How Dreadful is the 2020 Pandemic?

The year 2020 seems to be a really hard time for the world as it has witnessed the ghastly effects of the novel coronavirus. It started from a small region in China. It gradually took a big shape over time by spreading rapidly among the people of other countries. Several people across the globe have suffered the impacts of the virus, and many are still suffering. Humanity seems to be under one of the biggest threats of all times. We are all aware of the present condition of the pandemic over the globe, but are we really aware of its intensity?

What is Pandemic?

Who thought that we will be the generation after decades to witness another pandemic? There were pandemics before, and the ones like the Spanish flu of 1918 and Ebola of 2014 can be compared to Covid-19 in terms of intensity. Do you wonder why these pandemics, and not the other epidemics are considered to be same? For that, we need to understand the term ‘pandemic’. Pandemic is a little different from the epidemic. Let us see how. A pandemic is known as the global outbreak of a deadly disease throughout the country, continent or the whole world that too rapidly. While on the other hand, an epidemic is the rapid spreading of a non-local disease, but it remains within a particular region or locality affecting everyone there for a temporary period.

If we try to compare that which is more dangerous in nature, then pandemic shall come first and then epidemic. It is so because of the affecting capacity of a pandemic and its novelty in origin, which makes it more threatening and difficult to cure. Nothing explains it more aptly than the current scenario of coronavirus in the world due to which millions are dying or in a serious health condition.

Source

This began from the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019, and it spread to many other states and countries like Italy, the United States, United Kingdom, etc. This virus is suspected by the scientists to be originally found in bats or pangolins, and somehow it got transmitted into the humans. Since it is a respiratory disease, it spreads like wildfire. Some case reports suggest that it may have spread to humans from the seafood market of Wuhan.

Awareness

It showed disastrous results in Italy, Canada and the United States. Even in the United Kingdom, the death toll rose as high as 40,000. Of course, there have been several recoveries as well, but the number seems quite contrasting to the number of deaths.

There is no vaccine yet for the disease, and the only possible way to prevent it is social distancing and sanitisation. Screening tests are going on in several COVID-19 Testing Centre Sevenoaks. It is very important to maintain the habit of practising basic hygiene, hand wash, and sanitisation at frequent intervals. Wearing masks is of utmost importance. Also maintaining social distancing is an absolute necessity now. Pandemics are not that easily over, and it takes time, so it is important to be patient and follow the necessary steps for prevention in case of every individual. It is literally in our hands now to save our future.