15 Lessons Covid19 Pandemic has taught us!

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Just a nanometer-sized microorganism affected the most advanced and developed species on earth very badly. In the initial days of this pandemic, people couldn't believe that a virus can cage them in their houses and could change their lifestyle altogether. We couldn't digest the fact that this virus has challenged our civilisational development. Because for us that virus is just a lifeless thing. Here we are ignoring the fact that viruses and bacteria have been on earth for 3 billion years and has seen more evolution than humans have. 
" Viruses were here when no one was here and viruses will be here when no one will be here."
They are a lethal weapon which has been programmed with the only task: 'multiply and destroy'.

Covid19 Pandemic has been an event which has changed the situation altogether be it Geopolitics, World economies, Politics across countries, Scientific community, social life and life at an individual level.
There has been heated debate about what post covid19 world would look like, but only a handful of intellectuals are discussing about what lessons covid19 has taught us. Such historical events carry lessons which if not learned turn out to be historical blunders and causes massive loss to mankind.  

So here are 15 lessons from Covid19 Pandemic.

1. Humans are no superior!
 The only supreme power on this planet is the mother earth and nature itself. Humans in no way can conquer the laws of nature. The human development has limits, if they are crossed it will hit us back badly. We cannot live at peace by destroying the mother earth, it has its own repercussions. Humans have existed on this earth for only a few lakhs years, we are just one another specie here whose extinction is unavoidable.

2. Encroachments have limits!
It can not be just a normal activity to ruthlessly encroach into the habitats of wild animals.
They need their space and we need to respect that. Deforestation and trading in exotic animals have what exposed us to dangerous and otherwise unknown viruses. We don't have an amazing evolution history as that of bats that we can become a storehouse deadly viruses and be totally fine with it.  We need to mark our limits.


3. Pandemics are not a thing of past!
Before covid19 all we know about pandemics was from our history books wherein events of millions of people dying due to a virus amazed us and in no way we could relate to that. For us, our health system was very well developed until coronavirus exposed the loopholes. 

4. Don't be an ostrich.
We cannot deny the fact that, has China been open about all this, thousands of lives have been saved. Their tendency to hide this issue turned out to be a very costly affair for the entire world. And the ignorant outlook of WHO aggravated it further. Next were the other world leaders who became ostrich when they were supposed to accept the gravity of the situation and take timely action instead of denying foolishly just to fuel their political agenda. The ultimate sufferers were the common man here.

5. We are equally vulnerable.
Developed or developing country virus spares none as long as you are interconnected with each other. A superpower like America is equally affected like a developing country India.
Not even the healthcare system of European countries is capable of tackling the virus.

6. Challenged Science.
Coronavirus left the scientific community in a shock and pose a challenge to develop the vaccine as soon as possible and making it available to everyone at a reasonable cost. As we can't afford delay nor can we wait for herd immunity to develop at the cost of millions of lives.

7. Importance of Scientific Temper.
Considering pandemics as an act of God to punish and purify mankind is the display of lack of scientific temper. We need to accept that we are the reason for this catastrophe and we can tackle it only by having good hygienic habits, not by some foolish chants of Corona mata.

8. Adapt to changes.
The sudden digital shift has been the biggest challenge, your conventional way of working is not effective today. You need to accept and adapt to the change to survive. It may seem difficult but not impossible. Take it as an opportunity and learn like a kid would. As time demands you to be a survivor as well as a winner.

9. Future belongs to the Internet.
No matter how much you criticise it the future lies in internet and its tools. You cannot escape this reality. Internet of things and the internet itself will revolutionise for lifestyle and almost a parallel Digital world will run on. And it is also true that post covid19 the states will encroach upon the privacy of citizens like never before with the help of such tools and data.


10. Banned today - Saviour tomorrow.
Things which have been restricted to use or even banned until now are the saviour of tomorrow. The use of mobile phone, photography, recording or showing up digital documents was something that was highly restricted in our Judicial system and now covid19 has landed us into the concept of e-Courts. Not to use the mobile phones was the most common advice parents were given but now those same phones are the new classrooms. Finally, students are using it for some productive purpose.

11. Our needs are less!
The lockdown has taught us that simple homemade food is the only requirement for survival. Fast foods are not something we can't live without. We can spend our weekends at home also, they need not be spent in exotic locations only.

12. Aware citizen.
A citizen should ask questions to the government and make it accountable for its failures. We need to participate in this democracy and pressurise government to perform the duties for which it was elected and not just shift the responsibility on the citizen itself. 

13. Cooperate!
Every person should cooperate with the government also and should be sensible enough to distinguish between true and wrong facts. Should not spread fake messages, Should not stigmatise a particular section of the society and should follow the guidelines which are meant for our protection.

14. Humanity needs more love and compassion.
This is the fight of all we cannot win it alone. Every person needs to have compassion for others. Today they may be infected, tomorrow we can be. We cannot turn our back. We need to help the poor we are deprived of there means to earn, we need to help the people who are suffering from anxiety and depression, we need to find solutions for those students who are not able to join online classes.

15. It's not late yet!


Be it improving the environment and adopting sustainable development,  to respecting wildlife, or developing scientific temper it's never too late to step up for change.



SAMIKSHA










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