Let me begin by introducing myself. I am the youngest among the Coronavirus brothers, and the third among those that can affect humans. My journey began at a central market in Wuhan, a city in China, where I was born. I first originated from obscenely graceful mammals known as bats, as the humans call them.
Well, being a virus, I like exploring different animals as human beings like travelling the globe. I had explored bats and was on my way to getting transferred to other animals. But these human beings, they came in between and got themselves in a trap. I didn't know that the Chinese devoured those animals, ultimately entering the human body. I never wanted this to happen but maybe this is what the humans desired.
I am confused — why do humans put themselves in a trap of death? Do they like dying? At least, I don't. Speaking of this, here's another fact that strikes my mind which the human world surely needs to know: what humans call 'infection' is a way of survival for me. The conditions which lead to the infection are necessary for my survival. Truly, despite knowing this fact, I still try to restrain myself from causing discomfort to the human body I enter. However, I am only able to control this for five to six days. Yes, you got it right. This is the reason why the symptoms are only visible after 5-6 days of infection.
After five to six days I am forced to start working in order to survive. I enter into the lining of the throat, airways, lungs and establish a virus factory there. This is where the destruction begins. I skew out a huge number of viruses that infect yet more cells. Right now, I am spreading like a deadly forest fire in all parts of the world, killing and decimating thousands of people. So much so, that I am myself left awe-struck by the degree of destruction I am causing. I used to be a teeny virus, and here I am, all grown up, spreading uncontrollably.
Let me remind you, the reason behind this too is the carelessness of humans. I only enter the human body through the air they breathe, if someone infected by me coughs nearby, or when humans carelessly touch a contaminated surface and then their own face. I know that the humans feel that I am their ultimate enemy today, which naturally I am. But I still have a bit of friendly advice for them — stop the carelessness!
The reason I am giving them this advice is because I am just a virus. I can only kill people and animals, gradually affecting nature, but they are the humans, the most 'intelligent' species of animals to have ever existed. Either outcome — destroying or saving nature — is in their hands, a resultant of their actions. I value nature to a great extent. If I was brainy enough, I would have even told the humans how to get rid of me and save themselves. However, I don't have the slightest worry about that, because I know humans will use their witty brains to fight and destroy me, like they have always done.
All I can wish is a big fat good luck to the earthlings!