2020.04.06 06:46
Benefits Coronavirus Brings To Us
/HJ Lee
April 6, 2020, 11:53 AM, Monday,
It is raining outside my window.
Thought I'll catch this quiet moment
out of so many every hour of days and weeks
of isolation, "social distancing"
thankst to the world wide war against coronavirus.
As a physician,
I couldn't help thinking about the medical benefits
this virus brought to seniors like me.
Thanks to the widespread mandatory practice of
social distancing
seniors are protected not only from Covid-19
but also from the seasonal flu, common colds,
community acquired pneumonia, shingles and
other respiratory infections.
Coronavirus certainly is doing an excellent job cleaning out
the earth's dirty atmosphere and other pollution as clearly
shown from the satellite.
For the first time in 7 years since I moved in here,
California place near congested I-5,
I turned off my two air purifiers yesterday.
My wife has been saying to me the air feels fresh and clean
last several days whenever we are taking a walk outside.
As a physician,
I couldn't help thinking of all those asthma patients including
one of my grandchildren and
COPD patients and heart failure patients,
who will benefit from the clean air.
As a physician,
I couldn't help thinking of the preventive medicine that
requires discipline and overcoming the constant temptation
in regard to diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking, etc.
I couldn't help being reminded of
all those undisciplined patients, young and old,
I struggled with daily for decades of medical practice.
Thanks to this scary virus,
all of sudden everybody, or practically everybody,
is forced to or voluntarily tries to practice a good, good
preventive medicine to avoid going to the hospital or
doctor's office in the middle of the Pandemic.
Obviously, as a physician,
I couldn't help thinking of all those patients with the virus
Suffering and dying in the hospitals around the world,
Perhaps millions of them.
I couldn't help thinking of all those patients with the virus
Who died all by themselves, all alone,
Without having seen any of their loved ones, days and weeks,
Perhaps tens of thousands or a lot more.
This is truly heartbreaking and
Must make every one of us cry.
As a physician, though,
In spite of all the tragedies this virus heaped upon us
That are too painful to bear, and
To this elderly physician whose liftime attitude
Has been to live by the positive things in life
I couldn't help looking for the positive things,
The good things, benefits this scary virus brought to us.
As a member of the species, Homo Sapiens,
Versus coronavirus, though,
I couldn't help thinking of the greatest benefit
Among all the benefits, namely,
This scary virus is helping to bring down
All the man-made walls, borders and boundaries
Reminding all of us that we belong to one species
With the same fate and
Helping man unite with the common purpose,
Survival,
Perhaps for whose sake or whatever,
Finally and prayerfully,
learn to love your neighbor
Just as you love yourself.
2020.04.06 07:24
2020.04.07 02:15
Coronavirus Letter To Humanity
The earth whispered but you did not hear.
The earth spoke but you did not listen
The earth screamed but you turned her off.
And so I was born...
I was not born to punish you..
I was born to awaken you..
The earth cried out for help...
Massive flooding. But you didn't listen.
Burning fires. But you didn't listen.
Strong hurricanes. But you didn't listen.
Terrifying Tornadoes. But you didn't listen.
You still don't listen to the earth when.
Ocean animals are dying due to pollutants in the waters.
Glaciers melting at an alarming rate.
Severe drought.
You didn't listen to how much negativity the earth is receiving.
Non-stop wars.
Non-stop greed.
You just kept going on with your life..
No matter how much hate there was..
No matter how many killings daily..
It was more important to get that latest iPhone
than worry about what the earth was trying to tell you..
But now I am here.
And I've made the world stop on its tracks.
I've made YOU finally listen.
I've made you take refuge.
I've made you stop thinking about materialistic things..
Now you are like the earth...
You are only worried about YOUR survival.
How does that feel?
I give you fever.. as the fires burn on earth.
I give you respiratory issues.. has pollution fill the earth air.
I give you weakness as the earth weakens every day.
I took away your comforts..
Your outings.
The things you would use to forget about the planet and its pain.
And I made the world stop...
And now...
China has better air quality..
Skys are clear blue because factories are
not spewing pollution unto the earth's air.
The water in Venice is clean and dolphins are being seen.
Because the gondola boats that pollute the water are not being used.
YOU are having to take time to reflect on what is important in your life.
Again I am not here to punish you.. I am here to Awaken to you...
When all this is over and I am gone... Please remember these moments..
Listen to the earth.
Listen to your soul.
Stop Polluting the earth.
Stop Fighting among each other.
Stop caring about materialistic things.
And start loving your neighbors.
Start caring about the earth and all its creatures.
Start believing in a Creator.
Because next time I may come back even stronger....
Signed,
Coronavirus
Written by: Vivienne R Reich
Maybe, the coronavirus is a tool with which the Mother Earth tries to punish human beings.
She has to bring a mass killing of humanity in order to correct the damage by them.
However, it will not work as long as we are living on this planet.
I am sure she knows that only the total decimation of humanity is the way to go.
Regardless, we are not supposed to make "jokes or praises" out of the disaster of the coronavirus
in the serious respect of those fatalities, we have suffered.