During the time of starting off on our electronic learning days and no-longer staying at college I figured it would be appropriate to touch on COVID-19 in the Middle East. What better thing to talk about than the countries we are currently addressing in class, and the thing that’s put us all studying at home stuck behind our screens all day.
A minor coincidence in speaking on this topic side by side with the corona virus is that Iran is one of the most widely hit countries by the virus with almost 16,000+ infections in the country. The Middle East is now one of the countries that is beginning to shut down. I for one am extremely curious as to how this is going to bode for a region that is generally encapsulated by war and politics is going to handle the entire process. While countries left and right begin to shut down and try to plateau this disease, this region of the world has a rather insane amount of people affected by the disease.
Now though not only is the country beginning to close down, even prayers are becoming cancelled, not just the closing of bars and restaurants. These prayers as well as even pilgrimages have been called off. An insane thing to see while the world is being ravaged by a new virus, while we in America seem most stuck on all these things that we don’t need such as the NBA. Some people can’t do the things that they feel their religion most calls them to do. Just something I think everyone should be thinking about.