Sanity in the Time of Corona....
Yes I know Corona is here. We are in a supposed lockdown. Schools are shut. Events and weddings cancelled. Cricket matches are being played in empty stadiums. Golf tournaments postponed. Restless kids at homes on ipads, sitting endlessly for days. International travel suspended. Borders closed. Inter-provincial border closure expected. A long list of Duas and Wazifas circulating. Like the infinite power of Suran Rahman that I listen to every dawn, for years. Yesterday I was passed a printed card by a hospital nurse. It said that it must be listened to, recited by a particular Qari, three times in the day, with your eyes closed and then phoonkofied on water and drunk from the right hand only, in three gulps.
This is an endless Lambhi Judai and exhausting list of instructions to save our sinful souls instructions and precautions like:
- Do the Corona self breath test by holding your breath for a slow count of ten and release of ten. If you cough (god forbid if your a smoker) get tested at the hospital.
- Don't keep your throat dry. It should be moist with warm water all the time.
- Keep 6 feet away from people!
- No hand shaking, just old-school Adaab.
- Kissing tou taubah taubah!
- Drink plenty of warm water with Haldi, Kalongi, Ginger and Garlic kava all day.
- Eat 6 Dates.
- Bath with Neem leaves.
- Stock up on all dry items. I have seen at least a dozen Armageddon shopping cart and empty aisle pics from around the world.
- Wash all fruits and vegetables with vinegar water.
- Corona only affects Non-Muslims as we are the most pious, wazu and namaz, fasting parhezgar, practicing community. God loves us more or ultimately that we are in His infinite, protection and mercy.
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- It only happens if you eat rats and snakes!
- Wear a regular face mask. You don't need a N95 This is being disputed as a viable protection. But the sales of masks are up (that is if you find them) along with hand sanitizers and hand washes so some companies are making a nice profit.
- The amount of bad jokes, cheap jokes, booze, beer references, sexual innuendoes and general insensitivities, whatever it takes to lighten the mood of what is hitting us and the world around us... Mera Corona Meri Marzi!...Karo-na..Karo-na..Wagirah Wagirah...
We are also not China that has the capacity to lock in millions, in a mass annihilation scheme.- We just don't have the resources and discipline of Iran.
- A popular conspiracy theory, going around, is that America has created the Corona Virus to target, China, Italy and Iran because they were getting out of hand in supporting and building the wretchedly precious CPEC, China-Pak Economic Corridor.
- Yesterday I went to the mall. Yes, very evil of me but majboori mein, to find it teaming with people of all ages shopping and eating without a worry in the world. But also with jhunds of Chinese people in masks with bodyguards going up and down the escalators! Go figure..
- My 12 year old said, 'Mom I saw the Chinese sitting here in the coffee shop a few days back. Please don't sit on those seats!"..Talk about Coronification!
- It is exhausting.. the sheer coronaparanoia, fear, instructions, precautions, crass jokes that have inundated us in a matter of months. Apparently mankind is hit by a fatal virus/ flu/ plague every hundred years that has to kill millions, for the earth to survive. I wonder what will happens to the birds and animals?.. They are not wearing any masks yet...I hope we do some serious soul searching and practically change our ways and start practicing some ancient wisdom.
- As suggested by some nurses on twitter and Drs, in the USA, Corona is of two types. One that is fatal and the other that is more infectious. Even Tom Hanks and his wife have not been spared and are stuck in Australia.
- Nurses on Twitter, recommend that as a precautionary foresight to, if you get it, "to treat it like a nasty flu bug, bronchitis or pneumonia". Buying over the counter flu and throat medication, or whatever is your choice of cough medicine. I highly recommend local medicines like Qarshi ka Johar Joshanda and Hamdard cough syrups like Toot Sayah and Suduri. Investing in a good humidifier or having a steam bath to open up your lungs in the bath is always a good pratice.
- It is also soothing and smart time to make your batch of soup and freeze it. To rest and hydrate.
- If you have asthma or a history of it, to make sure your inhaler is not expired and you have refills.
- It is also advised not to leave your house except to go see the doctor. No need to go clog up the ER unless, you have high fever, trouble breathing that is unmanaged with meds and requires oxygen treatments and IV fluids.
- If you have a pre-existing lung conditions (COPD, Emphysema or Lung cancer) it is time to talk to your doctor about what medical plan to make for you individually.
- It is also being quoted that, "90% of healthy adult cases have been managed at home through rest, hydration and medication. Also children cope better with the Corona virus and bounce back in a few days. No one under 18 has died, and no kids have required hospitalization unless they have lung disease."
- While all the above is exceddingly alarming, it is hard to sit back and simply be in a state of doom and gloom. I think there is always a silver lining behind every dark cloud. I just spent quality time doing meditation, breathing, reading, listening to music, talking with my children and playing Ludo and being in the sun all day. Maybe this virus will bring humanity closer and appreciate each other and be in a state of gratitude for all the infinite blessings we do have and save ourselves, our children and our beautiful mother earth.
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