Lock down: A social construct dictated by the virus
South Africa has been in lock down for over seven months now and we are currently at level 1. The virus continues to spread widely around the world and South Africa is also getting progressively worse in terms of the spread. In this level most activities have been permitted. These include exercising outdoors at all times, walking around the beach area, fast food restaurants have opened, the sale of clothing, alcohol, and general goods, as well as many other trading activities, social gatherings within limits have also been allowed. The shift to opening up most parts of the economy has given rise to more people being exposed and as such more people contracting the virus. Everyday we receive tons of information via the internet, social media platforms and newspapers, about the many cases of people getting the virus and ways in which they are suffering, together with families dealing with this pandemic. Funerals are heart breaking under normal circumstances, but with the virus, its b...