It’s a very strange time to be in China right now.
There’s a new coronavirus (aka SARS 2.0) going around Wuhan. I’m not near there and they’ve shut down transit, but everyone’s still anticipating that it won’t take very long to spread since everyone is travelling for Lunar New Years. We were gonna go out to see the festivities but not now, obviously. It looks like no one else is either. Usually the road is filled with cars but now it’s empty. One of my boyfriend’s cousins sent us some N95 masks which is good because apparently the pharmacy is sold out. My boyfriend’s father does a lot of scientific research and has been reading all the latest articles on the virus – they’re publishing on this pretty quickly. My mom’s telling me to stock up on food in case we shouldn’t leave the house, and I got an email from the Beijing Consulate telling us precautions for the disease.
We will see how this unfolds.
