Our COVID experience will leave us with lots of memories….good and bad. With these are words and phrases that are associated with this fateful historical event. The mere mention of these words will remind us of the unprecedented global pandemic popularly known as pandemic COVID19 which the whole world had experienced.
This list is not exhaustive. I invite you to add to it on the comment section.
Novel Corona Virus
quarantine
isolation
social distancing
pandemic
frontliners
first responders
lockdown
flattening the curve
travel ban
stay at home
PPE
testing kits
ventilators
economic stimulus
CDC
Know your enemy.
The best way to combat the enemy is to know what it is and how it works.
Corona virus like all viruses is not even a live entity. It is a fatty protein. Unlike bacteria, viruses cannot be treated by antibiotics. ’Bio” means life… Our enemy is lifeless. But how does is proliferate, multiply and spread? How does it make the human body seriously sick and even causes death? How do we kill or destroy it?
Viruses are tiny (microscopic): the largest of them are the smallest of bacteria. This enemy is therefore invisible. Viruses consist of a protein coat and a core of genetic material, either RNA or DNA.
Unlike bacteria viruses can’t survive without a host. They can only reproduce by attaching themselves to cells. In most cases they reprogram the cell to make new viruses until the cell burst and die. In other cases they turn normal cells into malignant or cancerous cells.
Viruses cause disease, and they’re quite specific about the cells they attack. For example, certain viruses attack cells in the liver, respiratory system, or blood.
The person affected by corona virus or any infections for that matter, tries to fight through its immune system. Body’s responses like coughing, sneezing, fever are some of the immune system’s way to get rid of the virus. That’s why our immune system must be at its best. This is the reason why people who are elderly or have pre-existing conditions and whose immune systems are compromised are the usual casualties of the disease.
Your war strategy
From this knowledge we can formulate our plan/strategy to win the war. Because of it’s invisible characteristic, we now know that we must protect/defend ourselves rather than attack it.
Defense therefore is the best strategy!
This is why the authorities (government and health professionals) have imposed rules. If you analyze these rules, they are mostly defensive or protective. Let’s enumerate some of these:
Isolation and Lockdown: Schools, restaurants, churches, theaters, none essential businesses etc are temporarily closed. Many offices work remotely at homes.
Social distancing. The virus is easily transmitted. When a carrier sneezes or coughs, the virus lands on surfaces and even stays airborne for sometime. Social distancing is an effective way to control the viruses spread and transmission.
Travel bans
Stay at home
Proper frequent hand washing
Don’t touch your face
Use mask
Keeping at least 6 ft distance when in grocery, pharmacy
To be continued. If you have something to add or share. Please leave it on the comment section. I will include and acknowledge them in the next blog posts.
Be safe everyone. Remember… the strategy is to be defensive!!!!!!
myJOURNEY 
Having said all the Informations about the nature of the virus and how it spread and the defensive tactic on the war against our invincible ENEMY. I will say, for all people who believe in the superpower of our creator our GOD whi is also Invincible yet powerful. We PRAY. It’s time for us to STAY HOME WITH FAMILY and PRAY. Surrender everything to HIM in PRAYERS. Let our mother earth rest.
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