Invisible deadly enemy waging World War 3 on every nation

LETTER: No-one could have envisaged a global power so insidious and relentless

WE ARE at war with an exported global pandemic. This invisible, but deadly enemy is waging World War Three on every nation; none spared. No-one could have envisaged a global power so insidious and relentless.

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World-wide, hundreds of thousands are its victims. Age, wealth or position are no guarantees of avoiding its threat. The weapons of its warfare are working undetected among us.

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Its unsuspecting soldiers are conscripted by exposure to its tentacles, which don’t discriminate. Playing right into its hands are the non-believers, who challenge and deny its very existence. They are then exposed, as we all are. Unbeknown to us all, the very dearest and nearest amongst us, may be its allies.

Hyundai Heavy Industries employees wait in lines to take tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a virus testing station in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 9, 2020, after seven people including company employees and their family members were confirmed as new coronavirus cases. - South Korea largely overcame an early coronavirus outbreak with extensive tracing and testing, but is now battling several outbreaks mostly linked to Protestant churches. (Photo by - / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

Prevention is virtually impossible, with our daily routines exposing us to its hidden reach through contact with others, environments and surfaces.

No government policies or politicians can guarantee our safety or security in this unprecedented time.

Our national economic and personal futures are indeterminate while it wages it attacks on the unsuspecting. To look with hope to a time when the world is COVID-free, is a bridge too far. Realistically, we will battle this enemy, while waiting for an antidote to its poison.

Meanwhile, life goes on, with more precautions and restrictions to our normal lives than we have ever envisaged. It is mentally challenging. It has taken the vulnerable, while the strong continue to fight the only way how: social distancing, masking and commonsense above and beyond the call.

E. Rowe, Marcoola

Eleanor Oakley, 4, (centre) with her parents Rob and Jacqui and 1 year old brother George. Young Eleanor Oakley who is receiving treatment for stage four high risk neuroblastoma, has returned from treatment in US. The family had to flee the US as coronavirus situation worsened and finish treatment in Melbourne. Picture: RICHARD JUPE

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