Open AccessCOVID19 - A Daredevil or A Blessing In Disguise
Author(s) -
Inayat Thaver,
Fouzia Naeem Effendi,
Fareeha Shahid
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of bahria university medical and dental college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9482
pISSN - 2220-7562
DOI - 10.51985/xgrf9897
Subject(s) - limelight , blessing , misinformation , pandemic , china , covid-19 , value (mathematics) , population , political science , mythology , development economics , economic growth , medicine , law , history , environmental health , economics , engineering , disease , archaeology , pathology , machine learning , classics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , electrical engineering
COVID19 starting as an epidemic last year (2019) fromWuhan, China got converted into a pandemic within monthswith its devastating ravages throughout the world. Thepandemic and its spread with its severity affected both poorand rich countries equally, which had a larger population.The measures taken by China, though, were initiallychallenged and even termed against the ‘human rights’ forthe complete lockdown but soon were adopted by manycountries. Suddenly, the need for ICUs and ventilators inthem jumped throughout the world 1, the value and demandfor doctors, especially the clinicians managing theemergencies was brought to the limelight ; all types ofborders within and between the countries were closed forany movements and above all the social media becameactive with all the myths, misinformation and warningsabout COVID19.