Perception towards Humans Being Quarantined - Good For Nature?

Abstract

Aim:To evaluate and create awareness of the natural quarantine, changes that it has brought to earth among general public

Introduction:Quarantine is a limitation on the motion of individuals and products which are expected to halt the spread of disease or pests. COVID 19 outbreak has created a pandemic and lock down has been implemented by the government.  COVID 19 has a noticeable impact on global economic growth and human life, but it has an unexpected positive effect on nature.The current study gives statistics on people’s knowledge and awareness about the good side of the lockdown.

Our team has rich experience in research and we have collaborated with numerous authors over various topics in the past decade (Ariga et al., 2018; Basha, Ganapathy and Venugopalan, 2018; Hannah et al., 2018; Hussainy et al., 2018; Jeevanandan and Govindaraju, 2018; Kannan and Venugopalan, 2018; Kumar and Antony, 2018; Manohar and Sharma, 2018; Menon et al., 2018; Nandakumar and Nasim, 2018; Nandhini, Babu and Mohanraj, 2018; Ravinthar and Jayalakshmi, 2018; Seppan et al., 2018; Teja, Ramesh and Priya, 2018; Duraisamy et al., 2019; Gheena and Ezhilarasan, 2019; Hema Shree et al., 2019; Rajakeerthi and Ms, 2019; Rajendran et al., 2019; Sekar et al., 2019; Sharma et al., 2019; Siddique et al., 2019; Janani, Palanivelu and Sandhya, 2020; Johnson et al., 2020; Jose, Ajitha and Subbaiyan, 2020).

Material and method:An online study was conducted among the general population of Chennai using Google forms .The study was conducted in March-May 2020 .A total of 100 individuals attended the Survey consisting of 20 questions. The results were analysed using SPSS software and were depicted as pie charts.

Results and discussion :Most of the participants (80%) agreed that “humans being quarantined – boon for nature”. It appears, with things occurring around ,nature is returning back and flourishing.70% of them think lockdown is essential for containing the spread of the disease.69% thinks coexistence with other living creatures is possible and we can change everything.

Conclusion:The present study shows that people are very well aware about the quarantine and its benefits to humans as well as nature. Practicing quarantine and social distancing is the best that can be done in this situation.