Researchers say that Corona virus is a respiratory virus which spreads primarily through droplets generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes. And its risk of spreading is high in places where it is crowded; at close-contact settings, where people have conversations very near each other; where more particles are expelled from the mouth, such as singing or breathing heavily during exercise. Also in confined and enclosed spaces with poor ventilation where people are receiving treatment for COVID-19.
Dr. Short says, “In 1918, there was no vaccine. The virus just went around unchecked. And the pandemic continued in some places until 1921. But then there was enough herd immunity. Achieving herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine came at enormous cost; tens of millions of people died worldwide.”
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Oral history shows that during the Spanish flu, people dropped dead like flies and scores of victims’ bodies were dumped atop the hill near ‘Bombaikarancho Khuris’ (cross built by Mumbai Goans) at Salvador do Mundo. Then, a mass grave was discovered at the Batim cemetery as there was no place in the cemetery to bury the dead. Thank God! So far, such mass burial has not happended in Goa.
Lock-downs due to Covid-19 are delaying economic revival. The impact and effect of extension of lock-down adversely affect the economic activity and causes recession due to reduced money-making activity. It is disastrous to the people who survive on daily earnings; living from hand to mouth. So, in order to guarantee ‘public sustenance’ and prevent death from ‘deprivation’, government have to use its power to ‘lock-down’ cautiously and temporary, to start money-spinning activity as soon as possible.
Therefore, many say, “Save the living by making the Covid vaccine compulsory, except for those who submit medical certificate. But necessary precautions should be taken against fake certificates. Our borders must be manned to check the inflow of tourists so that they enter with an official document that they have been vaccinated or should be vaccinated on the spot.
The virus has brought the whole world to its knees. The periodic rippling effect of different viruses in the past tickles doubts given below: (a). Are past viruses and the present disease caused because people on this globe took, and take, excessive advantage of Mother Earth; so much so that our soil and environment cannot tolerate peoples’ nonsensical behaviour for their selfish needs? (b). Is it because men never correct their past mistakes and never learn from Nature’s reaction of climate change, contagious diseases and many more past adverse happenings?
Many scientists today believe in Supreme Being who answers prayers. Researchers are examining the effect of prayers in healing at various medical schools, hospitals and research institutions. So, with hope in our hearts; prayers on our lips we whisper this plea: “My Lord and my God! You are the celestial doctor. Cure those who are affected and remove this Corona virus from this earth Amen.
