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

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Pedestrians walk past a mural in the Central district of Hong Kong during a coronavirus disease outbreak in the city, on July 20. Photo: handout

Published: 7:15am, 5 Sep 2020Updated: 7:15am, 5 Sep 2020

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.

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

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