Letters | Covid-19 is a wake-up call for humanity to come together as one

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Letters

Published: 7:15am, 5 Sep 2020

Why you can trust SCMP

Covid-19 should bring the self-realisation to all of humanity that we are one and indivisible. If one of us falls ill, we all eventually suffer. We must learn this spiritual lesson of life, instead of pointing fingers at one another for being disease carriers.

Covid-19 made the world fall ill. It has collapsed the felt surety of existence and the trust in our governments. For those of us who believe in the future and see it bright, we need to learn from Covid-19, and become more aware that there is always uncertainty in life, and that the inescapable fact of life is death.

I am so disheartened when I see leaders around the world point fingers at China and blame it for Covid-19. Why can we not realise that we need to become one world, one nation – and not punish and divide and aim to rule over others.

Covid-19 ends the illusion of every man for himself

Please devote some time and mind space to realise that Covid-19 is a wake-up call to start to see us all as one. This has been a global fight to eliminate a darkness of our age. We need to strengthen all of our ties with one another, and open the doors to acceptance of our failures and not give blame.

Rishi Teckchandani, Mid-Levels

Mosque tragedy showcased best and worst of humanity

An Australian mass murderer, whose name should never be mentioned again, has been sentenced to life in prison without hope of parole in New Zealand. His guilt was never in doubt, as he had live-streamed his murder of 51 people and the attempted murder of another 40, as he shot his way through two mosques in the city of Christchurch in March last year.

From this great tragedy came stories of heroics, as often does in times of need, but no matter what level of courage a person shows, there is no hope against an AR15 semi-automatic rifle at point-blank range, although these acts allowed others to escape to safety.

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Christchurch mosque attack survivor speaks about encounter with gunman

This time of sadness offered insights on the nature of humanity with the evil of one greatly overridden by the strength of faith of the families, many of whom showed not hatred but forgiveness at the sentencing.

Anger would be the expected response but so many were tempered by their better nature. What the murderer did not understand was that the differences between people is what makes the world a better place.

It is often said that tragedies bring people together, but why is it at so great a cost?

Dennis Fitzgerald, Melbourne

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