{"id":3306,"date":"2020-05-11T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:32:33","slug":"covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rashid Abdu, M.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Convid-19, a virus no one had seen, conquered the world, and brought the rich and paupers to their knees. All arsenals in the world: bombs, missiles, guns, chemicals, and even bows and arrows, became obsolete.\u00a0 The poor, the old, and the weak, perished, but the rich and strong, continue to create a new Darwinian world, when only the fittest survive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Churches closed, and so did the synagogues and mosques&#8211; and all the temples around the world remained empty.\u00a0\u00a0 The great open Muslim holiest mosque, in Mecca, with thousands milling around the Kaaba, \u00a0day and night, and more than a million during the annual pilgrimage, \u00a0asking for mercy, now is empty. \u00a0The Kaaba, standing in its center, draped in black, asking:\u00a0 Oh God, \u00a0why has thou \u00a0forsaken me?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Worshipers all over the world, drive, \u00a0\u00a0or walk around their locked-up sanctuaries, wondering when will all this be over.<\/p>\n<p>Streets, of otherwise busy cities, are empty, with few cars here and there, and no sound of airplanes.\u00a0 The sky is clean and blue, but few are out to see the beautiful sky and smell the clean air. Stores and restaurants, are closed, or boarded, except for occasional open window for the takeout meals.<\/p>\n<p>People wondering when will this end, if in fact, whether there is an end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The oracles of Delphi give vague predictions, and\u00a0 the sorcerers read the tea leaves, \u00a0as the fortune tellers\u00a0 look at their \u00a0crystal balls , give us false hopes, and \u00a0constantly change their predictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the wise men and women, and the scientists, \u00a0simply say: I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 And by knowing that they don\u2019t know, leaves their minds open, and \u00a0by using facts and numbers, they try to arrive at the truth \u00a0and find the answers. Socrates once said: \u201cI am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is I know nothing\u201d.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the Corona, with its crown of thorns, moves on, and the desperate \u00a0millions all around the world, cry for a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Universal God dictates that I keep a distance from other humans, and wear a mask, not so much for my own protection, but for protecting others from me, so that we both may live&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the essence of all religions. \u00a0So, let us all kneel at the altar of this Universal God, and pray for a new dawn, and a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rashid Abdu, M.D. Convid-19, a virus no one had seen, conquered the world, and brought the rich and paupers to their knees. 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