Familiar Alarms

Wing to the fatal destruction and trauma it inflicted upon the entire humanity, COVID-19 has become a term synonymous to the macabre reality we experienced a couple of years back—an experience that is hard to erase from conscience, especially for those who saw their families and friend circles curtailed drastically, mercilessly, by the wrath of nature.

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With the best possible courage and conviction, humans rebuilt their lives, but every time COVID-19 cases surge, we find it hard to figure out how to respond to the potential resurgence of the grand threat. This is, in fact, the crux of the matter. Emergence of newer variants/sub-variants of Sars-Cov-2—as well as outbreak of other viral epidemics—was a well-articulated prophecy in the aftermath of the pandemic, especially given the increased chances of zoonotic spillovers in a world witnessing drastic climate change. Humans had to adapt to the idea that COVID-19, or similar outbreaks, are not a passing fad. They had to figure out a way to live alongside fast mutating viruses in their vicinity. Unfortunately, the world has failed to gauge the continuous nature of extreme viral threats—leaving an open-ended scope for graver risks.