Together from a distance
The world is going through a turmoil, the COVID19 pandemic. Hearing and seeing news across the globe, reading about experiences of people facing the dangers, puts us through stress, gripping us in the fear and anxiety of what to expect. I have been avoiding watching the statistics of what is going on in the world to shield myself from the anxiety, but feel that way I am only escaping the realities and at one level feel guilty sometimes that I am not sharing the pain of others. The helplessness is the current underlying emotion everywhere. we are just hoping that the problem doesn’t come too close.
What more could we possibly do? I think all we can do in the current scenario is, stay connected with people in all ways possible, whether we know them or not, to assure and be assured that we would stand for each other in all ways we can. Have been hearing incidents where families in which somebody has contacted COVID19 are being treated as outcasts, asked to leave or move out, doctors being seen suspiciously in their neighbourhoods etc. Now this is unwarranted, being paranoid too is acceptable, but do we have to be inhuman? Nobody is asking to get infected. We could spread awareness and relevant information instead of unnecessary fear and rumours. We could form support groups to help people especially elderly who may be isolated if their kin cannot reach them. We have been talking about how we can continue to take care of our domestic helps whether they are able to attend to work or not, they are not trying to escape work, we got to remember.
Let us come to terms with the situation. By now we know that it could be anyone and that this could take some more time to wane. The best we could do is stay strong, stay together, support each other. There are so many lessons to be learnt from this situation, if not now, it’s never.
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