Friday, May 21, 2021

Covid-19:A Mind-Boggling Outbreak

                By Vic Odarve

There are so many mind-boggling things about covid-19… how the outbreak started, why it had not been stopped earlier, and why the virus was able to spread from China to the rest of the world like a wildfire.

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The overwhelming majority — said that the virus likely came about naturally. That is, it originates in animals, most likely bats. Several unverified reports, however, pointed that the covid-19 may have emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan rather than in a market in the city. Because China is not an open society, it lacks transparency over the outbreak; hence, information is a mite too late for the western world to react. As such, the virus grows exponentially uncontrolled, and its transmission of an infected individual rose to millions across the globe.

A virus could be a laboratory creation. Researchers conducting experiments may have overlooked some of the safety protocols that may result from accidental contamination/infection to some of the laboratory personnel. Breakage of laboratory apparatus, lapses during the conduct of experiments, and improper wastage disposals are among the common causes of the infection. The genetically modified organisms have generated concern because of their potential biological risk – not only for people, but also for the environment due to their unpredictable behavior. In addition, concern for Biosafety is associated with the emergence of new diseases or re-emergence of diseases that were already under control. Once laboratory workers or some prominent personalities/dignitaries visited the place and got an infection before a declared quarantine, chances are they become a carrier of the virus to their places where they belong.

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Davao city on lock down

Information about the outbreak of the pandemic is a mite too late to the outside world. Local officials said that early reporting in Wuhan had been delayed and inaccurate. As known to the western democracies that most often in China, news reports are censored and controlled by the government. That is, there appears that there is misinformation around the virus transmission/contamination. There was indeed a need of a transparent system for tracking health events.

As the virus infection scattered around the world, most governments fumbled their covid-19 response and do not know how to tackle and control the exponential growth. Shortage of proper materials and paraphernalia on how to contain the infection, coupled with an over-burdened healthcare system, most hospitals crumbled like the house of cards. In her dying days, a woman with covid-19 repeatedly talked to her sister about her pain. A nursing home patient spent her final days talking to her parents about the pain she was experiencing as she battled covid-19. To date, Covid vaccine seems to be working but more tasks are needed to ensure its success. An awful tragedy!

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Common scenario in public places

Covid-19 has been dubbed a rich person’s disease since the virus is largely introduced to the afflicted region by affluent parts of society that had been traveling abroad. An overwhelming majority of the people said that the virus likely came about naturally. That is, it is originated in animals, most likely bats. But for others, the virus was released accidentally from the laboratory or was likely created in a lab. Records showed that US embassy in Beijing had raised concerns about safety at two laboratories in Wuhan in recent years. Whether its origin is from the laboratory or bats, it is debatable.

But on how the outbreak started, why it had not been stopped earlier, and why the virus was able to spread around the world…it is mind boggling.


 


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