Social media lifelines
Millennium Post Delhi|New Delhi 24April2021
In the second wave of Covid-19, social media is playing an indomitable role in directing urgent help to the needy
SHUTAPA PAUL
Social media lifelines

What a week it has been! The Covid-19 second wave is crushing India in its inexorable march. Lives, including many young ones, are being cruelly snuffed out by this deadly, possibly triple mutant virus, wreaking havoc on our population. It’s been a sobering week devoid of the exuberance that we felt at the perceived to-be receding virus. What a human foible it has been that has led to heart-breaking tragedies!

Everywhere we turn, there is no escaping the virus. Friends, family, acquaintances all have it, most unable to even test themselves. But that’s the least of the worries on our plates. There are much more urgent, pressing matters of life and death to be dealt with. And at a time when hospital beds, oxygen, ventilators, and even medicines are in short supply, it’s that old, familiar friend, hitherto used for whiling away time that has been most effectively used — social media. The many platforms of social media have emerged as India’s go-to place to seek help, and it’s often the kindness of complete strangers that has helped save lives.

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