Sadhguru on Coronavirus Outbreak in China

Questioner: Namaskaram Sadhguru. Regarding the situation in China, and right now around the world, regarding the Corona virus, it has created a lot of tension in China. And also, like other countries, the Chinese have faced a lot of discrimination. Could you then give some advice to the Chinese about the current situation? Thank you. Sadhguru: Well, it is an unfortunate reality, but this happens too often. In 2003 there was SARS, in 2012 there was Mares. Now there is Corona, new names, but the same threat, largely coming from the same sources. So the people of China need to look at this: why does this happen to us again and again?

Well, right now there is a very serious flu. Nearly fifteen million Americans are infected, but people aren't as enthusiastic because it's not killing at the same rate. Very old people and children can die sometimes, but it's not about killing like that. The reason why this is killing like this, what I hear from people, I'm not a bacteria or virus scientist or anything like that, but from what I hear, because it's very new to the human system. The cause of this time and time again comes from other mammals, wild animals, which are unfortunately consumed as part of the diet in certain parts of China.

So these wild animals have certain things, viruses and bacteria, that we are not competent to handle. We all have this stuff, but our bodies are competent to handle most of it, but what's in these animals, we can't handle it because it's so new to our system, our system doesn't have the antibodies to deal with it. that. That said, this is a cultural issue that the people of China should consider in the long term. The Chinese government, as far as I can see, is handling this on a war footing. There's nothing else anyone can do, as far as I can see, when I look at the measures that are being taken, but they won't be able to contain it because people will move.

If I say, don't cough ugh ugh ugh, then people are like that. Then people will move, and they have already moved. It is expected that almost five million people from Wuhan may have traveled abroad. So where have they gone? Are you here? We do not know where they have gone or for what purposes. They may look perfectly healthy, but they may still be spreading it. That's the uniqueness of this thing. They won't be sick, they will look perfectly healthy, and they will still spread the virus. So there is some fear among people. Of course, videos are circulating showing how the manure falls dead right there, on the street.

That's why when you see a Chinese face, people get scared. This scaremongering will inevitably occur, but the Chinese must also understand that this is a delicate time. Don't misinterpret isolation as discrimination, please don't do that. Please, there is no discrimination, but if you are infected even in your own home, they isolate you, right? Just like that, Chinese people should take this with good cheer and not cough. But there are different ways to approach it. Some will handle it unpleasantly. Some will handle it in a good way, do we have this audio, hmm? Let me play you an audio, there are different ways to handle an infection.

So when calamities come our way, there are many ways to handle them. Let's handle this with grace. Oh. Something keeps coming. The virus will come, this will come, that will come, but how we handle it is up to us. So maybe we can handle this too, hopefully, but either way, let's do it with grace. If someone is infected, what he needs is definitely isolation but compassion, not discrimination, that's fine.