The covid-19 pandemic has been the lead antagonist since 2019 and the character is not ready to go off-screen but is rather drifting to the dark side that the audience calls the second wave. The scene is set in such a way that the protagonist is the citizens that underestimated the antagonist which led to the antagonist becoming more powerful and now is overpowering the population. Not only that, now we are joined by three new actors, who belong to the same family but have varying powers, the actors being: the Black Fungus, the White Fungus, and the Yellow Fungus.
Though we are still waiting for the second wave to subside, the unforeseen appearance of these three fungi has caused a state of panic in society. The panic is primarily caused due to the rapidly found cases of the three and next to the color. An expert said that the color of the fungus isn’t something that can be taken into account for the severity of the disease but the cause of the fungus and its effect on the body is what will be the deciding factor for the severity.
At present, there are more than 10,000 cases of black fungus and white fungus and a few of yellow fungus. All these have one symptom in common that is the discharge of black, yellow, and white color respectively. Black fungus reports cases of discharge from the nose, white being discharged from the nose as well as private parts, and yellow, till now, has only reported discharge from the nose.
One more confusion that the public has about these new antagonists is that they are different fungi but the truth is all of them belong to one kind that is Mucormycosis, to make the audience understand better, they have been given simplified names. The audience might wonder how these characters appear, are they newborns or are they on the planet from the initial days? Now to clear the air, all three have been there living with us for example the yellow fungus has been residing in reptiles while the white fungus also known as Aspergillus Flavus has been with us for a long time. The same goes for Black fungus but its outbreak is supposedly being caused by unchecked sugar levels during the Covid-19 treatment.
Another very popular query or rather an assumption that all three are being caused as an aftereffect of the covid treatment. The statement is true to some extent because as mentioned above the Black Fungus outbreak is happening due to the unchecked blood levels during the corona treatment but the same doesn’t go for the white and the yellow fungus. Both of them are different fungal infections and they might happen during the treatment but aren’t related directly to it.
Coming onto the most anticipated catechize from the audience would be how to prevent the three new antagonistic appearances. One common cause for any fungus to grow is unsanitary conditions, so the first precaution should be living in a thoroughly sanitized environment. Moving onto black fungus, prevention could be through wearing masks, keeping all your sugar levels in check, and being aware of what all can cause the fungus aside from the Covid-19 treatment. Regarding white fungus, maintaining your immune system is one of the most important precautions. For yellow fungus, keeping the humidity levels in check, limiting steroids but not more than the required level for blood glucose, and maintaining distance from stale food.
So, in this play where we see the adversaries having the upper hand, the only way for the proponents to reach their goal which is to eliminate the adversaries, they would need to be super attentive and take all the necessary precautions and not let loose for even a second as the only way to win this battle is being armed with masks and good immune systems.