This one-gram virus is becoming more
lethal than the nuclear bomb. It has created a hysterical situation among world
leadership. Unsubstantiated blame games at the global level can lead to an
irreversible cycle of the war of words, which may lead to a serious divide in
the international community, which can bring World War III. It only requires a
trigger and this serious blame game can be the cause. Propaganda must be halted
with wisdom and mutual understanding, learning lessons from World War II and
how disinformation started from Pearl Harbour. The world must work together to
overpower this invisible enemy and the UN should investigate and find out if
any anti-human group or any state were involved in its creation. It is
unfortunate that in Pakistan, our politics has made coronavirus a playing field
as well, and the political shows look like a circus of allegations which is bad
for Pakistan’s image and future political health of the beloved country.
Coronavirus is essentially a big force of invaders that gives no warning and
uses whatever available means of transmission worldwide.
Those countries who were wise to
its attack were quick to block it by hiding its primary medium, which is the
human body. Ms Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, acted like a
real statesperson as she hid her family (New Zealanders) under a complete
lockdown by offering meaning and purpose to what they were being asked to do
with direction and care, unlike other world leaders who sought compliance from
their people. She cancelled out the medium factor in her country and defeated
the disease through the difficult and rare approach of a complete lockdown. The
world should be proud of her, as she is an iron lady with great administrative
skills. There was no propaganda against the actions under her command. I wish other
countries including us also should have followed in her footsteps. I was really
upset to note that we, instead of fighting against this virus by destroying it,
have already produced corona-affected political media fighting teams where we
are not on one page.
It looks like the provincial and
federal governments and political parties are working for the media and not the
public. Fake publicity and the race to display of their progress are
prioritised through their respective advisors etc. Here we have a big question;
if public representatives really work for the cause of the public or media – I
have seen them being shown on tv while delivering a single pack soap or less
than a kilo of wheat as a display for the camera as if he or she has defeated
the mighty virus corona. I think all the displays of ration distribution
activities should be totally banned from the media.
The world is in turmoil and the
western leadership is unable to hold its nervous feelings in; it looks as if
this tiny force weighing less than one gram will change the world order in the
coming months. This minute force seems to have overtaken the fear of the
nuclear deterrent as well. According to research, the weight of a virus is
measured at 0.85 actograms or 0.85x(10)^-18 grams, or about one-millionth of a
trillion grams. You may check the weight of the virus in the latest medical
journals. 70 billion viruses that will make a person sick attract about
0.0000005 grams. Since the total number of cases worldwide is now over 2
million, the total weight of the rogue viruses which are present in the world
comes to about one gram.
This virus and the creator of the
virus has brought the entire world on its knees with a total of just one gram
of virus. I have been posing this question constantly; why, with all the
advanced medical technology have we failed to find its antidote so far. Some
background interviews indicate that the same virus attacked in 1994-95. Medical
experts have been doubtful about its origin right from that time – that it is a
natural – but no authentic proof is available. It is said this will keep coming
and going and every time with different mortality rates. I have advocated this
even in my book to let the world know about its origin and it is for this very
reason I was compelled to write to the Secretary General of the Security
Council (SGSC) to constitute a high-powered UN commission to trace the origin
of this virus and the identity of patient zero.
I am not satisfied with the
non-coordination between the federal and provincial governments; immature media
teams are acting irresponsibly by causing irreversible damage to a collective
thought process and the national unit at this difficult moment in time. I hope
the PM will take this seriously and call an All-Parties Conference (APC) and
evolve a workable national strategy to counter this invisible force. Our nation
needs to follow the path of unity and future actions must be taken with
collective spirit and within the defined democratic norms, otherwise it may
lead it to collapse, making it subject to circumstantial and abrupt changes.
The article was published in The Nation on May 5, 2020 and link to the original article https://nation.com.pk/05-May-2020/the-corona-political-circus
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