It is well known that the origin of the Covid-19 epidemy did start in China at the end of 2019 and that by March 11th, the WHO declared the Pandemics. During the last few months, we have seen the best and the worst of our societies. We have seen politicians taking the most ridiculous paths denying the danger of the virus, to later on said that they knew what to do and that they were ready to act and protect the society. On the other hand, we have seen a few countries taking hard decisions to close down activities with the high risk of inducing financial crisis, but putting upfront the health of their people.
One thing that has been highlighted since an early stage of the lockdown was the decrease on the levels of air pollutants, later on with the reports of wildlife getting over places where they have not been seen in a very long while, and finally with the latest reports regarding the “ozone-hole” that has been recently reported. This is a critical moment for all of us to pay attention to what is happening, and how the large disruptions in our regular lives by the Sars-Cov-2 virus have had a positive impact on the environment. Among the lessons is the fact that many things that we do commuting, generating a large amount of pollutants, may be significantly reduced. How much of our compulsive use of resources can be reduced and avoided, having a positive impact both in our health and our environment? Certainly, this is not good news for everybody, especially those getting the financial benefit of our behavior. But as a society, we have a fantastic opportunity and I really hope to see specialists in all the fronts analyzing the positive impact of the changes during these months, and how we could adapt some of these changes to have a more sustainable world.
Dear Ernesto,
thanks for raising the point: in my view, that's the right fashion to consider the issue.
Beyond death and diseases, economy, air pollution, mental health and children problems, I have been focusing on priorities.
This period has promoted a number of chances to prioritize professional and personal life, and try to focus present and future activities in the right direction.
Although answers are still needed and our understanding is not complete, needs and questions have been raised. These cannot be neglected anymore. For example, science must look at everyday challenges from humans, probably in a different way. To me, science was not really prepared to provide several answers about this outbreaks. So, now let's work to be ready for the future.
Dear Ernesto,
In addition to what is mentioned above. I think COVID-19 taught us a lesson to stop killing innocent people. Today, the wars have been stooped worldwide, all thanks go to this tiny and invisible creature.
Regards,
Rababah
Save nature and more focus on climate change adaptation. Improve health preparedness to fight against further crisis. Another lesson is the urgency of global unity.
We can gain the following positive impacts from Covid-19 Pandemics:
1. Habituated to follow the health rules and regulations by wearing masks, globes etc.
2. Washing hands with sanitizers regularly which helps us to protect other diseases also.
3. Maintaining social distancing.
4. Habituated to take regula physical exercises.
5. Involving manpower in alternate activities or agriculture like home gardening, rooftop gardening, hydroponics cultivation etc.
6. Habituated in taking more fruits, vegetables, citrus, zinc etc. rather than carbohydrates.
Totally agree with your point of view Ernesto. It is a good opportunity to re-think the ways of reducing our impact to the environment with our daily decisions.
The decrease of most pollutants is evident, except for ozono.