Covid 19 - The Modern Flood of Noah 2020

We are into the seventh month of pandemic living due to Covid 19, the Carona virus 2. The return to work protocols are now starting as Phase 3 arrives.  As we prepare to return to the workplace we brace for the second wave of infections to happen. This Carona ie SARS 2 virus known as Covid 19 was caused by the transmission to humans via a non dangerous bat virus from the reclusive Horseshoe Bat that lives in  remote dark and moist caves of China. The virus became known as the the Wuhan China virus as it was thought to be transmitted to humans in this city's wet market for exotic animals. This strange freak of nature has had a devastating effect on the world economy, and mental health of many people. 

The Wuhan Market cages and slaughters live animals in various cruel forms. Some animals are stacked on top of each other with feces and other excrement falling on each other. Other animals are slaughtered or tasered while alive. Health and animal cruelty rules are non existent. However, people are prepared to pay large amounts of money for supposed health and sexual performance received by consuming these rare and exotic animals and reptiles.  The virus made the jump from animals to humans in this market is the thesis. The Covid-19 virus has caused greater than  870,000 deaths as of September 3 2020 and shut down world travel and injured the economy of many sectors. 

 

 

Alternative distribution theories is that the virus was being studied in the Wuhan virology lab and it escaped due to poor safety protocols. The bat virus research initiated in the US but was transferred to China and was then funded by the US.  Concerns were raised about safety protocols in the Wuhan Virology Lab but they were not addressed and hence the breakout. Other theories is that the Chinese Communist Party withheld timely information on the dangers of Covid 19  allowing it to spread quickly around the globe and causing the catastrophe to the world population and public health institutions to weaken the US economy as Trump threatened retaliatory tariffs and to bring jobs back to America.  The flatten the curve message was sent to the world and humans were sent to their rooms, while the animals came out to play and the economy went into the tank. 

During this lock down, I have seen wild coyotes roaming ravine parking lots, beautiful white tailed deer in  ravines, and brown tailed wild rabbits by pathways. I have seen videos of bears breaking into cars and convenience stores in Revelstoke. The Himalayan mountains have become clear of pollution for the first time in 30 years to be viewable from to province of Punjab. These are all the good news for the environment and climate change concerns.

The mental health effects on humans is more troubling as a video showing the police slaying of George Floyd went viral and sent the world into chaos over the killing of a  person of color. The debate is on whether there was drugs involved or personal issues between the parties. The subsequent retaliation and protests led by Black Lives Matter opened up a new area of  tensions between the different social stratas. BLM protests became violent and  vandalize retail shops and then destroyed historical monuments. Was it a coincidence that people were socially isolated under pandemic duress and irritated and watching their computers for one violent video to spark an international uprising? Was this the pretext for the Antifa movement to destroy the Republican vote and attack private  property and instigate a systematic looting and destroying of retailers, synagogues and statues? 

One can argue that man is the meanest animal on the planet. The outburst of violence by the death of George Floyd shows what anger and hostility exists in people that are being isolated and removed from healthy social interaction. Like the flood of Noah, perhaps we needed this cleansing from the evils of our materialistic and environmental costly lives. Perhaps the Covid 19 Virus is the modern  flood of Noah required for us to reset our ways and establish new laws of peaceful coexistence  with each other and our animal cohabitants on the planet. 

I attach a graphic video about the dog meat industry Dog Meat Festival Yulin China 

We have given the planet some time to heal, which has caused trauma to the economy and the human condition. Perhaps we need to embrace the message received from this modern day Noah Flood, to return to healthy lifestyle between man, beast and planet earth.

God may have given us a time out to see how we can make a better world for the environment and each other. Use this time out to see what improvements you can make to help climate change, social respect, between man and beast.

The Adventure Guy