TECHNOLOGY AND PANDEMIC
Our world has witnessed a lot of crisis like flood,earthquake,droughts and so many other disasters.But the crisis which we are witnessing today has tremendously effected the mankind. The great pandemic has changed our lives to a big extend.In the present state of pandemic,we can regard technology as our greatest blessing.Our world would have shattered infront of this tiny virus,if there weren’t the advent of this modern technologies.We are moving forward with our lives,just because we are well supported with the social platforms.In the field of education,shopping,woking sector,industries and everything which deal in our daily lives mostly depend upon the modern technologies for their lives. Another important aspect of technology is that technology cannot prevent the pandemic, however, it can help to empower, spread, educate and warn the citizens and thus lessen the impact of the pandemic with the technology.During the pandemic, clear messaging to the public is critical to make sure they are informed and reminded to use appropriate precautions.Several groups are using the trending technologies like mobile, AI, ML and more , to provide visibility on the outbreak. In India,telecom operators Jio, BSNL, Airtel, and more, are using the caller tunes to spread awareness about the pandemic.
In case of pandemic management, big data analytics can help in quickly identifying infected people, connecting with them, track who they have come in contact with,and so on.Facial recognition technologies along with data can accurately identify people even if they are masked.Such technologies can help in monitoring movement and tracking of people who are quarantined.
As pandemics or other calamities keep threatening the business ,educational or other sectors,working from home ensures business continuity as well as facilitates social distancing. Remote working is a blessing that comes due to technology and is one of the greatest solution that helps us in social distancing.
Today the greatest risk of worldwide existence is pandemic,an enormous infectious virus which is killing a lot of people. So we came to the realization that this kind of threats will continue even more.We cannot accept this as our fate and sit simply. So with the technologies together,we can discover more and more things.We the people are not meant to sit free and surrender our talents infront of this virus.We will fight and thus we will achieve. The virus might kill our body, but not our minds and our endless talents. Let’s hope for the best..