At the end of 2019, a deadly disease came to our attention. Starting in China, it quickly spread across the globe to almost every other country in the world. Coronavirus, as it is called, is highly infectious, spreading through the air and entering human bodies via the eyes, mouth and nose infecting at an alarming rate. It causes the disease Covid-19. Most humans recover from the infection but for some, it is fatal. On Wednesday, March 11th, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To stop health services being quickly overwhelmed by the weight of numbers of patients needing to be admitted to hospital (this virus spreads at an exponential rate) and in an attempt to reduce the huge numbers of predicted casualties, governments across the world make the difficult decision to force everybody to stay in their homes, self-isolating themselves from everyone else and thereby help to slow the transmission rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Work stops, streets empty and scenes never seen before become the norm. We witness panic buying of basic staples and a surge in online activity as we remain stuck in our houses, glued to the news, watching and waiting for signs that the infection is becoming under control as hundreds of thousands of people become infected and tens of thousands die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are living in unprecedented times as a chapter of human history we will never forget is written. The world we left to go into lockdown may be gone for good when we get out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lockdown<\/span>\n\nEarly 2020, Coronavirus came to our shores\nBringing with it times we\u2019ve never seen before\nPeople starting getting sick with symptoms like flu\nFriends, an invisible enemy, standing right next to you\nAs it spread, a pandemic it became\nEvery day lives changed, never the same\nGovernments forced us into our homes\nStockpiling madness picked shelves to the bone\nToilet rolls, pasta and every type of soap\nCrammed into trolleys and bags along with the hope\nThat by hiding away in self-isolation\nThere would be swift end to the decimation\nSo many lives lost as twice seen before\nCounting in zeroes \u2013 our Third World War\nHospitals fill, resources stretching to break\nAll doing our bit for everyone\u2019s sake\nFrom front line support to just staying inside\nTo slow the spread and turn back the tide\nIt\u2019s only three months, so many have died\nSo many more will \u2013 there\u2019s nowhere to hide\nFrom the fact that lockdown came too late\nCOVID-19 infecting at an alarming rate\nWe were not prepared, how long will we stay\nIn lockdown and fighting, surviving each day\nProtecting our loved ones and strangers alike\nWatching and hoping that today is the spike\nThat vital moment when we gain control\nDownward the numbers begin to roll\nTesting, more testing, a vaccine, immunity\nEvery day closer to once more being free\nNo longer closed off, instead closer than ever\nOnce more looking forward to a future together.\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the end of 2019, a deadly disease came to our attention. Starting in China, it quickly spread across the globe to almost every other country in the world. Coronavirus, as it is called, is highly infectious, spreading through the … Continue reading