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Emirates, Qatar, Lufthansa, British Airways, Etihad Airlines, Qantas, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, All Nippon, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Delta Airlines, KLM, Air France and the list goes on and on. In a nutshell, these are some of the leading airlines worldwide in reputation, and market share. Imagine all their planes parked and suddenly the airspace is quiet, no pollution caused by the rumbling of jet engines while landing or taking off, no signal lights flickering on the screens of air traffic controllers at the airports showing the position of each plane. A long pause it was, that happened, when Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid 19) reared up its ugly head. The silence was deafening, uncertainty filled the air, and it took time to figure out how to cope with the sudden emergence of a deadly airborne disease. Pilots, in-flight attendants, air traffic controllers, aeronautical engineers and all employees of indirectly related businesses to the airline industry wer...

To a normal Kenyan, Covid partly exists but its fangs are not deadly as portrayed because they believe its menacing nature is used as a conduit to siphon money. “To ensure the flow of international monetary help, the government has to keep up the high rate of infections to attract foreign attention which comes with financial goodies” an individual would lament. In the rural areas, sensitization and awareness are of the essence to help nip at the bud the blatant display of ignorance despite the narrative of corruption that has been passionately adopted. Overlooking this encourages a normal resident not to acknowledge the devastating effects of Covid, terming it as a political strategy to consolidate and squander money at the expense of the citizen. On the Southern part of Kenya lies a country by the name Tanzania. It is the biggest in terms of landmass in the East African Community (EAC). In the wake of Covid, the Tanzanian government took an orthodox approach in dealing with the ...

In Europe, the script was rather different, a case in reference, Sweden, which decided not to embark on lock-downs that were a feature in every country as a first measure for mitigating the spread of the virus. Herd immunity is what the government opted for, hoping to flatten the curve and build resistance amongst its populace. All European countries cast doubt on this expecting a staggering death toll as Sweden was presumed to favor the stability of its economy over its citizen's lives. Comparisons done with Britain who gravitated towards enforcing a lock-down revealed more or less the same number of infections and deaths. This was interesting and put to rest the argument of lock-downs being one of the most effective ways of managing its spread.  In Britain, the virus hit the core of the administration when Prime Minister Boris Johnson got infected and his life was seriously threatened. As he battled for his life in the ICU via oxygen ventilators, the country was facing a pr...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), is a condition that affects the respiratory system causing an individual to gasp for breath, leaving behind damaged lungs. SARS 1, was reported in the mid-2000s in the Asian region causing fear and panic. However, for the larger part of the world, the closest they came to the scourge was via the news as they tried to decipher what it was, while others gave it a cold shoulder.  A good number of individuals never felt the real impact of SARS 1, though it caused its fair share of damage in the epicenter and its environs. SARS 2, brought about vivid memories of its predecessor because of the similar nature of its occurrence. Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid 19), dubbed SARS 2, is like no other; how it elicited split opinions about its nature, how it started, and how it would be controlled, still is perturbing. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of coronavirus was its effect on politics and how it divided opinion amongst policymakers, creatin...