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The years are quiet, but they are broken by the virus.
In March, Yangchun, China ’s new crown pneumonia epidemic was brought under control. On March 20, Hubei newly confirmed cases were zero for two consecutive days. The overseas epidemic situation is spreading. As of March 20, the cumulative number of diagnoses overseas has exceeded 159,000, and more than 20,000 cases have been added on that day.
Chinese people living overseas worry about their relatives in China more than a month ago, and now they have to face the life under the shadow of new coronary pneumonia. Netease Technology “Houchang Village No. 7” talks about the Chinese living in the United States, Italy, France and other countries, different anti-epidemic stories, and common aspirations.
New York, USA: She was frightened when she went to the hospital
Four months later, Li Tian ’s second child will be born in New York.
The day before, Li Tian went to New York’s largest hospital NYP (New York Presbyterian Hospital) for a medical check-up. She found that the huge hospital, except for her, had few people wearing masks.
▲ New York Presbyterian Hospital, NYP (New York Presbyterian Hospital), the largest hospital in New York, accepts patients with new coronary pneumonia
“Medical staff must be infected in large numbers.” After leaving the hospitalLi Tian was shocked and made such a judgment.
Tian Li told NetEase’s “Houchang Village No. 7” reporter that she had talked with an obstetrician and gynecologist at the time and found that the doctor was not worried at all. “He feels that there is no evidence to prove that pregnant women are a high-risk group. Besides, You will not die if you have this disease (new coronary pneumonia).
Real-time data from Johns Hopkins University shows that on March 20, more than 7,000 patients were diagnosed with New Crown Pneumonia in New York State, making it the state with the worst outbreak in the United States.
Li Tian and her husband both work in a laboratory affiliated with Columbia University, located on the busy and crowded island of Manhattan, New York.
Early in March, Li Tian’s New York Presbyterian Hospital sent an e-mail to all laboratories of Columbia University, hoping to get mask support. This hospital ranks first in New York and fifth in the United States in terms of medical level and medical scale.
The couple Li Tian, a doctor and a postdoc, have been in the United States for 7 years. They did not expect that they were still worried about their relatives in Hubei a month ago, but they were caught in a “deep water” in New York one month later. .
On January 22 this year, Li Tian ’s husband ’s uncle returned to Xiaogan ’s house in front of Wuhan ’s closure of the city, infecting four people in the family, and one died.
During the Spring Festival, Li Tian and her husband were worried about their families in China. They called their families every day to ask how they were doing. Their feeling is, “This disease is like playing a game and being directly killed by the regiment. One person is infected and everyone in the family is infected.”
When Li Tian told the American doctor that his relatives far away in China died of pneumonia, the doctor just asked her if the patient was an elderly person or had a basic disease. The doctor told her that the disease, like the flu in the United States, was not a big deal. “Everyone has the flu.”
Li Tian understands that in the perception of American doctors and even the majority of the public, new crown pneumonia only causes greater harm to the elderly or those with basic diseases, and there is no risk of death to young people. Even if you get sick, just take some medicine and take a rest at home to recover.
A few days ago, the Li Tian family went to Costco to stock up and found that the supermarket was crowded. Another phenomenon is that the United States, including New York, is also closing schools and public places on a large scale. “Americans are already crazy. Where we live, one to two hundred cases rise every day, who is not afraid.”
Li Tian’s residence is located in New Jersey, far from the cityThe hustle and bustle is not as dense as the population density of New York, and all the neighbors are familiar. Except for going to the supermarket, it will not contact too many people. This situation makes Li Tian relatively solid. But Li Tian is also worried that there may be turmoil in American society under the epidemic.
▲ Empty shelves in New York supermarket
“As long as you do not go out, you will not be infected, but the premise is that there will be no riots. For example, in New York, there are more unemployed travellers and more guns. If you live in a more chaotic community, then May be dangerous. “
From New Jersey to Manhattan, it is just across the river and less than ten kilometers away. Li Tian once tried to walk to work, and the whole journey took more than an hour.
This is really hard for her six months pregnant. Li Tian could only wear a mask and went on the school bus.
Li Tian found that fewer and fewer people are taking the school bus recently, and they are often dissatisfied. However, only Chinese people wear masks. Americans still talk on the school bus and spit. Based on this perception, one of Li Tian’s instincts is, “The United States is not a place to prevent problems before they occur.”
Hao Yun, a public visiting doctor working in the laboratory next door to Li Tian, quickly abandoned his decision to return to China after experiencing more complicated psychological struggles.
Half months ago, “New York fell, and the second case was in the hospital opposite our laboratory.” The news circulated in Hao Yun’s WeChat group, which made her a little alarmed.
Then she was even more disturbed by the fact that everyone around her was talking, but neither the nurses nor the doctors who treated patients with new coronary pneumonia were wearing masks.
