Our Pandemic War

This war has lasted for one and a half years, but a very large number of people are not yet fully aware that we are at war. This was is too abstract for them.

For one and a half years the pandemic war has been haunting us. Instead of coming to an end, cases are undergoing a very dramatic escalation in July. At present, Indonesia is the epicenter of the pandemic. Almost every day, more than 50,000 fall victim to it. Reports of deaths repeatedly circulate on social media. Infection appears before the eyes of parents, children, relatives and friends.

It’s hard to deny that SARS-CoV-2 has performed faster and smarter maneuvers than scientists have. This virus seems to have shapeshifted into an angel of death harvesting our population on a daily basis. It is unclear whether there is any solution to this disease or whether it is part of blind fate. The pandemic war should be simpler than other wars. We are not fighting each other but we are battling our common enemy, which is the virus.