Opinion: COVID-19 Pandemic: Between Optimism and Denial, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
The way the pandemic and its fallouts have been handled so far, shows that life and death decisions in the political arena are part of the executive’s responsibility. Those who are supposed to rally the republic and be in a Churchillian mode are behaving as if this is a temporary thing that will abate in two weeks. Many are carrying on with so much ignorance and arrogance that the coronavirus infection simply won’t happen to them. We cannot be immune to the truth.
At times like this, optimism is crucial; it is good and justified but willful ignorance is not. Facts about this little known virus and its varied modes of attack suggest that we should be worried, even though the human brain has a natural tendency to be optimistic. Individually, this is an outbreak that is growing exponentially in a way that is difficult for us to comprehend how it might affect us.
One way or another, we are in this together. We must approach our collective survival, while not giving in to fear and despair, even as our hopes must be rooted in reality. Emerging out of this stronger should be common cause for all of us. The pains of this adversity will be felt by some more than others but we must be united in adversity and create the space for compassion.
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