Is life big, or livelihood big?
Bangladesh, when the government first called on the public to maintain strict social distance across the country to control the coronavirus, a report of the first light (April 7) shook me. The news was that in some villages in Chandpur when some women coming for government donation were asked to stand without social distance, a woman said, 'Social distance? What is Heida again? We're here to take rice. Chaulda Paili Chilla Yamu. Don't be afraid of coroners. Take the leftovers first. '
The words of this woman resonate in my ears today as the city is being locked up city after city with social distance to prevent coronavirus, and millions of people are sitting idle at home. There is fear. Not so much for Corona, for more livelihood, for not having food in the house.
To cope with the panic that is sweeping all over the world, almost all countries are at the forefront of the measures they are taking, social or physical distance. In addition, areas where the virus is more prone to lockdown are being blocked so that people stay at home without moving around - unless there is an urgent task.
In eight states of the United States, such rules have somehow been introduced to control the virus. All shops, big malls, small businesses, all closed except emergency service companies. America's big cities, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco's streets are empty, devoid of energy, and it seems as if an invisible force has stalled cities. This is made possible with the awareness of the people, the efforts of the local administration and the efforts made with the terror. But despite this, the virus has spread to many places. Yet the hope is that health experts are watching, in many places, the virus is spreading less to comply with health and physical distance.
This is a virus prevention system. But city after city is blocked for months and businesses shut down after millions of people will be unemployed or pruned, what is the remedy? There is no indication that this blocked environment will end anytime soon. That is why the US government has passed billions of dollars and raised tens of millions of dollars to help the unemployed and business enterprises. Hopefully, the economy will not stumble at all. Yet it is only hope, the future will depend on how soon the epidemic comes under control and the economy turns around.
Sadly, the economic and social position of the United States and Bangladesh are not one. Today, in the United States, the efforts of government and non-government organizations to control coronas are not possible in Bangladesh. The main reason for this is that 3 percent of the people of Bangladesh depend on daily work for a living. Be it in the village or town, whether in farming, in a factory or in a vehicle. I left out the day's work or the homeless. Keeping the labor-intensive population blocked for a long time or instructing them to move while maintaining their physical distance is a difficult task. This is a warning for hunger pangs, on the other hand, a common misunderstanding of the virus.
In our country, the common people can learn about a disease from the visible symptoms or symptoms of the disease. Before spring, it appeared on the patient, and if cholera, it was immediately understood that he had symptoms of dengue or malaria. But this new disease is such that even if someone is infected, many will not have any symptoms (called non-symptoms), many will have few symptoms, which will not be tested by anyone until they see that they are infected with the virus. The result is that we have no choice but to educate this huge population on this virus extensively. But the two things we have to deal with when giving this education are the overall public health preparedness, testing arrangements and hospital readiness to prevent the virus. Along with this, there is a need for financial assistance for the unemployed on an emergency basis, relief from village to village and formulation of food projects for widespread work.
The government has announced funding for farming, clothing, and other industries. But the talk remains. How quickly this help will reach the real person or the real organization. How many bureaucratic or political problems do people have to face to get this help? And will this help ever come to a woman in Chandpur who does not look for social distances to get government grants, to whom the stomach appetite is more frightening than coronavirus? So they need a livelihood, because they also need to survive.
The government now faces a major challenge. Man has to be protected from this horrible virus, as well as his livelihood. Hopefully, we can do both.
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