Since the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis, I’ve been trying to be well informed to handle the new dynamics of this situation with the serenity it needs.
It is quite easy to keep myself calm when my beloved ones and I don’t belong to the vulnerable groups that are risking their lives at the moment.
Being part of an international and intergenerational workplace quickly helped me to be extremely careful about my role in this crisis. I would feel awful if I transmit the virus to those considered unprotected in this pandemic times.
If we remain selfish now, we can kill people. That seems to be a critical point of the crisis in Europe. How a continent where the most valuable element in the society appears to be its economic performance; that systematically excludes elderly people and ignores vulnerable minorities, like refugees, can promote a dramatical shift of people’s lives “only” to protect those in risk?
The Coronavirus crisis calls us for exercising empathy, solidarity, care and love to those who need. It’s time to show in practical ways the human values that we are continually preaching.