Killer Sharks don’t come to beaches, and even if you see little baby sharks, they are harmless. Statistics show that the chances of a person attacked by a shark is 1 in 11 million and a person’s chance of getting killed by a shark is less than 1 in 264 million. Why then do we fear the shark? While an instinct of danger is good to protect ourselves from any threat, we should not let imaginary fears take charge of our mind and our life.
Today, the COVID-19 virus has enveloped the world. Is it a fear or a real danger? To most people, the danger is very real. Several thousands of people are dying. To add to the already existing woes, television and social media platforms have only added fuel to the fire and created more terror even as we are confined to our homes.
The Spanish flu that became a global pandemic between 1918 and 1920 is said to have killed up to 50 million people, as it infected about 500 million, one-third of the world population. The flu was deadly. The age group between 20 to 40 years was most vulnerable and it killed people almost instantly, within 24 hours. While there is limited information available of the century-old pandemic, in comparison, the COVID-19 has infected 1.5 million people as of April 2020, less than 0.2% of the population. China, where it started, has already opened up its economy and a