Social and psychological impacts of quarantine due to Coronavirus

 Today, the whole world is drowning in the coronavirus ocean. As consequence, "many businesses, industries are shutting down and the unemployment rate is increasing day by day. Millions of people are getting infected and dying because of this deadly virus. Different types of problems are there in news. People are suffering from the lack of oxygen and hospitals. problems, sufferings. Recently, there was news about a woman who was giving mouth-to-mouth oxygen to her husband due to the lack of oxygen cylinders.

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As we all know, today, there are no social gatherings, no outings, we can’t meet our families and friends. Although nowadays in the era of mobiles and the internet, we can communicate with our families and friends, however, while staying in our houses, some people might face depression or frustration. We have no choice at all, to go outside, for walking, jogging, cycling, etc. We can imagine those people, who were not able to go anywhere, even before the pandemic. How they were feeling. We can learn from this pandemic, even if we can not go out, we can keep ourselves busy, in various indoor activities. Such as reading books, do writing work, watching TV, playing indoor games, some physical exercise, and in the era of the internet, today the whole world is on our screen. We can grab plenty of knowledge, or do some research. Think about new ideas, what we can do for the betterment of the world.

I am confused about life. How we should see this life? Should we be positive and think about, there will be better days, or should we think, there will be darker and darker days? I know, majority of people will prefer to be positive, but, how and why should we think positively? Is there any logic behind thinking positive, or we are just fooling ourselves? In my point of view, if we talk about just the coronavirus problem, vaccination is the last beam of light. It is only the life jacket. I hope, everyone gets vaccinated and defeats this deadly virus. I wish we can learn something from this pandemic, so that, in the future, we can deal with such a situation, in the earlier stage. I know, many problems do not indicate their coming, but, we can not sit back and wait for the problems to arise, and then think of the solutions. If a place caught the fire, we should take an action to extinguish the fire, as soon as possible. Likewise, in the future, if any new, deadly virus develops, we should take some actions in the earlier stage before it spread widely. If there are few cases of the virus, the infected people should be in quarantine, to stop spreading the virus. We should start to develop a vaccine immediately. So that, if the virus is spreading, then we can immediately get vaccinated, everyone. And, we should try to develop medicines to cure the infected person. Every step should be taken immediately and with full planning.

We should think and compare life with pandemic and without the pandemic. What we could do before the pandemic and what we wish to do now in the pandemic, but can’t do those things? Earlier, we could visit our families and friends more often, but now, we can’t visit anyone. Earlier, we could travel to any part of the world, but, now we are restricted even for going out of our house, even for a walk. Earlier, we were free to breathe in the open air, but now, we have to wear face masks everywhere. Earlier, when we were getting the chance to attend many occasions, but, we were missing those occasions, sometimes because of our laziness. Now, we wish to have some gatherings with family and friends. Earlier, some of us were going to various parts of the world, but still, we were not happy and enjoying, and now, our biggest wish is to go out of the house, at least just for a walk. So, we should think about what we were doing before the pandemic, to fulfill our desires, but still, we were not satisfied, and, now we wish for those desires. By God's will, when the COVID and the pandemic will rid off of the world, then we should think and compare life with the pandemic and life without the pandemic. In future, when we will attend any occasion, we should think of today, how we are closed in our house, but, in future, we will attend the gathering. When we will be traveling, we should think of, how we can’t go out even for a walk, but in the future, we will be able to travel to other cities or countries.

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Everyone says, “Think positive”, everyone wants to think positive, but, just saying “be positive”, is not going to work anything. If we say “be positive”, we should have some logic behind that. If we are not sure about anything, then, of course, we can’t say directly ”it is nothing going to happen” or any negative comments. However, we should be honest but with wisdom. Because, if we give someone hope, without any thinking, then if the result would be reversed, people will lose their trust in us.