Four months later, Hao Yun’s study program will expire, and the sudden outbreak has disrupted her plan. She followed the development of the New York epidemic daily, and when she saw the number of new patients reached 100, she decisively booked the plane tickets. She feels that the size and density of New York’s population is too close to China’s Wuhan.
At present, tens of thousands of tickets have been purchased for a flight back to China, and those who cannot book a ticket have spent more than 100,000 packets of private jets to return to China. Hao Yun was very fortunate to have only spent more than 4,000 yuan and booked a flight ticket back to Beijing on March 21. In the end, I was told that because international students are not allowed to return to China before the project is terminated. If you want to return home earlier, you must obtain the consent of the American school, the domestic school, and the China Scholarship Council.
After contacting the Chinese Consulate General in New York, Hao Yun worried that she is now flying back to China. If the United States cannot lift the ban on foreigners who have visited mainland China before the project expires, she will not be able to enter the country. Will face up to hundreds of thousands of project default compensation.
Unfortunately, Hao Yun had no choice but to refund his 4,000 yuan ticket and stay in New York.
Fortunately, Columbia University has released an email to close all laboratories. Hao Yun has no need to go to the laboratory since Thursday. Her heart is a little more stable. But the dilemma she faces now is: there are only three or four masks left, and wearing masks to go out to store grain is worried about being beaten by nearby black people.
▲ New York Avenue in the epidemic
Hao Yun said that even though most public places in New York are closed, there are still many people on the street, and they are not wearing masks. “They really think it’s just the same as flu.”
Like Hao Yun, Li Tian didn’t think about returning home, but in addition to the inconvenience of dragging her home, she also worried that everyone would run to China in a hurry, and whether there would be infections on the way home, “Yes. A person may be sick. As soon as a plane sits for more than ten hours, it is more contagious in confined spaces. I think it is safer to stay in the United States. “
Although Li Tian was dissatisfied with the torture and slow response shown by the US government, she also had a hint of optimism in her heart, thinking that as long as all public places were closed, the infected people were infected. The weather is warming, and the public’s attention is also increasing. It will not be like China’s.The mortality rate is so high that the medical run may not occur in the United States.
Seattle & Silicon Valley: Hope the peaks come later and be gentle
On January 22, the first confirmed case of a new coronavirus infection in the United States was in the Seattle area where Bill is located. Knowing the news, he made three terrified expressions in the circle of friends.
But he found that Americans basically don’t take neonatal pneumonia seriously. On March 8th, the Seattle football game was held as usual, 30,000 fans poured into the stadium, and very few people wore masks.
Seattle, like New York, is now the hardest hit in the United States, with more than 1,000 patients diagnosed. It’s March and the number is refreshing every day.
▲ Dogs and their owners play in a park near The Spheres on the campus of Amazon’s headquarters. (GeekWire / Photo Kurt Schlosser)
Bill is from Anhui Province, China. He went to the United States in 2003 to study for a master’s degree in computer science, and later joined Microsoft, Amazon and other companies as software engineers. Later he founded AI Camp, an education and training startup for the AI field.
The epidemic has had a concrete impact on him and his company.
In previous years, from January, AI Camp will organize various offline training, AI related forums, etc. After the epidemic began, these meetings had to be announced to cancel, the cost of refunds, the cost of sponsors and so on are a big loss.
At the beginning of February, Bill still felt that New Coronary Pneumonia was okay, and he was busy preparing, discussing, and doing promotion activities all day, but on March 6,
France: “I want to enjoy my life”
“Human panic is the most scary.” Zhou Ran, who has lived in France for more than ten years, is a freelancer. She observes that Chinese female friends around her often quarrel with French boyfriends during this time. Because wearing a mask, “French people have not experienced this disease, many people are indifferent.”
The negative emotions of some Chinese friends around Zhou Ran are very serious. Some people think that “the epidemic is getting worse and worse, France has to become Italy”, and some people feel that “they can only wait to die in France.” He would say “If you want to die, let’s die together.”
▲ Eiffel Tower in the epidemic
She is still working normally. Her mother told her to give her tens of thousands of yuan and advised her to stay at home. Zhou Ran said, “I’m nervous to do this in France.”
Zhou Ran believes that France cannot sacrifice the economy because of the epidemic. “I cannot stay at home because of the epidemic. If I do this, I will probably lose that job.”
France has announced that schools across the country have been closed and some strict measures have been formulated to respond to the epidemic, but it is recommended that everyone not go out to work at home or wear a mask, etc. Zhou Ran believes that it is not in line with French national conditions and it is difficult achieve. She also does not think that the French government can control everyone. If it is too tough, there may be marches in French society.
According to Zhou Ran, the current propaganda direction of the French government is to wash hands frequently, and pharmacies’ hands-free hand sanitizers have been robbed of it. Unlike masks, the state has a limited price for these hand sanitizers, which can’t exceed 3 euros, and many shops have begun to teach everyone how to make hand sanitizers. Zhou Ran was also drying his own hand sanitizer in the circle of friends.
After learning about Italy, Zhou Ran also started wearing a mask, although