{"id":813,"date":"2021-01-23T05:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T05:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kardan.edu.af\/?p=813"},"modified":"2021-01-23T05:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T05:41:43","slug":"813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kardan.edu.af\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MY LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Writer: Bilal Wardak English Department Alumni <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is changing\nlives, especially my life under the lockdown period. For me, the future feels\nvery uncertain as everyday life is on hold across the country. This devastating\npandemic is sent to remind us of the crucial lessons that we seem to have\nforgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID-19 epidemic has transformed life as\nwe know it. It continues to evolve rapidly in Afghanistan, as the number of\npositive tested cases exceeded more than 2,000. It has forced all the people to\nclose everything straight away and imposed a lockdown in the country and\nworldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am thankful; that I’m healthy and have\nenough space to quarantine myself. My life has been changed in many ways: I\nhave been working from home for some time now. Things have been changed much\nfor me as before I worked till late at night in the office. Luckily, I also got\na chance to spend some quality time with my family, which I could not look\nafter them before due to the heavy workload and busy schedule. I am currently\nbusy working on my blueprint, which should be strictly followed by me shortly\nafter the quarantine period. In the meantime, I helped my mother by preparing\nsome delicious foods. It has changed my family’s daily lives and the way we\ninteract; we cannot gather in public and engage in social distancing. We are\nconfined to our homes; schools are closed, and staying home is the only way to\nstop the virus right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a matter of fact, there is nothing new for\nus to stay at home, but this situation is different. How long is it going to\nlast? This situation hinders governance, holding back the peace process and\nundermining the response’s effectiveness to the unfolding pandemic. I am deeply\nconcerned about the people who live in an area with inadequate medical care. I\nlive in a war-torn country where the health system is on its knees; we even\ncan’t test people for the Coronavirus. The laboratory staff is not well-enough\ntrained to identify the virus. Most people are day laborers and have to work;\nthey have to earn money for their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas; many see the Coronavirus as a great\ndisaster, I prefer to see it as a “great corrector.” There is a\npurpose behind everything that happens, whether we perceive it as being good or\nbad. This pandemic caused me to have some review of my life. It reminded me\nthat we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, community, or how\nfamous we are; this disease treats us equally. We are all connected, and\nsomething that affects one person affects another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Briefly, it has forced me to keep aside my ego\nand think; what I can do to help others and reminded me to stay grateful. To be\nthankful for everything I have. How precious our health is, and we have to move\nto neglect it. How short is life and how to help each other, especially those\nwho are old and sick? How important are family and home life is and how much we\nhave ignored this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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