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WE HAVE A LESSON TO LEARN IN ALL THIS. 



By Patrick Ekong

The most  trending issue since the turn of 2020 has been COVID-19. This global pandemic came as a thief would break-in in the night.

 No one saw it coming, not even the wealthy ones. The enchantress of the wee hours  didn't know it, not even the sorcerers of Hades.

At the turn of the year (2020), the wealthy in their abundance,  set their eyes on enlarging their reservoir while the poor look for a means to survive, unknown to them that a monster was about to let loose.

Dreams upon dreams have been shattered while survival above all else has find it way to the front line of life routine.

Thousands are dying as many others lay on a bed of uncertainty, with oxygen as their hope for another second of life.  More than a millions are carriers and billions do not know their fate even as the global monster keeps raging on.

It started jokingly. World leaders felt it was a drop of water 💧 thrown into a hot oil,  where it oozed out noise and then went off immediately. They watched as the pandemic went on a rampage in the far east, still thinking it won't go anywhere.
What could have been at least avoided was given room to germinate into a full blown global soul taker.

The pandemic has come with it own positives and negatives.

One of such is that it has exposed the developed and the developing countries as there's no such thing as world power.

Two, it has tested our level of preparedness in all areas of human life.

Three, it has shown humans to abandon their lackluster attitude towards things especially when it does not affect them directly.

With the clumsy attitude exhibited by world leaders in regards to the handling of this global  monster, they should also brave up for what is to come, the post COVID-19 era. It may be another difficult phase of human life.


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