Jubilee Post News & Views
Sonal Kumar
United States of America is the most developed and rich country of the world. Unfortunately It is leading even in matter of coronavirus though it had denied that it will face the issue three months back when China was fighting with the coronavirus. It had termed the coronavirus as a foreign virus.
It concentrated in stopping people from China but the super power failed to be responsible enough, in being aggressive and also to find help and reasons. Coronavirus was spreading across the country silently in January but none paid heed to it till February. Since tests were expensive hence common man did not wanted to bear with the cost.
The first strong step was taken in March. Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google asked their employees to stay at home and work. Following this other companies and schools also shut down. The first reaction of people was weird and they appeared afraid. A day after closure there was a long queue outside the Mall, Grocery store, and people started buying in bulk items of home use. In a few hours the shelves went empty.
It was a compromise with humanity and people had to fight for basic items. They showed no mercy towards other families. The queues defied the social distancing aim. Elderly and those vulnerable to the infection were at hotspot. It was only after a month that real efforts came up. Social distancing became the most important.
The government declared no one is safe and if you come close to elderly or a person with poor immunity you are a threat to them.
It is a month today and people from all walks of life are together against this unseen enemy.We are at home. We are not meeting friends or colleagues. We chat on phone and video calls. The work from home is applicable.
Lets now give respect to people living around us. To those we keep in cages. Companies are closed by grocery stores and medicine shops are open along with other essential services. Hours are decided to elderly so that they remain away from infection.
Some of us are lucky to manage the situation but a big section has to leave job. Their daily life is affected. Doctors, nurses and educators are working and are risking their lives on the front line. Leaving behind families they are working for us.
The beauty of this epidemic is clear. Life is between work from home and children. But the life is peaceful in a weird manner. Air is clean and clouds are clear. Pollution levels has gone down after many years. In China alone low pollution has saves lives of over 73000 elderly above 70 and 4000 children above 5. Those dying with the coronavirus is more.
But as life moves on, the worst is yet to come. With more than 188000 cases COVID-19 is leading to a very serious situation and April month might see more deaths. America is breaking record of maximum deaths in a day.
The availability of hospital beds and ventilators has made it difficult to replay to COVID-19. In such a situation the death rate might be raised. What can we do? Apart from prayers, staying at home. Take a pledge to save the earth. Staying home is safe.
