The new coronavirus pandemic has impacted humans like never before in the history of mankind on earth, because it has affected the perspectives of personal choices and people’s personal likes and dislikes. Of course, wars, including world wars, have and have affected lives, but not as much as in the current protracted crisis. Thanks to warnings and preventive measures to stop the spread of the disease, most people have successfully specialized in saying no to so many things that they prefer to say a resounding yes. This contrasts sharply with the commonly observed phenomenon that people, however kind-hearted they may be for the most part, find it extremely difficult to say no, and “saying or meaning no” is considered by many social analysts to be a negative trait, barring extreme situations. serious in which a ‘no’ strictly means ‘no’ and must be respected by all interested parties or offenders. In view of the pandemic that still does not want to leave humanity alone, this specialized ‘no’ has assumed a tremendous and defining meaning over time.
How you wish things had been normal and your housekeeper started coming to your house, reducing the burden of housework for you and your spouse. Living at home continually necessitates more regular cleaning than in those days when most members would leave the house for work and other errands, and a super clean house would await the arrival of viewers with more enthusiasm and a little discontent too. . You would definitely like to be a help to your struggling and tired spouse in some way. But you will say no as you should.
How desperately you would like to break the monotony of staying at home or working from home and go out to indulge in your most common desires, like having a special cup of tea at the neighborhood store or a hot snack at your favorite meal. -Gather in the most frequented and cheap food lane, and meet your usual friends in the most familiar rest points. How desperately he would like to go out to dinner with his family drinking his beloved drink or shopping in the attractive malls that he always preferred as one of the weekend outings. But you will continue to say no as you should, regardless of whether those facilities have been allowed to operate or not yet.
Food and taxi aggregators continue to flood your inboxes with messages and requests for your action. You will be entered to order your favorite dishes that they are aware of due to your previous orders. You’ll also be signed up to sort out the wrinkles or at least help out drivers facing tough times. You’ll feel the urge to give in sometimes, when you’ll want to order food just to revive your spouse, at least temporarily, from the rigors of nonstop cooking or you’ll want to order a ride just for a change. But as usual, you will continue to delete the messages on sight and say no as you should.
How desperately you would like to invite your friends or relatives home for the usual gathering on the usual occasions or no occasions. How desperately you wish you could visit your favorite aunt or other relatives and friends to mingle and savor the delicious dishes for a change. However, you will say no again on their return home or on your way out with them. as you should
I would still say or mean no to all other considerate requirements that hotels, resorts or restaurants, train and flight booking agencies, local couriers, newspaper agents, laundry boys, salons, specialists in repair and installation, odd jobs guys and the like. You would also explode in great anger at the moment when there is talk of reopening schools and colleges, because you think, as you should, that the risks of sending your children there are still too high.
You would keep saying or wanting to say no because your life and the lives of the most beloved members of your family are the most important thing. You understand your responsibility and respect the instructions or advice continually distributed by all medical experts and governments.
However, the combined power of all the ‘We’s of all of you has been affecting the lives of all the stakeholders involved in doing business for your benefit: from local merchants and vendors to ever larger service providers. Many of them are closing shops or have already gone out of business, and many others face impending unemployment. Your livelihood depends entirely on your saying yes, as in the near past. This in no way implies that you are wrong or that you are not philanthropic; Of course, he must have done his bit by handing out subsidies to those most affected. You are right, because your life matters; they are also justly unlucky, because their livelihood matters, and without it their lives are at stake. This scenario is just one of the dead ends that are emerging from the ‘lives versus livelihoods’ debates engineered by the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
No doubt, not must always mean not. But in the current situation it is of crucial importance to turn some of the no’s into yes’s. Furthermore, from an economic point of view, the crucially important factor of creating demand in economies cannot be realized at all without the Yes of the vast majority of consumers. For this, the pandemic must be conquered by humanity as soon as possible. Humanity is the most powerful force on earth, and nothing is impossible for the combined power of humanity, if there is a strong will. One should never say no to hope.