2020 = the quiet year?
As early as January 2020 a strange virus was detected. Then it led to a low-key Chinese New Year followed by the lockdown of Wuhan city. After that, makeshift hospitals had to be built to treat the overwhelming number of patients that grew exponentially.
Suspected to have originated from the Wuhan animals market, the virus started spreading to neighbouring countries as travelers took advantage of the long holiday. An unfortunate preliminary outcome of the viral spread is the discrimination of the Chinese race, as random as it may be. Individuals of Chinese descent in Canada, Italy and Australia who have not been to China were treated with suspicion.
Now the infections have reached nearly 1.5 million, with the USA having the highest number. This is an illness that affect the old, more than the young... and does not discriminate the rich from the poor:, the UK Prime Minister is currently being treated in ICU; a Spanish princess was one of its earlier casualties. Many parts of the world are now in lockdown or have implemented some variation of a movement restriction order.
So, is it all doom and gloom?
Perhaps not, from the global perspective. The ozone layer is recovering, there is much less pollution now than before: many cities are having clear skies after many years of clouded haze, and the world has in fact become quieter.
Socially, families are now meeting each other more often than before, many are doing creative activities with the children, mommies and daddies try out their version of home-schooling to varying degrees of success, and online learning is on the boom. Personally I finally got my wish of working from home and a long holiday (yay!).
Hardship such as this brought out the best in people: food are being prepared for the homeless on a daily basis; volunteers are helping to stitch PPEs; donations poured in from various parts of society to be allocated to purchase ventilators and other medical equipment.
Governments are providing support for the people rendered jobless, and businesses which had to be closed during the movement restriction order. Citizens are cooperating with the stay-at-home order and finding their own ways to keep themselves or each other occupied, during this trying time.
One thing for sure, 2020 is likely to be a quiet year. Even if the medical cases are wiped out and once the medical team gets back to their normal rhythm (whatever 'normal' is in future), the people and businesses need time to recover, to gain equilibrium, and in some cases start over.
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Suspected to have originated from the Wuhan animals market, the virus started spreading to neighbouring countries as travelers took advantage of the long holiday. An unfortunate preliminary outcome of the viral spread is the discrimination of the Chinese race, as random as it may be. Individuals of Chinese descent in Canada, Italy and Australia who have not been to China were treated with suspicion.
Now the infections have reached nearly 1.5 million, with the USA having the highest number. This is an illness that affect the old, more than the young... and does not discriminate the rich from the poor:, the UK Prime Minister is currently being treated in ICU; a Spanish princess was one of its earlier casualties. Many parts of the world are now in lockdown or have implemented some variation of a movement restriction order.
So, is it all doom and gloom?
Perhaps not, from the global perspective. The ozone layer is recovering, there is much less pollution now than before: many cities are having clear skies after many years of clouded haze, and the world has in fact become quieter.
Socially, families are now meeting each other more often than before, many are doing creative activities with the children, mommies and daddies try out their version of home-schooling to varying degrees of success, and online learning is on the boom. Personally I finally got my wish of working from home and a long holiday (yay!).
Hardship such as this brought out the best in people: food are being prepared for the homeless on a daily basis; volunteers are helping to stitch PPEs; donations poured in from various parts of society to be allocated to purchase ventilators and other medical equipment.
Governments are providing support for the people rendered jobless, and businesses which had to be closed during the movement restriction order. Citizens are cooperating with the stay-at-home order and finding their own ways to keep themselves or each other occupied, during this trying time.
One thing for sure, 2020 is likely to be a quiet year. Even if the medical cases are wiped out and once the medical team gets back to their normal rhythm (whatever 'normal' is in future), the people and businesses need time to recover, to gain equilibrium, and in some cases start over.
💗
posted by elya at 12:33 am
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