PANDEMICS AND PANIC

It is important to know that the society of humans is not only a web of invisible/intangible social connections and relationships but of tangible: which implies that we daily witness physical contacts and touches that although are universal, also vary in intensity of our relationships with the individual, group and setting where such social interactions take place. Also, the approach and styles of physical contact and cues in the social interaction process vary across various societies because of the issue of cultural differences.

Nevertheless, it has been noted over centuries that whenever a pandemic strikes (because of the capacity for wide coverage and ability to spread via social interactions) the issue of Panic which is a collective irrational fear-driven response to pandemics is usually the order of the day.

We most actually underestimate how powerful our social interactions and settings are until this disaster emerges and they spread within days of evolution like wildfire because of the power of social interaction, connections, contexts, and relationships. A vital cue for public control of such spread is to nip the bud from primary groups such as the family, peer groups and communities and the workplace. Awareness should be made effective at these levels and sanitization efforts should be built up from there, to cub the wide contacting and to tame the spread of this social problem called pandemics.

Another issue with pandemic and panic is the duo's ability to effect irrational behaviors which are products of fear and heightened fear in the Society. As people embrace and are ready to embrace the slightest of information on curative drugs and processes rumored for curing the pandemics without confirming the reliable nature of the source. It's a panic situation, so fear is given its field play in the society, but the right information from governmental health ministries and necessary precautionary measures are necessary tools to stop the cancerous effect of pandemics like the covid19 in our Society.

It's no doubt that our web of social relationships and interaction coupled with the context/environment in which they take place are as important as life, though we have often underestimated them.

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