The last one month has been a month of ‘highest growth’ so
far. Wishing there comes a day when we are not talking of infection numbers but
the economy, education, or sports this way.
What started with looking on Worldometers like the display
board of Olympics with China at the top and then started looking like the
Football World Cup tally, now has the U.S, Brazil and India as the top three. There
has been no event like this ever before.
And since there is no logical way for the numbers to come
down in the near future, it seems like we are destined for the top in this gory
game we never wanted to play.
Nobody is talking about ‘flattening the curve’ anymore, the
curve has left lakhs flattened. The governments are now talking about Unlock
phases because there are just too many numbers to lock down.
Social media conversation at its most well-meaningfulness has
shifted from that country, that state, that city, that containment area, to
right here. The WhatsApp forwards about ‘how to prevent’ became ‘how
to treat’ and now ‘what to pack if you have to go into quarantine/hospital’ and
‘make your Will’.
All who were tracking the numbers and
growth rates with the intensity of checking cricket scores don’t see the point anymore.
The ones who braved the three-week lockdown, and stayed in
for another three, are now out in the park, jogging like never before.
Those who argued vociferously on WhatsApp groups to keep the
maids and helpers away,
now have a horde coming in every day.
The virus is here to stay, they now agree.
Que sera sera, whatever will be
will be.
We just hope there is a future to
see, Que sera sera
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