As of today (20th Apr 2020) 2.4 million people are infected with Novel Corona Virus Covid-19 an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 165k people have died so far worldwide Of course this is really sad as so many people are dying and our modern medical science could not do much to prevent it even though it improved a lot in last few decades. Some good news is coming from some countries too as a flattening curve is happening there due to strict lock down and social distancing measures taken by the respective governments.
But don’t get afraid with these numbers. Compared to today’s world population (7.77 billion) these numbers are really small. Death rate due to covid-19 only .002% of it and total corona infection is only .03% of world population. Remember in the past many pandemics struck the world and some of them even wiped out 30% of the population. So don’t get panicked with the current happenings in the world. Since our generation is not used to these kinds of situations we feel that this is really bad. So don’t get afraid because fear is the main reason that helps pandemics to spread so fast because fear or stress suppress our immune system. So be cool and with a relaxed mind. It will pass soon.
Approximately 160k people die everyday worldwide due to many reasons – which is almost equal to covid-19 deaths in 3 months ! Heart diseases kill 9 million people every year. In India 30k people die every day on an average and covid-19 deaths happened in the last few weeks is very negligible compared to that. As per Chinese data mortality rate of covid-19 was .1 to .2 only in people below 70 years. That is almost equal to viral fever.
So this is not the end of the world and the world faced much much severe pandemics. Problem is the media are projecting only negative things. They are interested only in sensational news to get people glued to their screens. Do get trapped with such things because finally that is going to affect your own immune system and weaken your healing power.
Remember every news – good or bad is getting recorded in your subconscious mind and stored for future reference. When your brain wants to make a decision it refers to these data. So if there is too much negativity in it that is going to affect your health, future decisions, fight against diseases, overall mood, mental state and so many things. So don’t allow your subconscious to pile up too much negative data. Also when your mind is filled with negative thoughts and your body is filled with negative emotions it will release stress hormones and it activates the sympathetic nervous system and the first thing it does is suppress the immune system. In that case first priority is to come out from the stressed situation not healing.
So even if you’re perfectly healthy and have a very strong immune system but your mind is full of negative thoughts and you are not confident enough then it is easy for external pathogens like virus or bacteria to invade your body and take control of it. Our body has all mechanisms to fight against any foreign attacks but if we ourselves are not even confident then it will fail. So don’t get fooled with these media hypes and don’t follow covid-19 news too much. Instead watch relaxing movies, comedy shows, listen to inspirational speech or relaxing music.