Just where is the silver lining?

Since I like reading data from random and not-so random sources, my husband often asks me for a summary of what’s happening. Especially with the coronavirus situation.

Nothing seems to be improving. The cases rises everyday, and there seems to be no respite possible for months ahead.

That must be because we are testing more everyday, he tries to be optimistic.

But in terms of test per population numbers we are far behind and still have the highest numbers.

India is almost at 11 Lakhs! Karnataka’s growth rates are the highest, the mortality percentage is highest and Bangalore is out of doctors and hospital beds, there are queues at the crematoriums.

There must be some positive news somewhere?

That is what I too look for in the numbers everyday, but..

Well number of recoveries are good in Rajasthan…

And most of Europe since to be recovering and going out for picnics on Sundays.

And then from what we know, even the Spanish flu waned in two years even though no one found a cure. And we are done with more than six months…damn how do I find hope with the existing data!

Maybe we need to look beyond the data which shows only doom. Look beyond the fear that this will never go away.

Look for hope that this too shall pass, sooner with modern medicines and breakthroughs that can happen any moment. Hope in human resilience and in nature healing itself. Hope in staying safe through the worst of it. Hope in something changing in the world for the better, once all of it is over.

That is the most optimism I can channel up at the moment.

And gratitude that we were safe today.