Experiences On Learning To Live With Corvid-19: Survival And Coping Mechanisms: Exploring The Ugandan Case

Abstract

Pandemics continue to evade and affect societies across the globe in social, political, and economic ways. The
unpredictable nature of pandemics deserves coping and survival mechanisms that are responsive to the pressure and
demands posed by such pandemics. The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential
occurred regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague, cholera, flu, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
have already afflicted humanity. The scale and unpredictability of this global event may bring up experiences of
uncertainty and danger, which can evoke feelings of shock, confusion, frustration, and worry. An analysis of the
aftermath as well as how societies can survive within and after such pandemics as they also get ready for the future,
given that the chances of re-occurrence are higher given the complicated nature of the pandemics.