COVID-19: World Remain Clueless
- 30-May-2021
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It’s been more than a year-and-a-half into the pandemic, yet experts worldwide are struggling to completely understand the nature of the Coronavirus. This has led to Catch-22 leaving lakhs clueless about what to do next.
Remember, last year, experts and even the World Health Organisation suggested that everyone need not wear a mask, but only those looking after COVID patients. Not only this, people even anticipated that the Coronavirus would die in summers because of the high temperatures, not to mention the perception that the elderly and people with comorbidities are at a higher risk of getting infected. There is more. A certain type of UV rays were believed to inactivate the virus. However, all these notions got nullified sooner than later.
Few new reliable scientific studies say that temperature, humidity or UV rays do not play a significant role in Coronavirus spread. That means whether it’s hot or cold outside, the transmission of COVID-19 from one person to the other depends almost entirely on human behaviour. Weather influences the environment in which the Coronavirus must survive before infecting a new host. But it also influences human behaviour, which moves the virus from one host to another.
When COVID broke, initially it was believed to transmit through droplets; hence, the mask was only mandatory for COVID caregivers. For the rest, a six-foot distance and hand hygiene was enough. But gradually, with time, it was found that the virus is air borne and can sustain in the air for about four hours. Hence, masks were made mandatory for everyone.
Experts worldwide are struggling to completely understand the virus’ nature completely. So much so, that there are clashes of opinions even when it comes to treating the disease. Be it the use of common drugs like Remidesivir and Fabipiravir or steroids, dark clouds of confusion have engulfed everybody’s mind resulting in a Catch-22 situation, and many people worldwide remain clueless of what to do next.
The need of the hour is to to be patient. The focus of every doctor right now is to save lives. Research can wait. There are people who are studying the virus, but they need time as well. Once, the situation is under control, we will be conducting research to get more insights about the virus.
