Pandemic can bring people closer together

It has brought home some bitter realities and undeniable truths, writes Mohamed Saeed.

Iwould like to express my deepest condolences to the Netcare hospital group, families, friends and loved ones of the healthcare workers who died in a Netcare 911 air ambulance helicopter crash.

When a tragic incident happens, it touches and affects us all.

This tragedy, which occurred during a time of enormous anxiety due to the Covid-19 virus, makes each one of us to re-examine our strategies, desires, priorities and to think more carefully about what is essential in life.

Perhaps, from this tragedy and the current virus, comes a greater understanding of family, community, friends and religious bonds.

As the coronavirus pandemic rips across jobs, homes and places broad limitations on our lives, Covid-19 is fuelling some important life skills lessons, often accompanied by strong feelings and complex issues for many of us.

As a result of the uncertainty of the pandemic, we are experiencing stress, loss or grief at unprecedented and at different levels.

The pandemic has brought home some bitter realities and undeniable truths.

Together with safety precautions, we need to reach out to make social contact with people.

We must remember that Covid-19, not humans affected with the virus, is the enemy.

Nevertheless, “grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim,” to quote Vicki Harrison.