The Importance of Wearing Mask
The Importance of Wearing Mask
COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 spreads through close contact
with an infected person. This virus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. The virus comes
out through the nose and mouth in droplets and if a healthy person inhales the droplets, he or she gets
affected too. So, it is very important to wear masks when we are outside or among unknown people. Masks
may prevent the virus from spreading easily in the air from an infected person and also it prevents a healthy
person from inhaling those contaminated droplets directly. Therefore, if a person feels sick, he must wear a
mask to protect others. At the same time, a healthy person should wear it too. To wear a mask properly, we
need to put the mast over our nose and mouth and then secure it under our chin and behind our ears or head.
We should make sure that we can breathe easily. We should not touch or adjust our mask frequently without
cleaning our hands. Also, we should avoid using a mask twice. However, wearing a mask may not ensure
complete safety, yet it slows down the spread of the virus significantly. Hence, people who do not wear masks
are at the risk of being easily infected by COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that
masks made of fabrics are more effective than surgical masks. Also, fabric masks are washable, reusable, and
more comfortable than other masks. Thus, wearing a mask can be one of the most effective ways of
preventing COVID-19.
The life of every animal on earth including humans is directly or indirectly related to trees. Trees have made
this land habitable, providing essential food for animals and above all maintaining the earth’s ecological and
climatic balance. And so there is no alternative to planting trees to preserve the natural balance. It is desirable
for any country to have at least 25 percent forest cover on its mainland. But compared to that, the amount of
forest land in Bangladesh is only 16 percent of the total area. Even in such a situation, we are often killing
trees indiscriminately from all around for no reason. In this we are moving towards an inevitable end. The
environment of Bangladesh has become a victim of pollution today. As a result, there is excessive rain or no
rain. Every year Bangladesh is devastated by flash floods, landslides and cyclones. The climate of this country
is gradually moving towards extremes. Maybe in the future Bangladesh will turn into a desert. And in the
absence of trees, it is not possible to stop the greenhouse effect. Ozone layer depletion and global warming
may lead to submergence of Bangladesh’s coastal areas if sea level rises. Plantation or development of tree
resources is therefore linked to our existence. For effective implementation of the goals and objectives of
forest expansion and forest conservation, public and private efforts are required. However, some of the duties
to be performed in this regard are – prevention of free and arbitrary clearing of forests, planting of new
saplings and their necessary
maintenance, enforcement of laws to prevent the cutting of immature trees, establishment of social forestry
in new areas, organization of tree fairs, etc. Only if the tree plantation campaign can be carried out with the
concerted efforts of all these, our land including Bangladesh will become habitable again.
In primitive times, people were totally dependent on the environment. But with the growing civilization,
people began to subjugate nature. Various discoveries of science and technology have given people happiness
and comfort. But the misuse of the technology discovered is polluting the environment day by day.
Environment is a collection of natural and unnatural elements around us. Water, soil, air etc. are important
elements of natural environment. If the desired quality of the elements of the environment is destroyed due
to natural or man-made causes, then the environment becomes unhealthy for humans or animals. This
unhealthy condition of the environment is called environmental pollution. The natural causes of
environmental pollution are storms, floods, tides, eruptions, earthquakes, etc. And the artificial or man-made
factors are – population growth, toxic chemicals in industries
Consumption, use of fossil fuels in industries and vehicles etc. Due to these reasons, the important elements
of the environment such as water, soil, air, etc. are constantly being polluted. Besides, the environment is also
polluted due to the use of pesticides, powdered soap, plastic, etc. Sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, carbon
monoxide, CFC etc. emitted from industries and vehicles are damaging the atmosphere. The conscious people
of the world are worried about the dire consequences of environmental pollution. Because the existence of
human civilization is threatened due to environmental pollution. Therefore, conscious people of the world
have woken up to protect the environment; Many environmental organizations are developing. In the united
efforts of these organizations, the international community gathers in various environmental conferences to
decide what to do to prevent environmental pollution. Like many other countries, the constitution of
Bangladesh has also included clauses related to environmental protection. But it is not possible to prevent
environmental pollution without making people at all levels aware about the environment.
Illiteracy means complete inability to read and write. This illiteracy is a social curse. It is the root of ignorance,
superstition and backwardness. Most people in Bangladesh are illiterate. 68% of the population is deprived of
minimum education despite compulsory primary education. Our national life is retarded and beset with
innumerable problems—problems created by illiteracy and superstitions. The poverty-stricken people
dishearten their children to take education rather they engage their children for craning. As our farmers are
illiterate, they cannot grow more production because they are unaware of the latest technical instrument. Not
only in agriculture but also in mills, factories we cannot get proper output due to illiterate, non skilled
workers. In fact, it is responsible for poor health and bad sanitary condition.
Curse of Illiteracy
It is the spirit of education that can help to eradicate the curse of illiteracy. It is the duty of every Govt. to
remove illiteracy from the grass root level. At present education has been made compulsory up to primary
level. But lots of children can’t go to primary schools because they have to work for their families. Besides, a
large number of boys and girls are compelled to give up education after free primary level. So they forget very
soon what they have learnt.
There should be adequate arrangement for education. Night schools must be set up. In addition Radio and TV
can play a vital role in this regard. Students, teachers, youngmen, women and other responsible persons of the
society can do voluntary services to teach the illiterate people and can make them feel the importance of the
education.
In fine, illiteracy is a fundamental problem in our country. In order to give our development program a
permanent shape, there is no alternative to eradicating this problem as early as possible.