Open AccessA Comparative Study on the Effect Of Covid-19 And Spanish Flu In India – Lessons To Learn From The Past
Author(s) -
Tashlin Lakhani,
Milind Kulkarni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cardiometry
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.18137/cardiometry.2021.19.5967
Subject(s) - pandemic , social distance , covid-19 , confusion , isolation (microbiology) , outbreak , social isolation , plague (disease) , business , economic growth , political science , psychology , development economics , public relations , geography , medicine , virology , economics , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychoanalysis , microbiology and biotechnology , psychotherapist , biology
The present era that we are living in is experiencing a globalcrisis due to a pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, whichhas affected millions around the world. The pandemic crisishas not only affected the physical forms of life but has alsobrought about a drastic change in the previously followedeconomic and social patterns. At present, there are somenorms that we are obliged to follow such as self-isolation,social distancing and restriction of several activities whichhas created a lot of confusion resulting in a huge hit on thesocioeconomic scenarios. The COVID-19 pandemic has notonly brought about fears in the life of the individuals buthas also created a panic due to which there has been an increasingdemand for medicine and consumable products asindividuals have resorted to stockpiling medical supplies andconsumer products, resulting in a huge socio-economic disparity‘with some getting all while the others get none.’. Theglobal scenarios and the symptoms of the COVID-19 havepaved a way for a comparison of the COVID-19 pandemicwith the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. Several undertakingsare trying to implement strategies and successive methodsthat were learned in the past to restore normalcy in the socioeconomicconditions by providing individuals with variousforms of information to create awareness about COVID-19and to encourage the implementation of precautionarymethods for the same. This paper will help the readers tounderstand the similarities between the effects of COVID-19and the Spanish flu on India and will suggest the precautionarymeasures that must be taken to tackle the globalpandemically induced mishap.