Panicdemic

It came, it spread and it conquered....well not conquered but definitely captured the imagination of the people big time. This is the second of it's kind in 2 to 3 years. Looks like the hunted animals/birds are giving back their own to us humans.

It became a national issue in some countries, powerful enough to shut down an entire nation for a week..well not even recession dared to go that far i guess !!! What was unfortunate to see was the deaths it caused, and must say, in most cases due to utter mishandling of the suffering person. Humans don't have an answer to it right now, till an answer is obtained, hope it won't be a case of trying to defend after the war is over. The good part of it all is that it is not life threatening in most cases, and the cure too, though a bit cumbersome, can be achieved through simple means.

More than the health, it has affected the psyche of the masses. Most noticeably, the MASK !! Many experts have laid bare the uselessness of the mask. Still the mask is seen by the masses as being their messiah of sorts. Many people see it as the sole simple solution to the problem. Masks of all shapes, sizes, colors, thickness are visible giving an impression of an ongoing chemical war !! Makes me feel that i would have gone from rags to royalty if i had anything to do with mask production/distribution in these days.

Recession has been looming large over the world, sickening economies world-wide and now here comes the real "sick"ener, if i can call it that. People are now really extra cautious and careful about the impending threat of an infection and have woken up to the virtues of cleanliness and prevention. It spread a feeling of apprehension and defensiveness in the air. Kids seemed to catch it the quickest , resulting in the closure of the schools, colleges and playgrounds, effectively even keeping the naughtiest kid confined to the four walls of his/her house. And how about people resorting to herbs and traditional medicines and curative oils !! Bottles of oils and herbal medicines vanished from the chemist's shelves faster than a running squirrel.

All and all, it definitely managed to have the masses panicked. The panic was such that I pity the poor staff at the screening hospitals, they must have had to work twice or thrice the workload of a normal day, as scores of people flocked in wanting to confirm their well-being after even a small sneeze or a bit of coughing. Suddenly having cough, cold or normal fever felt like crime with the suspecting eyes of the people around on you. IT was the one and the only sickness in the world at that time it seemed....as slowly everything began to be suspected as being it's symptom..

Now that it has subsided, it has suddenly gone out of the public eye !!! Columns and columns of newspaper space dedicated to it is now being occupied by normal news stuff, while the TV channels have also taken it suddenly and drastically off their agenda. Anyways but the care needs to be taken, without the panic element, to keep it subsided and not cause any more "MASK" invasions !!!!