Chinese students under the American epidemic: "I was abused on my way to school, so I quickly placed an order to buy a chilli spray when I returned home"
Author: Gong Yue
I have been studying in the United States for almost a year, and the most talked about with my classmates is the homework left by the professors, which is "Are we lonely?"
From the beginning of class last August to the end of February this year, I changed to an online class, and I spent a few months in school. Before long time to go out to play, began a long isolation at home.
Home online lessons.
In mid-January, the school is ready to start school after the winter vacation. Because I felt that jet lag was too troublesome, I did not return to China during the winter vacation. The second half of the winter vacation was the beginning of the new domestic pneumonia epidemic. My family and I saw on the Internet that domestic masks are difficult to buy, plus I am about to start school, and I decided to buy some masks in advance. Send it back to relatives in China. The masks in the United States were once cut off, and now the price is still double that of buying at that time. I ran three or four stores to buy six large boxes of N95 masks. Because most of the masks were cleaned, I left two boxes and sent the rest to China.
The day before school started, my classmates and I collectively wrote to the school's health center to reflect the severity of the new coronary pneumonia. It was just that the epidemic had not yet begun to spread in the United States. We received a unified response: "The school is paying close attention, please wash your hands more." After the school started, I insisted on wearing masks, and almost all Chinese students in the class were wearing masks. Because we have the first case here. The teachers did not care, and occasionally foreign students asked why we all wear masks. Even if they explained it, they didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem, and no one put on a mask the next day.
I was very anxious during that time. First, the domestic epidemic became more and more serious. Wuhan was already "closing the city", and I was very worried about my family in the country; and that I was in the United States because of the discrimination caused by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. , Causing me to be very uneasy to go to and from school by bus and wear a mask, but also to deal with the school's academic pressure.
Push information about the US epidemic on the phone.
Two days before the spring break, I experienced discrimination myself. I wore a mask on my way to school and was abused by a white male. As a result, I was uneasy all day, and I went home and quickly placed an order for a pepper spray. A few days later, because I was too nervous and anxious, I fainted and my family called an ambulance. But in the ambulance, I relieved some tension. The doctor did not directly go to the hospital, but checked it first, measured the temperature, and let me relax for a while before telling me that there was nothing wrong, that was too anxious, and I also talked about the situation in the American hospital. Soothe me for about half an hour and let me go home. Later, when I saw the news that American doctors voluntarily applied for rescue in the hardest hit area of New York, I would think of the doctors in the ambulance.
During the closure of the city, restaurants can only deliver food, and a Chinese restaurant delivers food.
It is March after the spring break, and the new coronary pneumonia epidemic has also begun to spread in the United States. The school reminded me of a few emails a day, and finally decided that all courses were online. The family's company has also changed to work from home. After experiencing an ambulance, I suddenly realized that nothing is more important than being alive. Although the United States did not have a city closed, I began to close myself. I did nothing at home. When I was online, I would be anxious again. Playing games.
In mid-March, my city was closed. The message was issued at noon that day, and it was sealed at night. I quickly went to the supermarket and wanted to buy some more. No matter whether it was a Chinese supermarket or an American supermarket, everything was wiped out. Even the trolleys in the supermarket are gone because there are too many people in the supermarket. I have never seen such a long queue at supermarket checkouts during Chinese New Year shopping. I didn't buy anything. I felt that this was also a kind of crowd gathering, so I went home.
The supermarket cash register has a transparent shutter. The picture shows a Vietnamese supermarket.
I stayed at home for a month, but I didn't eat anything before I came out. It is impossible to enter without a face mask in the supermarket. I saw a variety of face masks in the supermarket. I am glad that I have accumulated enough alcohol disinfectant and masks early.
But the most I think about is when the epidemic will end and when it will resume normal life. I sent masks to my family in February, domestic masks resumed production in April, and my family sent me a lot of them back.
I never thought "the sand of time falls on everyone is a mountain" is so real, my destiny is so closely connected with the times, and I am lucky, and I have not been crushed by this mountain.
The epidemic in the United States continues. I still think before going to bed every three to five, why am I not sick yet, am I actually sick? Before going to bed, I finally can only shout in my heart-hope for world peace.
(Source: China Overseas Chinese Network WeChat Public Account WeChat ID: qiaowangzhongguo)