More than the coronavirus itself, the panic and the noise around it make me nervous.
For many, for some reason, it became news that there was something beyond our control in the world, the world of pink glasses collapsed, and the bubble of illusory security burst. Millennials for the company with buzzers and boomers went crazy and alternately dirty leggings with fear. For many, it came as a surprise that after visiting public places you need to wash your hands, often ventilate the premises, do the cleaning not only dry, but also wet ... Everything that for an ordinary person who did not hide from the outside world, was already known, for a frantic surprise and discovery. Remember how earlier in the Soviet canteen hung "Wash your hands" posters? And what has changed?
It seems to me that coronavirus is actually an indicator of general psychosis. Or its result.
Moreover, everyone follows each other: those who distributed fakes, made news on bright headlines, used an information guide for the sake of traffic or raised prices for popular online delivery services, already begin to believe in all of this. People barricade themselves at home and isolate themselves, strainingly recalling what you can do with yourself.
I heard yesterday in a coffee shop a conversation between two girlfriends who have not yet locked themselves at home - they say, "what is it that we have to do - not to go anywhere, not to see anything, and most importantly (that's the trouble with people), not to travel!"
The trouble is real, it’s just a tragedy - it’s necessary to be at home, take adequate precautions, engage in health prevention, exercise, do there, drink vitamins, take care of spending, play financial literacy, read books, communicate with loved ones, spend more time with children , think about the meaning of life, stop, stand still, live ... The trouble is misfortune.
But so far it has not dawned on everyone that you won’t affect anything in a panic, and if you change something, it’s self-awareness and your reaction to what is happening. You need to spend resources on something really important, and we are buying toilet paper. I also need a necessary. It really turns out that what we care about now is a reflection of ourselves. Do you like this reflection?
And tell me, dear darlings, before the appearance of the coronavirus there was, perhaps, a dangerous disease? There were no general infections? There were no open statistics - such as to read and be horrified? Or were they just not replicated? That was all, of course, but we preferred not to notice. Nothing “like” happened to us - neither to our loved ones, which means that nothing of the kind exists or exists, but somewhere out there, far away, for example, from “stupid Americans”.
Lord, why do we need this? There were tantrums about bitcoin, the spinner, and now the coronavirus.
Yes, half of the people do not even know the symptoms of the disease, and when they hear a sneeze or cough, they immediately shy away, as if with the appearance of the coronavirus the usual colds and flu were immediately gone.
This is another important topic - the remaining problems and illnesses have not disappeared, but all efforts have been thrown on only one topic, which, in essence, is nothing more than general insanity and hysteria. And let’s so, let’s say something else about something complex and important, for example, about HIV, about family violence, about unjustly convicted people, and about the same amendments to the Constitution ... By the way, there are those who believe that we are distracted by the coranivirus from something more important or, conversely, something else distract from the disease.
Well, if you do not want to be distracted, do not be distracted. Do not lose your mind, remain people.
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.