Avdhesh Jha
The
repercussion of COVID 19 brought complete closure to the industry, business and
trade and thus impacted the economy negatively. There was no individual and no
country that was left without the impact of this virus on economy. The economy
with respect to GDP maybe addressed and compensated sooner or later but the
impact of the suffering of the people and the country and its impact on
happiness of the people and the country could hardly be economised and
compensated at any point of time. With complete lock down and the opening of
only a few essential services, the current scenario let human have the
opportunity of survival with restrictions under which were posited strong
controls threatening the people to turn from luxury to basic needs. Those who
could control their habits restricted their needs and proved themselves
powerful but others had to pay a lot for their habits. These payers boosted the
market for their needs and most of the suppliers satisfying those needs earned
huge profits.
Impact
on Health: Not only the pandemic
but the threat of the pandemic and the mis-information epidemic (misfodemic) cursed
the human health badly. Not restricting to physical health, it impacted the
mental, social, emotional, economical and spiritual health of human. The
misfodemic was not restricted to the individual but reached the societal health
and cursed the social and economic health of the countries within and amongst
their partner countries. To help the people follow the lock down, most of the
countries tried all that could attract the people to keep at home and thus
follow lock down. This gave the opportunity to promote culture and spiritualism
with the popular TV shows telecasting it again. Indeed, it added to culture and
spiritualism but it’s unfortunate the goodness remains for a short while
whereas the misfodemic was working all the time affecting the societal health
and damaging the human health for which there could hardly be any vaccines. It’s
pathetic, with this most common and most dangerous misfodemic, having the
capacity to harm the generations with its infection, there is no
hospitalisation; for the wound is unseen but the unseen wound has its deep and
stained marks on body, mind and soul. Because the symptoms of this infection
are not described medically there is no hospitalisation, no seriousness and so
no chance for any vaccine.
Impact
on Human: The most terrible impact
of the pandemic was seen on human. With the lockdown was posited several
controls and the same aroused several questions. The curiosity didn’t allow the
human to keep away from the media and news whereas the livelihood didn’t allow
many to rest at ease. It was only this situation that asked the human to think
of life and livelihood. The fear of the control forced the people for hoardings
and the shops turned empty within hours. The slave of the need, requirements
and the necessities; the human; took all that what was required and even those
that was not required. Capitalism proved to be a motivating factor and people
bought all that what money could buy. The quick and unexpected decision by the
government and its vicarious presentation by media and misinterpretation by
people created a chaos. Most of the media failed to question about relevance
and validity of data rather served the purpose of system and its requirements.
Neglecting their duty towards the society for about fifty days they imprisoned
the people with repetition of same poor sight creating more and more terror. Capitalism
spurred and livelihood requirement hailed for those who had money. But the
poorest sight was for the people having poor economic condition especially the daily
wages workers. They also loved life but left with nothing, neither the
livelihood nor the home, and betrayed by the false promises of the government these
poor people chose to move back out of fear of starving to death. It was this
decision that created lakhs of people taking risk and ultimately moving on feet
to their home town or joining the shelter homes. It proved that more than
corona was the fear of their existence in the lockdown.
With
the concept of social distancing and the multi-faceted rumours about corona
added with the infections of the differences; the distrusted people with the
fear of their endangered life removed all the household workers which staked
the life of these household workers yearning for their livelihood. The
infections of the presentation and mis-presentation; the interpretation and
mis-interpretation turned viral and created a chaos and humanity came to a
standstill with no one for anyone. It impacted the human to avoid face to face
socialism, sharing, caring and added to people suspecting others as corona
positive, treating others as untouchable and looking every other with
prejudiced eye. It enabled many to invest time, exploring other opportunities.
Especially in education, it spurred with online classes. It further added to
family togetherness, thinking about real need positing the question as such how
much we need, what is truth, how useful are the materialistic pleasures etc.
For India, the pandemic added to spreading religionism, spiritualism;
cherishing the time with what you like. The concept of work from home in most
cases was abusive because young children expect parents to help them accompany
but parents were busy reporting their offices creating a negative impact amongst
the children. Nonetheless, the pandemic added to the family togetherness without
oneness and unhomeliness although being at home. Most of the corporates and
privates kept their employees busy with unending meetings without any output.
Those who had work from home were troubled with reporting and generating
business whereas others were busy to think and strive about how to spend time
mostly with TV news, social sites, calling a friend on phone, or with giving
their presence to netflix and prime video etc. Although the situation was
fatal, whereas removing the workers without caring for them was a problem for
the workers, it also turned a problem for each family and also a boon because
it was only this time when each household had to work on his own which in turn
added to their physical health and to ponder of their attitude towards their
worker.
Impact
on Humanity: Not restricted to
the economic losses suffered of not getting salary in lock down, with the wild
messages spread by the newsmongers, people abhorred taking vegetables from the
vegetable vendors not only creating huge losses to them but also prompting them
suffer huge losses and thus starve to death. The people out of their fear and
helplessness took huge risks and some lost even their dearer members which
would remain a lifetime tragedy and pain for them. It’s sad on the part of the
society too that missed its duty and pledge towards humanity. Whereas the
posited lock down with the imposed control was an opportunity to assess the
patience, perseverance, creativity, duty, responsibility and commitment of an
individual towards their family, state and nation; the pandemic also posited
thinking about real need, how much we need, what is truth and how useful are
the materialistic pleasures. Because of misfodemic and thus the lack of
patience many people suffered and many had to pay with their lives. Most
people, most countries lost hope and went in despair. Indeed, it was the loss
of humanity, humanity suffered because of the inhumane humane. The decisive
decisions motivated by the lust for power and greed of richness slayed the
humanity and human as well slaughtered both human and humanity.
Conclusion: In this tough time, the
same employees who helped the organisations earn huge profits, merely in this
short lock down, most of these employees suffered salary cut although the
government said there should be no cut which questions the idea of
sustainability of those institutions and the boasting of development. The
strong lock down imposed the fear of death not only because of corona but of
its misinterpretation, mis-presentation and hunger. Corona was less a fear and
more was the terror of lack of livelihood and threat of hunger. With this fear,
many people who started their journey of safety remained unnoticed by the
government. Many lost their lives while walking towards their home and its
pity, they suffered who work as the engine of the nation. The pandemic
presented different facets of human with collectivism, hoarding, black
marketing, profiteering, politics and popularity at the cost of lives etc. but
there were some who served the society neutrally without the desire of
popularity with their picture and name cited by media. Whereas the virus
presented the threat, it was sad that even this situation was looked upon as a
business proposition and salary deduction which presented the poor picture of
inhumane by the human. It presented the degradation and devaluation of values
and humanity but simultaneously, it presented the generosity of many people
which added to human and humanity.
