SILENCE.... AND *SLEEPLESS NIGHTS BY ASWATHY MATHEW
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The early weeks of february 2020 witnessed and experienced the dreadful appearance and the severe impact of the *COVID 19* virus in human beings . People all around the world knew about the SARS ,MERS,EBOLA and the NIPAH viruses but the COVID 19 virus was much more terrifying than the rest . The people were dumb-struck ,frightened and seemed to be under the clutches of the severe attack of the deadly corona virus .
It has been a very very long time since I felt the terrible silence in the streets, the silence in the market places ,the silence in the public places and the silence in the religious institutions . Why is this silence so deadly ?
If a single deadly virus ......... COVID19 can creep into this world and destroy it completely , then the world will stand united and will strongly fight for this common cause . So at times such dangerous viruses become a necessity . These viruses can keep a check on the pride of humanity .
Today the touch and feel of this deadly virus could be spotted everywhere . COVID 19 crept stealthly into the schools ,colleges,temples, churches, beauty parlours ,airports,offices and what not?....... Mobiles around the world were over loaded and pregnant with the images,videos and messages of the COVID19 . All the Whatsap messages,FB posts ,Twitter tweats and Instagram pics were all being controlled by one virus the CORONA . We could see the corona cookies ,corona sarees,corona jewellery ,corona masks everywhere.Also we could see the skillfull ways of propagating awareness against the spread of corona virus by singing songs and making remarkable speeches . People found it fantastic and awesome to hear teenagers singing songs with strong lyrics about the virus . The creativity and composition was brilliant and it touched the mind and soul of humanity .Teenagers ,kids and elders all united in this venture to produce remarkable results .
Precautions ,suggestions and advices came from througout the world to control this global pandemic . At first it was only a small outbreak in the city of Wuhan in China . Slowly it became a serious epidemic that began to spread to the near by countries. People who travelled to and from China and other COVID19 infected countries were to be quarantined .Everyone who were Infected with COVID 19 were kept under isolation inorder to prevent the virus from spreading. But few people were found coughing and sneezing and were left alone to die in the streets . Dead bodies that were tightly packed in long black sheets were piled up in several rooms. Tears flew down my cheeks, when I understood that there was no one to pay them their last tributes .
Miraculous healings and fasting prayers disappeared and vanished into thin air The priest ordered the congregation to stay in there homes and pray. churches were shutdown . We could see the so -called pastors,astrologers and the clergy fleeing away from the dreadful corona virus.So we need such people?
Let us all awake ,arise and unite to fight this virus and let us make this world a better place to live in. This deadly virus has definitely taught us the value of friendship ,love and family relationships.We also learned the fact that cleanliness is next to Godliness. Hoping and praying that the powerful and divine forces of nature would disentangle us from this virus and enrich our civic sense.
A big salute to all my readers .
A write- up by an English teacher
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The early weeks of february 2020 witnessed and experienced the dreadful appearance and the severe impact of the *COVID 19* virus in human beings . People all around the world knew about the SARS ,MERS,EBOLA and the NIPAH viruses but the COVID 19 virus was much more terrifying than the rest . The people were dumb-struck ,frightened and seemed to be under the clutches of the severe attack of the deadly corona virus .
It has been a very very long time since I felt the terrible silence in the streets, the silence in the market places ,the silence in the public places and the silence in the religious institutions . Why is this silence so deadly ?
If a single deadly virus ......... COVID19 can creep into this world and destroy it completely , then the world will stand united and will strongly fight for this common cause . So at times such dangerous viruses become a necessity . These viruses can keep a check on the pride of humanity .
Today the touch and feel of this deadly virus could be spotted everywhere . COVID 19 crept stealthly into the schools ,colleges,temples, churches, beauty parlours ,airports,offices and what not?....... Mobiles around the world were over loaded and pregnant with the images,videos and messages of the COVID19 . All the Whatsap messages,FB posts ,Twitter tweats and Instagram pics were all being controlled by one virus the CORONA . We could see the corona cookies ,corona sarees,corona jewellery ,corona masks everywhere.Also we could see the skillfull ways of propagating awareness against the spread of corona virus by singing songs and making remarkable speeches . People found it fantastic and awesome to hear teenagers singing songs with strong lyrics about the virus . The creativity and composition was brilliant and it touched the mind and soul of humanity .Teenagers ,kids and elders all united in this venture to produce remarkable results .
Precautions ,suggestions and advices came from througout the world to control this global pandemic . At first it was only a small outbreak in the city of Wuhan in China . Slowly it became a serious epidemic that began to spread to the near by countries. People who travelled to and from China and other COVID19 infected countries were to be quarantined .Everyone who were Infected with COVID 19 were kept under isolation inorder to prevent the virus from spreading. But few people were found coughing and sneezing and were left alone to die in the streets . Dead bodies that were tightly packed in long black sheets were piled up in several rooms. Tears flew down my cheeks, when I understood that there was no one to pay them their last tributes .
Miraculous healings and fasting prayers disappeared and vanished into thin air The priest ordered the congregation to stay in there homes and pray. churches were shutdown . We could see the so -called pastors,astrologers and the clergy fleeing away from the dreadful corona virus.So we need such people?
Let us all awake ,arise and unite to fight this virus and let us make this world a better place to live in. This deadly virus has definitely taught us the value of friendship ,love and family relationships.We also learned the fact that cleanliness is next to Godliness. Hoping and praying that the powerful and divine forces of nature would disentangle us from this virus and enrich our civic sense.
A big salute to all my readers .
A write- up by an English teacher
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