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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Revenge of Gaia

These days we humans have faced death. It's a strange statement, isn't it?
These days we humans act as if we've met death for the first time.

A kind of virus that shows flu symptoms in Wuhan, China in November has spread to almost all countries these days. As of today, more than 2.5 million people worldwide have been caught this virus called covid19. More than 180,000 people have died in the six months since November. Most deaths are seen in the USA, Italy, Spain, France, and the UK, respectively. By the middle of March, we have encountered with this sickness and experienced many different daily routines. It is said that 2 thousand five hundred people have died due to the virus, and now we have more than 100 thousand patients.

In 2017, 56 million people died. 1.2 million people of them died of traffic accidents, 18 million people of them died of cardiovascular diseases, 8 million people of them died of cancer. The most shocking information is that most deaths are caused by preventable diseases. So, why are we afraid of this virus? I guess many of us have been discussing this question recently. Fear of being 'yet'? If we say people remembered their humanity, I hope ... they are afraid of death, we have died for centuries ... the way of death is very bad, we have seen worse, have we not seen?

Strangely, incomprehensibly, we give reactions, we take precautions that had not been seen for the death before. In almost every country of the world, masks, and gloves became of our parts of our body, stopped shaking and hugging, nurses left the tens of elderly to death. On the other hand, we are bored to stay closed at home, played tennis roof-to-roof, gave concerts from balcony-to-balcony.

Many details appeared in the minds about what the mandatory needs are, and how our life could actually be otherwise. In January, the price of  1 barrel oil has decreased  (1 barrel of 159 liters) to $ 70 from $ 25, and oil price is cheaper from the price of 1-liter water. Hey, Romans listen to this! We came to the days that water was more expensive than oil. We go through the days that life can be a surprise until the last moment.  What can we say; first health, then goodness and beauty ...

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