Video: Lessons from the isolated life because of Covid-19 of people around the world

On January 14, Daniel Ou Yang took a flight to Wuhan to eat Chinese New Year with his father and grandparents.That's what you do every year.The feeling of life in Wuhan was normal then: The Tet atmosphere filled the city and the restaurants were still packed.

By the evening of January 22, everyone stayed up late and went out to celebrate.But that night, the whole city was suddenly closed.

The next morning when he woke up, Daniel and his family noticed that the Chinese government had issued a blockade of Wuhan due to the outbreak of the new corona virus.They found it overwhelming on TV channels and social networks like WeChat and Weibo.

' It can be clearly seen, the whole thing is very serious and scary ,' Daniel said. ' But when we have to stay indoors, we simply keep things as comfortable and fun as possible, and try to be positive.'

While hiding at home with his family, Daniel spends most of his time relaxing, eating, drinking and playing mahjong.After about a week of boredom and with hours of free time, he came to TikTok.

Daniel

The video Daniel made while driving around the city showed empty streets and sidewalks, empty supermarket shelves and a pop song that quickly attracted more than a million views on Tiktok. .

That weekend, he made 2 more videos of his life under a blockade in Wuhan, giving viewers a look at the unprecedented measures the city is taking before the spread of new corona virus.

At that time, Daniel's videos became an information channel for people around the world to see the crisis in Wuhan firsthand - encouraging comments were sent from everywhere, along with that. were the prayers for Wuhan at that time considered the mind of translation.

But nearly two months later, these same videos became a warning of what could happen to the rest of the world.

TikTok accounts in China have continually filmed the blockade in the country for months - the content of these videos is now closer than ever when the corona virus has spread around the world. bridges, and many cities have had to issue full-fledged or blockade orders.

Megan Monroe

This is Megan Monroe, an American citizen who came to Wuhan a few weeks before the outbreak of Covid-19 broke out to teach English.She started doing TikTok on the third day in the quarantine area.The videos capture Monroe shopping at the grocery store, working as a delivery volunteer or simply greeting the cats on the street.

All are very optimistic colors;Monroe told BuzzFeed: ' I just want people to know that it's not scary, and I'm a real person, I'm living here and I'm still living my life.'

Monroe and cats on Wuhan streets.

Both Daniel and Megan are still posting videos of their calmness, even though Wuhan has sealed off for two months and could still face a second wave of imported diseases, when overseas Chinese.

The videos are very similar to the way American teens are now recording their new lives: there are history classes through Zoom, little girls trying to learn complicated dance steps to get rid of boredom. bored, and sometimes struggles with siblings in the home.

A schoolboy shows how to cheat online at home. But do not follow.

As an Australian citizen, Daniel boarded an evacuation flight from Wuhan, took him to Australia's Christmas Island and continued to undergo forced isolation for two weeks (' No problem, we were resupplied with food. every day. I was with strangers, but we made friends and could communicate if we wore masks , "he said.

Now, he's back in Sydney, where the Covid-19 epidemic has just begun to sound like a national emergency.Daniel is preparing for another crisis.

' People are still gathering and having close contact with each other. They think the disease will leave them alone because only 100 people are infected here, '' he said. 'No one takes it seriously unless they are infected .'

Life in isolation days in Italy

Videos posted by social network users in many countries during the quarantine period are becoming a foreshadowing future for the rest of the world.In Italy and Spain, creative videos taken from balconies and apartment windows show people are having lots of rewarding activities when they are at home.

Some residents exercise, two neighbors play tennis balls through the window, they sing, even play DJ music for entertainment.The majority of people have adapted to their new lives.

Two neighbors playing table tennis through the window

In the US, experts have warned that the United States may have to go in an orbit similar to that of Italy, when the number of Covid-19 infections has surpassed government control and the health system.

This is why the most viral video from the beginning of the Covid-19 translation to date is a video of the Italian messages given to themselves 10 days ago.Posted on the A Thing By Youtube channel on March 15, so far, this video has received more than 8 million views in less than 10 days.

If you could go back 10 days, what do Italians want to say to themselves?

Italian filmmaker Olmo Parenti shared that he wanted to make such a video because he himself and many other Italians underestimated the disease.' We almost mocked a few people before, who believed that this problem was really serious ,' he said.

Now, Parenti's videos record Italian warnings for themselves (I know China is far away, but this virus spreads faster than you might think) as well as comforting words (You will live in moments when unity is pushed beyond imagination, just like yesterday when we were all out on the balcony and the whole neighborhood started singing. are all singing our own songs, but somehow we became one.)

Italians sang on the balcony.

Back in Australia, Daniel was not very worried about his family in China.' Everyone in Wuhan is doing really well. The blockade has not been lifted, societies have found a way to adapt to it - they have food and groceries, volunteers to help the community, 'he said.

' Right now, the situation is very safe, new cases are slowing down, so I think China will recover faster than people expected.'

The Covid-19 epidemic in China has been declining in recent weeks, and the country's tourism and business industries are slowly recovering, although analysts expect the process to be halted. because the global economy is stagnant again.

It may take a long time - months and even years - before things start to return to normal.The videos we have just seen above will survive as a testament to how the crisis of the corona virus has affected society around the world.