started the mass celebration, shook hands and stayed in very proximity to each other throwing all precautions at bay! It seemed as if we have won a war.
In reality, our long war against coronavirus has just begun!
Self-restraint is the mantra and we must practice social distancing at all
costs. Any get-together could only endanger our lives more and may pose even
greater tension and risk to Corona warriors who are working 24×7 at all parts of
the country.
#1) Personal
Hygiene: Until we
develop an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus, we are left with
only two natural medicines: cleanliness and hygiene!
Frequently washing your hands with soap or handwash
and daily bath could largely keep these germs and viruses away! This is
the simplest way to keep yourself and your family protected from the deadly
virus.
The Battle Is Still On
Once we start feeling complacent, the problem will
arise. We love our country and the people around us. We can’t be another ITALY!
We can’t be careless and ignorant.
This is not CORONAVIRUS. It’s a BIOLOGICAL WAR
between COVID-19 viruses and humans.
And yes! You guessed it right.
Welcome to the THIRD WORLD WAR. Either we seriously take precautions or invite death. There is no escape route as yet!
Author: ATISH HOME CHOWDHURY – chowdhuryatish at gmail.com
