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The Old man and the unseen tiny life form! Lives or Livelihood! I am one of the 170 million people living in a country known to be the eighth most populous country in the world, which accounts for 2.1% of the world's population. My country is an exceptionally densely populated one. It is therefore not unnatural that ‘lives or livelihood’ is the conflict that is now hunting our nation like other nations worldwide! The photo posted below of an old elderly Rickshaw-puller, who was out in the deserted street of the city of Dhaka where I live, to find a passenger for making a living every day during the recent enforced shutdown of the entire country! The picture depicts that earning a livelihood is more important to this elderly struggling Rickshaw-puller than the dreaded unseen tiny virus that can infect him even though he has covered himself in his bright orange protective gear! This unseen tiny lifeform has apparently failed to keep this elderly human confined in his house. He is out for making a living to feed himself and the members of his family. 
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THE VIRUS HAS TRIGGERED A WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC DISASTER AND BRINGS UP THE ISSUE OF THE USEFULLNESS OF THE SHUTDOWN. IF GOVERNMENTS HAD BEEN BETTER PREPARED, SUCH SEVERE MEASURES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AND HERE IN FRANCE TOTAL SHUTDOWN WILL NO LONGER BE AN OPTION.
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Like Santiago, the fisherman, this old elderly man in bright orange gear, knows too that he has to go out to make a living to financially support himself with.
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Absolutely true, Koffla. Thank you so much.
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THE VIRUS HAS TRIGGERED A WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC DISASTER AND BRINGS UP THE ISSUE OF THE USEFULLNESS OF THE SHUTDOWN. IF GOVERNMENTS HAD BEEN BETTER PREPARED, SUCH SEVERE MEASURES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AND HERE IN FRANCE TOTAL SHUTDOWN WILL NO LONGER BE AN OPTION.
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Just so sad how that poor man has to put himself in danger just to survive. Life can be so tough for some. Stay safe looklook.
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This virus has been devastating on that segment of the population who can least afford to financially weather this storm. 
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Just so sad how that poor man has to put himself in danger just to survive. Life can be so tough for some. Stay safe looklook.
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This virus has been devastating on that segment of the population who can least afford to financially weather this storm.
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Sweg, thank you so much for stopping by and for the thoughtful comment at above left on my blog page by you. Though this tiny invisible life form has not spared anyone, rich or poor, it has totally devastated the lifestyles of the daily wage earners throughout the world. As pointed out by someone anonymous, this “tiniest, primitive, invisible life form is now controlling the behavior of the most arrogant, powerful and evolved life form on earth!’ Take care. Be safe. Stay well, sewg
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What is most distressing in this whole affair is that there are so many people for whom there simply is no choice; they must risk dying from disease to avoid dying by starvation. This does not just apply to the novel coronavirus however as these same life or health choices are endemic to many areas of the world, the suffering of the people in these areas being incomprehensible to those who live in comparative luxury in the developed world. How little we would need to give up to ensure that many people in this predicament could be raised above such choices is something too many do not even comprehend. When we were in Delhi and Borneo it was clear that a few pounds (a few hundred Rupees ) could make such a difference to someone's life on a day to day basis. A few pounds that many would think nothing of wasting on a piece of total frippery every day. The price of a coffee at Starbucks being more than a daily wage in some areas is a sobering thought.
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What is most distressing in this whole affair is that there are so many people for whom there simply is no choice; they must risk dying from disease to avoid dying by starvation. This does not just apply to the novel coronavirus however as these same life or health choices are endemic to many areas of the world, the suffering of the people in these areas being incomprehensible to those who live in comparative luxury in the developed world. How little we would need to give up to ensure that many people in this predicament could be raised above such choices is something too many do not even comprehend. When we were in Delhi and Borneo it was clear that a few pounds (a few hundred Rupees ) could make such a difference to someone's life on a day to day basis. A few pounds that many would think nothing of wasting on a piece of total frippery every day. The price of a coffee at Starbucks being more than a daily wage in some areas is a sobering thought.
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