OP-ED: Light up the darkness

If we are to learn something from this pandemic, it should be empathy and humanity
It seems like yesterday that a new virus had been found in China. It seems like yesterday we were all looking forward to a much-deserved break from our hectic schedules. While there were some early casualties, people didn’t seem to be much concerned about it. 

“It is just like the common flu, it will go away” or “the swine flu caused the same panic, and we’re alive, aren’t we?” were some of the things that crossed our minds during that time. But after thousands of deaths and millions of losses, I think it is safe to say that we were horridly wrong. Then again, when has the human race ever been spot on about anything? When has the human race ever made decisions ahead of time? All that we realize, we realize in retrospect. And when it comes to retrospect, well, it is already too late.