Covid 19 Dictates A New Standard For Humanity

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The world is reeling under the unstoppable ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic
Our staple of daily news updates brings much fear, pain and sadness
While hope is being kept afloat, the fear of economic collapse grips humans all across planet earth
Social wellbeing has been reduced to its lowest hierarchy
And as we start figuring out more about social distancing, the movement control orders and lockdowns the world over are already inflicting unprecedented experiences for humanity
The highest price we are paying in the face of this virus attack is the snatching away of the freedom known to mankind throughout civilisation - our gregarious nature as ordained by creation
For the first time in human history our gregarious disposition - that which is uniquely characteristic of homo sapiens, is affronted
How are we going to practice social distancing for protracted periods of time? What would humanity's cultural, traditional, religious and the spectrum of social interactions shape out to be
How will the imperative to lead our daily lives within the paradigms of economic and political conduct on a remote basis via the railroad of online means affect our civilisation
Indeed, what we took for granted, our human freedom and beingness, is under attack
The freedom to go anywhere, anytime and do the many things that were consistent with the human beings' ingrained, gregarious nature has been undermined
Today, as one-third of the world's human population remain denied this freedom that sets us apart from all of creation, we need to think
Is the journey of humanity turning over onto a totally new chapter that is alien to the thousands of years of our known and cherished beingness on earth
Only time will tell
In the meantime, governments will face this daunting task of migrating their citizens on to this new wagon of social distancing and online remote interactions
God willing, science will give humanity that key to unlock this chain that has robbed human freedom and enable us to return to our original, gregarious beingness
In the meantime, we can now appreciate this freedom that perhaps many leaders took for granted in the name of economic and political supremacy
Likewise all of us earthlings will now know what it means to be unable to hold hands, give a hug, participate in celebrations, be anywhere we please and do the countless things out in the open because of this gift called "freedom to exist"
This loss is by far the most painful in comparison to the trumpeted economic and political setbacks brought upon humans by Covid-19
What the future holds out for human existence has suddenly become the greatest mystery and threat. - Mkini

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