New Normal

The New Normal should be progressive, secure and stable for the coexistence of man and
environment. There is no specific basis where the SARS-COV 2 originated however, a proximal study by
Kristian Andersen, co-authored by Andrew Rambaut concluded that the virus came from two possible
scenario, in one scenario, the virus evolved to its current pathogenic state through natural selection in a
non-human host and then jumped to humans. Humans contracted the virus after direct exposure with a
non-human host, with humans contracting corona virus from civets and camels. The researchers
suggested that the SAR-COV 2 came from bats since it is very similar to bat coronavirus. In the other
proposed scenario, a non-pathogenic version of the virus jumped from an animal host into humans and
then evolved to its current pathogenic state within the human population. This scenario suggests that
the virus could possibly have been transmitted to a human, either directly or through an intermediary
host. Andersen, K.G. et al. (2020). The researchers also claimed that If the SARS-CoV-2 entered humans
in its current pathogenic form from an animal source, it raises the probability of future outbreaks, as the
illness-causing strain of the virus could still be circulating in the animal population and might once again
jump into humans. The New Normal should surpass all the environmental risks since the proximal origin
of this virus concerns interaction of the environment and humans to prevent future outbreaks and
pandemics.

The Humans and the environment

What changes will there be in our relationship with the environment and nature?

Will our utilization of natural resources be impacted by this pandemic?

From the very beginning of civilization, human beings gradually started manipulating nature for its
own benefit. In order to satisfy the demand of increasing population industrialization and urbanization
became inevitable, and the obvious significance was proved to be detrimental to the global
environment. Further, environmental concerns include air pollution, water pollution, climate change,
ozone layer depletion, global warming, depletion of ground water level, change of biodiversity &
ecosystem, arsenic contamination and many more (Bremer et al., 2019; Coutts et al., 2010). From our
desires to manipulate nature for our own development, human beings started destroying nature in
numerous ways. As an inevitable consequence, environmental pollution has become a big issue of the
present day. (Chen, 2020) Changes like solidarity in making efforts to protect the environment such as
global ban on wildlife trade, afforestation and controlling global human population growth should be
implemented as a way of mitigating future pandemics related to the environment and humans.