A dystopic Society

I am not particularly fond of books or movies that portray a dystopic society: a world where the human race is forced to live in unnatural circumstances. I figure that there are enough problems in the world as it is and to read about more made up ones is something that I would personally like to avoid. Books to me are a form of relaxation and enjoyment, I would rather do without the stress of knowing that the world is heading towards a depressing future.

I may not like them, but I have watched a few such movies and read a few such books because in the end I can always reassure myself and say, “it is only fiction, none of that nonsense is actually happening or even likely to happen”

But for the past few days, it is beginning to feel like that dystopia has actually caught up with us. It snuck up on us when we were least expecting it.  The Coronavirus is scary, but how it has made the world react is even scarier. Lock downs, self-isolations, social distancing, separation from loved ones. What has the world come to in a matter of days?

It is distressing to know that I and others of my time are possibly living in circumstances that I do not even like to read about in books.

Every time I turn on the TV, almost every message I receive on my phone and every other source of information that I have access to confirms on daily basis how the situation is escalating from bad to worse.

In the absence of any vaccine, faith is probably the only thing that keeps us going on a day to day basis. And faith in the human race is something that I do have.

Catastrophes like this bring out the best and the worst in people. For every shop owner who has increased the price of basic necessities of life in his store, there are others who are donating the required stuff to the needy free of cost.

For every individual who is panic buying and hoarding stuff, there are others who are delivering it to the doorsteps of those who they think need it.

Focus on the positives. That is the important thing to do right now.

This will pass as other calamities have passed before it.

We humans are nothing if not resilient. All species have the inherent trait for self-preservation but the ability to bounce back and resume the normal routine of life is probably always been best exhibited by none other than humankind.

Till better times, let’s keep our faith in humanity and in God to see us through this chaos.

The age of Corona

It is incredible how a tiny virus has forced half the world to lock itself up in self isolation.

I am wondering how the future generations will see us?  A collective group of proactively cautious people who saved humanity through their safety measures or raving lunatics who created a mountain out of a molehill.

One thing is for sure though, this Covid-19 has thrown everything into mayhem. Events being prepped for months, for years even, are all being cancelled or postponed in the age of Corona Virus.  

This virus has literally taken over everything.

Perhaps this is all to remind us in our time of arrogance that no matter how much we humans plot and prep for something, it will amount to nothing in front of the plan of God.

For indeed Allah is the best of planners after all.

The pandemic of Fear

Corona Virus Covid -19

Disease - Flu like infection

Main Symptoms - Cough, Fever and Difficulty in breathing. 

Mortality rate - About 3 percent so far 

Effects - world wide panic, lock down of entire regions, possible collapse of economies 

What is amazing is that a virus that causes no more than mild to moderate infection in most people and which is completely curable in 97% cases, has managed to scare more than half the world into sheer idiocy.

Be it hoarding necessities like everyday grocery items for either personal use, apparently for the next ten years or with the intent to sell these items off at inflated prices due to shortage in the market (a shortage created by the hoarders themselves), the list is endless. 

Under normal circumstances when society panics, governments take it upon themselves to restore sanity.  But who is to restore sanity when governments start to panic?

Countries are shutting down borders, forcing people into self isolation and even closing businesses and encouraging others to do so as well. 

Report of every new case of Corona virus infection is received like a death case followed by mass scale alarm.
The "blame game" going on is endless, where everyone is trying to pin the blame of the virus's spread on some country, some government or some official's negligence without accepting the fact that it is a contagious virus. It is going to spread, no matter what. 

True, there are measures to reduce its spread and keep it under control and every one is doing their best to ensure those measures are in place. 

I just wish that they all do it in a more sane and less panic stricken way.

The last thing we need is a Pandemic of fear in our lives.