When Covid-19 quarantines and lockdowns stirred the hearts of tens of thousands of people worldwide to start writing letters to their long-lost friends, hoping that the one address they still have would somehow reach their recipients, as they reminisced the old good days of their friendship—when a pandemic refocuses their thoughts and priorities of what is really important in life.

When there have never been so many public queries worldwide on the coronavirus to the authorities, as millions of infected people seek direction and admission into hospitals, and millions of others dialed to inquire about unemployment benefits and corona assistance for folded-up businesses.

When dictators or rogue leaders use the pandemic crisis to crack down on political opponents, such as arresting or jailing them on the excuse that they hold public meetings that do not make mask-wearing mandatory or fail to practice social distancing.

When millions of women use the face mask as a substitute for no make-up days, and shy people use it to hide or retreat behind.

When the Diamond Princess at one time—on day nine after the 3,700-odd passengers and crew started their two-week quarantine—became the world’s hot spot, when it had more corona cases than every nation except China.

When smoking opens up the arteries, which could allegedly help to better fight the viruses in the body, with tobacco companies excited to fund any research that shows that nicotine in controlled amounts is a potential cure to the coronavirus.

When the closure of public toilets aimed at minimizing the spread of the coronavirus has a debilitating and degrading effect on people with medical conditions, homeless folks, and parents with young children.