Lessons learned on fear during the COVID period

As I put down this, one of the dominant global stories in the year 2020 is on the coronavirus/ Covid-19, which has touched people's lives, with many negative effects. It has left a series of sicknesses and death in its wake, leaving people in a pretty much huge agitation of fear and unpredictable out front. According to the NCBI article, in the United States, the stock market decreased drastically, in the most devastating financial crisis since 2008-2009.

I am certain you have been following up, hearing, reading as well as watching stories about the pandemic. The big question remains, what should we do about its impact? The pandemic's scary side remains the fear and doubt of a probable second wave of the virus, which seems to be the most emphasized news stories.

We witness so many hurriedly installed hospital beds on the daily news, everyone wearing face maks all over, deserted streets, empty store shelves, and shut public places. People are panicking all over and are uncertain of tomorrow.

According to an article in BBC News, we are often reminded by medics and researchers that we have not seen much yet because of the many asymptomatic cases, many unreported, and the pandemic leaving the global economy at stake (Jones et al, 2020). The world has been through the worst of the pandemic, plotting its attack, leaving us powerless. People have lost jobs, increasing suffering that has resulted in increased crime rates through robbery.

As I write this, there are thousands of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the states. Numbers are still rising rapidly with few recoveries. A vast majority is remaining ill, some are undetected, while others are uninfected yet, but all suffer differently.

Can we figure out how bad it can get before the situation calms? Even scarier having a common cold, resolving to digitalized entertainment, and settling for soft drinks over alcohol makes it even scarier, among other scary things away from normal.