It’s hard to ignore the fact that there is this coronavirus out there which affects the whole world. Even if you try to not follow the news at some point the appearance of the virus will come to you somehow by someone. The first thought when I heard of it around mid of january was
Just some hyped news, someone will find an antidote for it and then it will just disappear
Then I realized that I had flights to the Philippines and Japan at the end of february and mid of march, which made me think about it more and more if I should take these flights or not. The flight to the Philippines had a stop in Taipei, Taiwan and flights from Taiwan to Philippines got banned, so I needed to rebook my flight with a stop in a country which is not banned. During this time until today these kind of thoughts went through my mind:
- This outbreak shows me how helpless we humans can be even if many of us think we are the center of the universe
- It’s crazy how fast China can build a hospital in a short amount of time
- It shows me also how one topic can unite the people and let us work together globally to fight against something
- 18 months for a vaccine against the coronavirus feels like a long time
- The flu (influenza) in the U.S. alone has already caused an estimated 26 million illnesses, 250,000 hospitilizations and 14,000 deaths
- You should not make jokes about this topic in any way even if you are not directly affected by it