many people. Fear makes them believe the myth and stops intelligent people from living with the truth. There is no doubt that the elderly and the sick must take precautions for some weeks or months until the virus subsides. But if one is healthy, one need not fear the virus. So even if we are infected, we will either be asymptomatic or pass over the symptoms of fever and cough in a few days.
Japan and Korea demonstrated courage and intelligence along with countries like Singapore and Hong Kong. Whatever method they used, whether they called it ‘mass testing’, ‘contact tracing’ and ‘isolation’, they did it with courage. Without courage, fear would never let them open up their bars and restaurants and let people live a normal life. Today, fear has gripped them too. Japan has declared a state of emergency and Singapore calls it a ‘circuit breaker’. Whatever be the name, it is pushing people back into their homes with fear.
Iceland has proved that F E A R is False Expectations Appearing Real. More than 50% of cases as per official sources are asymptomatic. This is what several tests confirm in Iceland. Though it has a small population of 3,50,000 it has tested a large part of its population. Out of 1700 people who have tested positive, 9 have died as of April 2020. I strongly believe that it is because they have overcome fear.