Pandemics and the Adaption of Social Perception in Cohabitation with Viruses

Denis Celcima and Lito Goga
UBT College

Abstract

Pandemics have become a common word among us and all we have to do is to adopt our lifestyle in contradict with our former lifespan. The famous expression “Life is a rat race” has already got its replacements of rats into bats, but that is not all. It is still a race but this case , is a race of patience, persistence in quarantine conditions due to physical and psychological viruses . There are a lot of questions that circles around us making visions for the future neither optimistic nor pessimistic ones. What is happening around the world and around us? Are we ready to face such major changes that we do not even know if they are called changes? However, one thing is for sure that our perceptions are undergoing into fundamental new ways of repairing their style or maybe ours or both. If the world is getting ready for the big leap in a totally unplanned future, so do our social perceptions react. The men have gone to the moon, explored space, has given thoughts about universe, have also ruined nature, polluted air but all these were included in the men’s social perceptions. Now it seems that our fears of the unknown have risen along with the fear of unplanned risen of the new upcoming perceptions. Key words: Pandemics; cohabitation ;social perceptions; quarantine; physical and psychological viruses.


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