Watchdogs: Pandemic Similarities?

[Abdulsabur Aisha]

None but your family members can be trusted when faced with strange circumstances. The pandemic brought to the fore the instinct of humans in situations like that. I agree with you that the situations seem similar to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[NdegwaSalome]

I agree that this book's characters and their behaviour had some resemblances with the pandemic periods when everyone was so wary of each other and people only remained with their families for safety.

[Eva Nyaburi]

Yes, there is a similarity. Separation and safety by people are evident in both. People panic and think it is the end of the world.

[F N Chamomile]

You sum it up pretty well. The paranoia, the isolation, and even the separation in the book are very similar to the pandemic, which makes the story more relatable.

[Oluwatosin Balogun]

Yes! I agree that there are similarities between the happenings of this book and that of the pandemic. The clamour for safety, isolation, mistrust and even the emotions of the characters described made the situation relatable.

[Salah bourouba]

I don't see the exact similarities to the pandemic i do see human nature's reaction is always the same in the matters of survival or self preservation

[Lindzy Herbrand]

I agree with you that the feeling of general mistrust and isolation in the book has a similar feel to the social discord of the pandemic. I think that the human behavior and emotions displayed in the book seem understandable, perhaps because of our experience so far with the current pandemic.

[Stephen Ogunwale]

There are obvious cases of seclusion, isolation, and the likes in this book which mirrors the same turn of events that emanated from the advent of the pandemic. Similar indeed.

[owobanji]

Yes! I could totally relate this story to the pandemic and lockdown. We see everyone in the story forming and moving in their groups. We also notice the isolation, where people only want to be associated with their close relations. This is definitely what happened too with many of us during the pandemic.

Isolation, lockdown, separation, and all sort, I could not agree more. These similarities are too visible as people only trust their own group alone and are not ready to associate with others like in the pandemic

[Mildred Echesa]

Suspicion and mistrust filled the book and a lot of persons thought the other to be dangerous which was very similar to the covid 19 pandemic

[Alyssa Wakefield]

Not only do I feel that this relates to the pandemic, but I feel that it mirrors the division and isolation experienced across the world on the daily. This is of course magnified during the pandemic.

[Perfect Ojonugwa]

When you think about it, it creates an almost same situation. When I remember that merely turning up at a public location without your mask on could result in a reprimand, the mistrust hits home.

[Krista Kirby-Dempsey]

There were lots of similarities to the pandemic, but also to daily life. I think that the pandemic showed us just how cruel people are. It takes the worst circumstances to show our true colors and the treatment of others in the book and real-life are very similar.

[Glorious4]

I agree the book has similarities with pandemic because of the apocalypse, the mistrust and suspicion, the self-imposed isolation, the bias against those that had mutated due to the cure.

[Oluwapelumi Rachael]

I do agree with you. The segregation of groups felt very much like the isolation that happened during the pandemic. There was a lot of distrust and