COVID-19 and The Veterinarians

 

Veterinarian response to the COVID-19 Crisis

Accidental deaths are increasing day by day. “New diseases are originating from nowhere” this sentence is a disputed one. There are two groups of perceptions of which, no one can be neglected. One group of scientists believes that these diseases existed in old times as well but there was no technology to detect them. In other words, science has not prevailed that much. The other group claims that these diseases were not present in old ages it is the mutation, which is responsible for new strains of pathogens and hence diseases. They suggest that environmental change is also one of the factors in the origin of new disease.

            Nowadays the whole world is facing a disaster due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India, Italy, America, and Brazil are among the most affected countries. Only India has witnessed 330,000 new cases and 2000 deaths in just 24 hours once in April. Pakistan is also not the one safe from it, we are also witnessing a lot of new cases and deaths every day. People from every field of life responded to this pandemic differently. Most of the people have restricted themselves to homes and even stopped to go for work, job or office. Yet there exist some people who can't stay at homes which include doctors and veterinarians along with policemen.

Veterinarians responded to this pandemic even better than human doctors. On one hand, they perform their duty by visiting the farms in emergency cases, and on the other hand, most of them have arranged online consultations, free of cost for poor and anxious farmers. This arrangement has enhanced their respect not only in the hearts of poor people but also in society. They are also praised internationally for their act of showing humanity and concern about their field and wanderers.

                  Not many days ago, there was a trending post regarding veterinarians stated that "I can't stay at home because I am a veterinarian". This post visually has just a broad spectrum meaning of concern about the duty one has to perform, but going too narrow, it has carried a huge message in it. The writer wanted to make people admit that how important the veterinarian is for a country. The patients of a veterinarian have neither tongues to narrate their problems to the doctor, nor the hands like humans to express where they are feeling pain. This is the reason that a veterinarian can't stay at home. They have to visit the speechless animals. And they are visiting them, following proper Sops.

         The veterinarians put their every possible hand to make people aware of this lethal virus and the destruction it may cause. For this purpose, they used Infectious bronchitis in poultry as an example which is also caused by a different strain of coronavirus in birds. They demonstrated the dangerous effects of IB in poultry to the people just to spread awareness about COVID-19.

              The veterinarians played every possible role to put out the country of the crisis and cope with danger due to this pandemic. They are on the top list of researchers who seek a possible solution to the coronavirus.  This is the University of veterinary and animal science Pakistan's faculty, who researched for and prepared vaccines against the coronavirus for the first time in Pakistan.

           It is obvious from the above discussion that the veterinarians responded to the crisis due to coronavirus infection bravely, enthusiastically, and humbly. They are doing their duty without hesitation following proper Sops because they are field worriers and know how to make sure their safety not only in this pandemic but also in any other dangerous situations. And that is what is taught to them.