It did not take a nuclear
war. The doomsday preppers need not hunker down in their bunkers as yet but I
wonder if, even they are sufficiently stocked with hand sanitisers and masks.
Covid-19 is
a bug so tiny, you can’t see it through a microscope, you will need an electron
microscope to catch a glimpse. You can’t even grow it on a culture like its
less fastidious associate, the bacteria.
Covid-19 needs living
cells to grow in, and that means WE are its perfect host. When We die, the
virus has no more living cells to attack and reproduce in, it will eventually
die. So this brings us to today’s scenario “Social
Distancing.”
#translation
The world population
stands at 7.79 billion and since 29 March, 43% (3.38 billion) in at least 78
countries has been asked to STAY HOME. “Flatten the curve” is the current tag phrase. So we
stay home to keep infected numbers lower over a longer period. This means
we get a chance for better treatment as our health care facilities are less
burdened.
Image from Google
I am a scientist and
micro-organisms are my work colleagues. I interact with them every day in the
lab. I “grow” them and study them. I have the greatest respect for my
colleagues but I “exterminate” my colleagues when there is a need to.
E. coli - left; Salmonella - right grown in MacConkey agar
# Direct translation:
Top : Temporarily do not come to my home
Centre: Love me, Love you
Left : You come to my home, I get flustered
Right : I come to your home, you get nervous
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