Clandestine of Corona: When it is going to over.

 

The first antibiotic was invented in the year 1940. It was developed to fight against virus. But at that time nobody ever imagined that the role of antibiotics would be limited. The super-bugs or more to say deadly viruses are going to be more powerful than any medical imagination. It is reported that 700,000 people died in 2016 because of super-bugs. It is also estimated that by 2050, 10 million people will be died by these  viruses.

The virus has been in the course of mutations.  It is changing its structural dynamics every time. Cross species infection where pathogen assimilates from one species to another species is on the go. We know that Covid 19 is originated from bats.  It is a cross species virus infection. The unification of each different pathogen makes the bug or virus into super bug. Phage and antibodies are becoming less powerful to combat with these viruses. Seemingly, COVID 19 shows resistant to multi drugs.

Identifying virus infected people, track them and contact tracing activities are   now considered as conventional method. This process is very slow also. As far as India is concerned contact tracing and identifying the infected people is a taunting task for health workers.  In a Parallel way contained a hot-spot is very time taking also. By the time one hot -spot is identified another hot-spot will be popped out.

Some epidemiologists suggest that now government / agencies should to infect everybody deliberately. It is unethical.  But in medical term this type of activity is named as tolerable risk. We have put the some human lives in jeopardy to save the human race.  Human challenge trails is required for herd immunity. Herd immunity is never being a solution in long run. The solution is vaccine.

Virus impact can only be calculated by enough exposure. Vaccine is used as prevention not as cure.  For any vaccine there is a process to follow. These are Research, Testing and Manufacturing

Research is very experimental and short term. If the super-bug or virus in new then it may take more time to find its pathogen.

The second step, testing is very lengthy. It has to be based on efficacy. Many clinical trials and human testing are needed. These clinical trials have many modules. These have to boost the immune system, show less side effects, quantum of right dosage, safety of primary recipients and finally universal age group adaptability. Testable vaccine is not successful vaccine. That is reason WHO is not accepting Russian Vaccine on COVID 19 as a solution.

Another factor is that vaccines cannot be personalized or customized. But now firms are thinking to develop some personalized vaccine. Means if a person having weak respiratory system with high level of blood sugar he or she can have advanced vaccine in comparison to a healthy person.  Universal adaptability of vaccine is a precondition.

Last stage is manufacturing. Manufacturing is mutual process. It is between the manufacturing company and research lab. They should work together. Manufacturing company for vaccination should follow the guidelines of research Labs.

Generally any normal vaccine takes 15 to 20 years to develop.  Off course it must be without any drawbacks. But In pandemic it takes bit fast to develop. Zika virus vaccination took 7 months whereas Covid 19 took in 42 days with limited human trail. Each country should work on vaccine. There are different modules or mutations of corona virus. Multiple labs with globally connected virologists are required. Scientist found some familiar pathogen present in flu, H1N1 and SARC in corona virus also.   So research became easier to prepare vaccine.

 

All of a sudden, pandemic cannot be over. Government can only declare pandemic over when infection is over and transmission is zero. Waiting time is long. Recently in New Zealand corona virus infection was detected again after a hiatus of 102 days.  So only wait and watch policy is a solution to declare an end to any pandemic.  The most vital factor is that local transmission of virus should be monitored regularly.

Many Countries are adopting different ways to control this corona pandemic. The most effective and widely spread approach is to buy the time. The actions like lock-down, shutdown, containment zone and isolation are only to have time. There are two impacts of this, the first one is to delay the virus spread and second one is to buy time to improve health facilities, built temporary medical camps or may be preparing a vaccine. Every country has its own capacity to identify new diseases and treat those diseases.

Corona becomes a War zone. Quarantine, containment, less interaction, fight, self-isolation etc. are very common and widely used terms.  These terms have enough substances to make people terrified, concerned and alarmed.

The fear which triggers more is “No access to death rituals if death is due to Corona”. Isolated death and there are many chances that dead body will be decayed without any rituals.  Who wants a bad funeral and whose family members don’t want their beloved’s dead body?

As human being we have doubt.  That doubt is on other person that he or she may carry virus. Many are afraid to hold the children, some bury the dead without rituals, and many are scared to mingle with friend. These will be the new normal life.

We have de-institutionalized our trust .We are in dilemma that hospitals are killing yards. If we go we may not return alive. We have been assuming that medical facilities are collapsed. Health workers are dying. Misconception and fake news are in spree. We are in chaos. We are running after religion to release our tension. But like school colleges and other institutions, religious places are being closed. We are frustrated.

 

There is a research by National Council of Applied Economic Research 2020 about new normal life post Covid world. This research was done in Odisha and UP.  A major outcome from this research was 95% of respondents were afraid of being infected and worried about becoming disengaged from others. It means fear of social ostracized and treated like a social pariah due to Corona infection initiates a fear among people.

81% of household in Odisha were concerned about their neighbors in this pandemic. It indicated that we are concerned about our neighbor's well being which indirectly leads to ours. In another outcome of this survey, 97% of respondent mentioned that they were dependent on at least one person whereas 90% were open to support others. It senses a dependency as well as community participation.  This survey finds out that Odisha is socially connected and supportive than UP.

In another study it is reported that continuous lock down has created a sense of fear among people. Mental health and job disposable income worries most. Lack of school and college has weakened the prospects of students. Getting sick is less concerned attribute than losing job. Work from home is a new normal work life. Student’s prospects in education are nadir.

During a worldwide pandemic our body releases the stress hormone. That is cortisol. When is raised for long periods of time, say,  it impacts everything from digestion, to immune function, to body fat storage, and the ability of your brain to process and react to sexual cues. Cortisol that can cause us to feel withdrawn and it might be hard to relax or desire intimacy. So our sexual urges may be imbalanced during this time.

Many scholars have advocated new norms for a new normal life. We need to reach out to each individual and give social insurance .Digital world; online activity and virtual learning space must be endorsed. We must focus on training, job reservation, job security, internship and upgrading skills. We need to be emphatic. We have to enable participation and community involvement to help aged people and people in stress. Community level help groups should be formed to help the old and destitute staying in urban areas. Languages used for Covid 19 patients must be emotionally balanced /connected, culturally assisted and morally uplifted. We need to fill the gap of diversities. The stratified system accelerates more in this pandemic. Social distancing is going to convert in community distancing, gender and racial distancing. We should adopt humane skills as empathy, bravery and humility at this time.  Strong leadership at every level is necessary whether it is local or national level. A leader must assist us mentally and socially. We need to create a mechanism that people should learn from past epidemic. It means a separate department or syllabus should be introduced to us where we can learn the mistakes and survival strategy from past pandemics. Organizational level awareness, sitting arrangements and campus sanitization must be included in organisation rule book. Livelihood programs and economy should be taken into consideration while combating this endemic. A health network as well as social network must be adopted at local level.

Over all a pandemic is threat to humanity. It is not an end of human race. We shall revive. Evolution has taught us how to survive. Covid 19 is a journey. We need to visualize a post Covid world or no Covid world. But it is sure that we need to sail with it. We never know another pandemic is incubating somewhere. We need to prepare ourselves.