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Post COVID-19 Immunity

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COVID-19 taught us the value of proactive action against tiny things that can make widespread destruction across communities with different religious believes, tribal identities, and socio-political systems. This dawns upon us a new wisdom that will make us immune to a lot of other seemingly tiny ideas that can cause large scale destruction when there is large scale adoption. Therefore, next time we hear any of the following, pause and think: 1. My tribe is the most civilized, those in the other tribe are savages: COVID-19 exposed the inner generocity of all communities in different parts of the world ranging from cooking food for the vulnerable to volunteering in the respective health services. It also exposed how we behaved in supermarkets irrespective of tribe. It showed how much effort media had to take to teach us how to wash hands, and how to think about others even if we are not in a high risk group. Basically, none is more civilized than others, though there ...