Humanity survived pandemics—we’ll defeat this one too
Empty boarding areas are seen at Louis Armstrong International Airport on May 15, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. PHOTO | CHRIS GRAYTHEN | GETTY IMAGES | AFP
The intractable conspiracy theories about our current global pandemic is that it is either man-made or if not, it is certainly being exploited by shady cabals and individuals to dominate or exterminate Africans or the rest of the world. The flavour and details of the conspiracies are really up to the theorists who put them out there and the believers who cling to them for some semblance of certainty in a world that has gone senseless.
Contrast those conspiracy theories with the much quieter, more beautiful and occasionally even humorous trend of showing pictures of how the environment is getting ‘better’ thanks to reduced human activity in countries that have instituted a lockdown. The best is possibly a photoshopped picture of a crocodile swimming in the Venetian canals that is captioned: Luxury Handbags have come back to their natural habitat.