The Absurdity Of A Pandemic

“But what does it mean, the plague? It’s life, that’s all.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

Albert Camus wrote a great book called, The Plague. He narrates a story about a plague that hits the city of Oran, but mostly he describes the reactions of its citizens and, subtly, he portrays his philosophical standings on such an event, which can be summarized with this quote from the book:

“I have no idea what’s awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.”
― Albert Camus

The absurd

You see, Camus was an atheist. He did not believe in redemption or in god coming to save us. He coined the idea of the absurd. Again, I’ll quote him.

The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” “A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.” “The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” — Albert Camus

As if there were no answers from the world, as if there was no meaning. He did not believe that meaning was found in the bible or any other book. He believe that meaning could not be found anywhere, and this notion of the reality of…