Bella Hill·2 days agoQuarantine BluesI feel like me and my mental health issues are two separate entities sharing the same occupant. There is an almost comfort in the sadness knowing that it used to course through my body like it was apart of my blood stream. I also want to say I am writing…Quarantine3 min read
RobinGu·2 days ago第一口呼吸第一次尝试直接在medium上进行写作，于我而言，也是一个新的开始。一个可以更自由，无保留表达自己内心想法的开始。一下子也不知道该怎么说，那就先从最近，哦不，几个月前的封城开始吧。 上海封城了那么久，大家的整体情绪从一开始的猜忌，到不安，到愤怒，再到麻木。随便刷刷视频号，就能看到有人徒步八小时为了返乡，有人风餐露宿睡桥洞，有人住电话亭，有餐馆老板被逼疯。当然，能活在视频号上的已经是非极端的案例了，更极端案例早已消失在404背后。 一个经济大都市，能搞成这样，肯定有多方面原因。有人说是有境外反华势力在捣鬼，我们应该坚决拥护国家政府；也有人说是有些领导为了表现讨好上级，所做出的不当决策；也有人说是有黑心商人为牟取暴利在暗中推动。我承认，这都是绕不过去的，也无法排除的理由，但是我想说的，最大的问题出在体制本身。体制是一个环境，是这个环境造就了这样的一种结果。 分别看看上述三个因素： 境外反华势力，我们姑且认为是真实存在的邪恶因素，这是体制外的。但是，他们要成功煽动民众的条件是什么？如果有人说你家人的坏话，你大概率是能够判断出他所描述的是否属实的，因为你对你家人足够了解。同样的，在当下这个封控下，我们可以看到身边无数的案例，个人权益被侵犯，被践踏，暴力执法，这些是活生生我们身边的例子，我们不需要境外势力来给我们传播，我们自己就会传播。然而，这样的传播也会被掐断于萌芽中，请问，这样的国家政府，我们怎么能做到坚决拥护？如果国家政府根本不尊重每一个人的个人权益，个人又如何能信任国家所做的决策。不惜一切代价的抗疫，是为了什么，是为了人民吗，牺牲了人民作为代价，还说是为了人民，不觉得有点荒谬么？Quarantine5 min read
Jatin Kumar·4 days agoWhen I Got Positive RT-PCR at Haneda AirportAfter a fulfilling business and personal trip to India, I was flying back from Delhi to Tokyo towards the end of the Golden week holidays. As required by the Japanese government, I took my RT PCR test in Delhi and uploaded the negative result along with the vaccine certificate and…Covid 195 min read
Jerry Grey·5 days agoChina’s Quarantine and Lockdown Procedures in Detail and Why Covid Dynamic Zero is ImportantI don’t think people outside of China realise this but if you enter China at the moment, here’s what happens to you and if you know someone living in China, here’s what’s happening to them. Obviously, some people will have experienced slightly different interpretations by different regional administrations but the…Covid9 min read
regan grace·4 days agoWhy Quarantine Was One Of The Best Parts Of My LifeQuarantine did not start well for me. Not at all. The world got turned on its head and I was caught up in it. There’s was no escaping, and life would never be the same when it was all over. I relapsed with my anxiety and OCD pretty bad. I…Quarantine4 min read
Mehdi & Nathan·4 days agoReminder of a Bygone TimeThere are times in life that are so peculiar that you forget about it within weeks of it happening. At least for me, that has been the case with COVID. …Community2 min read
Matheus Homrich·May 10Quarantine timeOh, it's been an overall blah, and meh! Try to unify work, university, and relaxing time all in one home(bedroom)… it's tough. I don't have an answer to this problem but I can share my experience which has been nothing more than a Bush Gardens roller-coaster ride. … (?) … …Quarantine1 min read
Jeffrey Cohen·May 8So I Finally Got COVIDWell, I had a good run. More than two years into the pandemic, I contracted coronavirus. But it took an unqualified Trump-appointed Federal judge striking down mask mandates, a new variant, and a school break filled with many activities. It’s not the first time that COVID-19 struck my family. Both…Covid 1912 min read
Wang Ting Ya·May 8確診早晚的事，但沒想到這麼快確診者日記 — 正當疫情在台北開始擴散時，總覺得它總有一天會來到。但，絕對不是現實中這麼快。 「Lucy 跟妳說一下，我確診了。」我室友傳訊息跟我說到，還在小組聚會的我有點嚇到，腦子跑過許多想法「妳有怎麼樣嗎？什麼時候的事？那接下來是？」，「妳算是我的親密接觸者，要隔離 3+4 天，我要隔離 10＋7天，我會準備消毒水……」 收到她通知的當下，我馬上察覺也許最近的喉 …中文8 min read
Brant Huddleston·May 6How an American Guy in his 60s Landed in Turkey, Ep. 5/5Episode Five: The Final Stretch In the last episode of “How I Landed in Turkey,” I had said goodbye to Fabi as she boarded the train for Spain, assuming our short-lived beach romance was over and that I would never see her again. “Just as well,” I thought to myself. I needed the complication of…Istanbul11 min read
