Uninvted Guest of 2020

Inspired from an article recently published in an International Daily

Indian Express

2020 is coming to an end, with the virus remaining at its peak level; it does not care about race, color, nation, gender. The virus is here to show us that all humans are equal and fair. And the question is are we gonna remember this in the future??

This has been the strangest year. A year that made us aware of loneliness, which introduced us to a new world with face masks, anxiety, depression, and a lot. A year which taught the importance of mobile phones and social media with even our grandparents starting to use smartphones, the importance of using sanitizers, the list won’t end if we start looking at each and every aspect.

I feel this disease is more dangerous than AIDS which needs some kind of contact for transmission, but the strange virus can be easily transmitted without any contact and may be even through just talking. I still remember the time when the images came showing empty streets in Wuhan, China where lockdowns were made in effect. We still hoped that miracles would happen that the virus would ignore us. It didn’t! The virus became a worldwide threat with all the 195 countries in the world been affected that too with different phases.

Lockdowns were the worst part with people isolated at home, I could recall my uncle saying he hasn’t gone to town since last March and it’s been almost 9 months. Do people care less about life is the very next question that came to my mind? With no vaccines available the only measure taken were: face masks, social distance, and sanitizing. The weird thing is that people started being a rebel against all this and started gathering at streets with protests. There is a famous saying by Buddha ” You only lose what you cling to“. When restrictions were partially relaxed people ran into cities, parks, started organizing parties, this may be important, but above all life is more important that’s what I feel.

Talking about India, where I am from its been the worst, with never seen case of migrant workers moving to there home, with some walking for days and month and some dying before reaching home. Scientists are on full swing to find a vaccine, so one thing is for sure all nations are not united for this aswell. Rich countries buy more than they need, Politics still remaining the same.

With the virus at its peak, which started at the end of 2019 which is named as COVID 19, with the new variant of the same found at the end 2020, let’s hope that this does not be a cycle.