How many lives (of parents/elderly) are being lost during this COVID-19 pandemic?

How many lives (of parents/elderly) are being lost during this COVID-19 pandemic?

A person’s true colors become visible during a crisis. And especially during crises like the current COVID-19 one, these colors are being exhibited as if the whole spectrum of light wants to exhibit all its colors in one go. Everyone loves life. Who doesn’t love it? Also, everyone loves money, right? There is a saying in Kannada language — ‘Hana nodidre hena eddi koodtade!’ meaning if a dead body sees money, even it will get up and sit! Jokes apart, life and money are inextricably linked in this world of ours.

People behave one way until someone is alive and totally differently once the person passes away. But that is not the point of this article. I am wondering how many people are letting their elderly pass away due to several reasons. Like ill-perceived shame, fear of being taken away en masse to hospitals, etc.. In many countries, people are more worried about others and what others think about them than anything else. Is this really worth thinking about? But still people pay more attention to this.

And in this process, act as ‘passive’ euthanasia agents. Everyone in today’s world are aware of the symptoms of COVID-19. On the one hand, not every cold, cough, and fever result in COVID-19. But medical attention is an absolute sine qua non especially when dealing with the lives of the elderly among us. And some of the elderly might even…