Coronavirus: Death And Destruction

Coronavirus Pandemic!

The economic fallout is destructive as destructive as a holocaust. The viral epidemic has created its own saga,  a sordid tale of unfolding human tragedy that shows no sign of abating and mitigating our sorrows. 

Ironically the major impact has been in countries with top of the rung medical care systems and an enviable economic hierarchy firmly established in the global ladder of development. USA, Italy and Spain to name a few are under the spell of the viral agent and some of the sufferers  there are dropping like pins and needles. Poof!

No amount of research and development has created a platform wherein we could deal efficiently with this menace that has sprung a surprise. Lockdown is the only recourse we have that too for breaking the chain of infections not decimating the invisible monster. 

A tiny invisible spec of a germ is holding us for a ransom and the ransom is very much explicit. Stop fooling with nature! But paradoxically in spite of such deadly epidemics, World wars, internecine uprisings, global warming and climate change we will not do what the instances warn us about again and again.  

The fight against pandemic has has lead us to extol stories of valour, sacrifice and stoic wait in each and every country affected. It is the battle for survival of the meek against the mighty and the latter is COVID-19. The war that began in one small corner of the World has spread like bush fire consuming humans in its wake. The battle rages on in spite of gigantic efforts by countries enmeshed in this ravage.

But when will the rot stem and what cost it will extract...the projections are speculative. Yes how will it all end? People in affected countries are hoping for a vaccine as saviour or anti malarial remedy to come to their rescue, there are myriads of solutions enumerated by the enlightened, the soothsayers, psychics and what not.      

Unfortunately we fail to grasp the reason behind this apocalyptical onslaught that is slaughtering us from unknown gaps and crevices we can barely guess. Somehow or the other the impact will decrease And yes a solution would be found. What then? 

This is a clear cut case of cause and effect. We are bound by a food chain which has norms and we have to follow a consumption pattern it dictates. We just cannot consume what is not a part of our present food chain perhaps. We are omnivorous but with limitations, we cannot consume exotic animals, birds, reptiles and insects which are not in our regular diet. Irregular exotic food consumption will not enable the development of immunity within us, hence the prevalence of deadly zoonotics will keep on rampaging the human society.  

In order to retain life support systems on Earth and keep it in an equilibrium we need to behave responsibly else we will have to keep on  tackling the deadly epidemics that surge now and then. But this is not all, we have to change our relationship with Earth and all elements that are part of it. 

The unchecked fossil fuel consumption, mining, rabid industrialization and ensuing pollution to name few negatives are responsible for global warming, hence the climate and the depletion of ozone layer. Should we not take remedial actions at fast pace?

In isolation we will certainly perish we have see the Earth in a holistic perspective and define laws and regulations in order to prevent what is inimical to our only home in the Universe. Now is the time whence these laws and regulations have to be implemented on global scale and not individually by countries.  There has to be uniform World order. 

It is time we unequivocally speak against the consumption of exotic meats. It is time the World bodies stepped in to ban unholy  practices quite common in some countries. There should be stringent application of Wildlife Protect Act like in India all over the Globe.  If we are lax in these remedial actions and also continue to denude the ecosystems we are doomed. Doomed!
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Uday is a content writer and seo service provider. He also teaches Digital Marketing in Jabalpur in Summer.
As a freelance Naturalist he loves to blog on wildlife, tigers, conservation and environmental issues hence the article.
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