It was also killing some people who had underlying health conditions, be it heart disease, or lung or kidney disorders. It was absolutely clear that others with mild symptoms were recovering and could walk out. Still, the entire province in China was completely locked down for months. Fear caused the administration to take this drastic step that in turn badly affected China’s economy. Instead of specifically self-isolating the infected ones and creating a quarantine for those who were more vulnerable, the entire country came to a standstill. Today, that lockdown is lifted, and people are moving about in China. Why this change? Because the Chinese seemed to have overcome the fear of the virus. If not, they would not permit such lifting of the lockdown. To the world that is currently obsessed with the Coronavirus, this decision is disastrous. Once fear is in our mind, it is difficult to convince ourselves and overcome it. It will be long before even all of China overcomes the fear that it instilled through its lockdown, although it is asking its people to get back to a normal life.
The world, however, is still living in fear. A fear, that the entire world will not just be infected, but large populations will be wiped out. What is the reality? Over 2,00,000 people have died as of end of April 2020, and this is concentrated in countries like USA, Italy, Spain, France and the UK.