Those who are gripped by this fear should realize that this is just our anxious imagination. We cannot control death and those with weaker immunity, with underlying conditions and who are aged may suffer at the hands of the virus. Although they should be protected and given medical attention, we cannot afford to shut down airlines, hotels, factories, malls, offices, and everything else in fear of the virus.
What is the solution? We have to become immune to the virus. This is possible either through herd immunity as the virus blows over or through the administration of a vaccine. The vaccine may take over a year as it first needs to be created and properly tested before it is released lest it does more harm than good. When it comes to immunity, many of us may be already immune to the Coronavirus as countries like Iceland have tested and proved that the virus is largely asymptomatic. Many of us may have got the virus, but not experienced any symptoms. However, for a combination of herd immunity and a vaccine, it may take a lot of time. Till such time, we have to face and fight the virus, protecting those that are more vulnerable from becoming severely ill or even from losing their life. Instead of doing this, we have locked ourselves into our homes in fear of being infected and we have caused ourselves harm all because of fear.
TAKEAWAYS IS FEAR REAL?
While Coronavirus is killing people, what we don’t realize is that our fear is going to kill many more. We have already caused irreparable economic damage because we are paralyzed by fear. The fear is so real that it has not only made us lockdown our economy, but it has robbed us of our discrimination to protect those who are more susceptible to be infected and to die. The fear caused by a false expectation of the seemingly deadly virus is so REAL, that it has made us blind to the truth. When will we overcome fear and realize the truth?