COVID-19: A Story of Everything
The corona catastrophe has taken us back to 14th century when the Black Death, the most notorious pandemic devastated Europe and wiped out one half of its population. If history is to be believed, it was mammals such as mice and rats that caused the deadly pandemic in Central Asia and that eventually arrived Europe through Italy. The tragic tale does not end here. The human civilization has witnessed series of deadliest pandemics from Antonine Pandemic in the 2nd century to Swine Pandemic in 21st century leaving millions of people dead. COVID-19 is the latest series of Pandemics that has sent shivers across the world. The greatest paradox is that it united the contradictory world but divided people at large. It does not see if I am king or a slave, believer or atheist, white or black. It is unseen yet powerful, living yet unseen, far yet close. It is an untold story of everything from Science to God, Medicine to Economics, and Culture to Religion. The Wuhan born pandemi...