It's still out there

As people gather in crowds, they need to remember that the virus is lurking around in disguise.

Nearly two years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to shut our schools and keep our children at home, we are more or less back to the beginning. As schools reopen after the waning of the second wave of the pandemic, there are reports that teachers and pupils are being infected by the virus. As a result, some schools are being closed temporarily while others are asking the infected to stay at home while the schools continue to operate. As schools fail to conduct regular screening for the virus, there is no telling whether the virus is lying low at the moment or spreading surreptitiously only to explode in the coming weeks. What goes without saying is that the idea of precaution has taken a back seat these days. And that is a tell-tale sign of a possible disaster awaiting us yet again.