You can only buy 2 masks by lottery and with your ID card. If you put it in the past, it will definitely feel magical, but in China, which has been shrouded by the new crown pneumonia since late January 2020, this is the reality.
Recently, I watched two films related to infectious diseases, one is "Influenza" in South Korea in 2013, and the other is "Infectious Diseases" in the United States in 2011.
In both films, under the epidemic, there are official government concealments, the panic of ordinary citizens, and the selfish desires of eternal humanity.
Although the film has exaggerated elements in order to highlight the drama, some plots are indeed familiar with the present, and some can be regarded as popularizing knowledge for the audience. For example, in the face of infectious diseases, the first thing everyone should do is to isolate and avoid contact with other people. In "Infectious Diseases", because it takes 144 days to get vaccinated, the male protagonist's daughter will be confined at home for 144 days. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to insist on "safety first, stay at home and do not run around" and insist on "less going out, not visiting, less moving, and not gathering".
In addition, the use of sports venues to increase beds and alleviate the lack of hospital hardware facilities in "Infectious Diseases" is very similar to the current "fangcang shelter hospital"; the use of lottery to determine the order of vaccination is very similar to the lottery in some places now. Masks; profiteers use Yinqiao to spread rumors and cause the masses to loot, just like a research institute said that Shuanghuanglian can inhibit the virus, and the products related to Shuanghuanglian were robbed overnight.
Under the epidemic, there are people who sell fake masks, who spread rumors to create panic, and those who conceal the truth to spread the epidemic. In the same way, there are always those who fight bravely, take death as their home, regardless of reward, regardless of life or death.
The world is cruel, but I still believe in beauty.
Come on, Wuhan!
2020.2.10
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