Okay, wow.Ā
So first of all Iām studying abroad in Slovakia, and the Corona virus just arrived here last week or this week, Iām not sure. Basically Slovakia is one of the last countries in the Eastern Europe getting it if Iām not totally wrong.Ā
Okay so first of all; all elementary schools, high schools and universities are closed, it doesn't matter if its technical uni, or med uni or vet uni EVERYTHING is closed. Cultural events as theatre, opera, cinema, sports etc are cancelled until I don't know when (nobody knows when actually), but all this is cancelled for a reason!!Toilet paper, detergent and other things that lasts long are basically missing in the stores and people are going crazy.Ā
I have understood that the Corona virus is a life threatening virus in some cases and everything, but I have only now realized how dangerous this can be. Maybe not for us young, healthy people with a good immune response, but for the newborns and the older people or people withĀ āreducedā immunity.Ā
Our university as many others are closed as I mentioned, and they will probably remain closed for 14 more days. The flight tickets back to our home countries are really cheap, because the virus is basically everywhere and especially in the big cities to which most of us would fly to. I mean, we have no school, we could go home, and some of the foreign students are even going back home...
And this is where my point comes in:Ā
I have been making a lot of jokes about this epidemic (which btw has been announced to be a pandemic by WHO), jokes about how it will come and get us. Whenever somebody caught we were saying āgosh youāve got corona, back offā, and all that. Well sh*t just got real and itās not fun anymore. I live with my 80 years old grandmother who barley made it through the flue last year. if I would get this virus, the chances for me to recover are big, but there is a big chance that I will infect my grandmother too. She is 80 years old, she has different types of diseases and even diabetes. There are plenty of older people like my grandmother who can live for 10 maybe even 20 years longer if they don't get the virus. Not only that, there are also people in their 40ā²s - 50ā²s that got maybe a reduced immune system or even younger people as teenager with some types of diseases, cancer patients, whatever, you name it.Ā
My point is that, we have to stop being selfish, and thinkĀ āSchoolās closed, lets go home to Sweden/Norway/England/France/Spainā whatever country you're from. Why? Well because you as a 20-year old healthy human being, will most probably recover from this, but what about the people you got infected, that arenāt 20 years old, or that have some other medical problems? What about them? Should even more people die because of you wanting to visit your family? No. Thatās not fair. Itās not even fair against your family who can get infected because of you traveling. Just think about it twice, for you, and everyone else around you. Donāt be selfish. Be kind to each other and respect other people. I'm not traveling back home.Ā
Also, I donāt want to spread any kind of panic, I know most of the people recover. I just want people to realized things that I've realized.Ā
Ps; WASH YOUR HANDS MATE!Ā