Live with masks

"Pay attention to your health"

"Remember to wear a mask when going out"

"Do you have enough masks?"

"Where can I buy masks?"

From WhatsApp to social media, the word "mask" is inseparable from the recent topic of conversation with friends.

I'm one of the lucky ones, and I don't have to stay up all night in line to buy a mask. Hong Kong people should never have thought that they would be reduced to such a situation, and they may not necessarily buy masks if they have money;

At the moment of the epidemic, Rich man does not have a mask, and he is also a poor guy at the moment.

As family members need to visit the hospital regularly for follow-up visits, my family often keeps a box of masks for backup and replenishes them in time. Before the Lunar New Year, paying attention to the Wuhan pneumonia reports circulating on the Internet reminded me of the large-scale epidemic of SARS 17 years ago. The same type of unknown pneumonia was the same. At first, China chose to maintain stability and conceal the epidemic, and missed the opportunity to prevent large-scale outbreaks of the virus from spreading. Timing, the result is out of control. Talking to my parents about my sense of crisis, my mother thought I was making a fuss at first. Later, my father and I bought the goods silently. Suddenly, small bags of masks appeared at home. The quantity seemed to be enough for us to use for a month. Later, I did not deliberately buy them.

After the new year, who would have expected that masks would become a "strategic material", and the global supply chain would not be able to make large-scale purchases in time for replenishment in China, as far as Turkey, the United States and Canada, and Nordic towns, and the masks were sold out, shocking the world. The whole world finally saw the amazing purchasing power of the Chinese market.

The most important resources of the epidemic are medical tools and medical staff, especially an unknown new virus. No one knows how long the epidemic will last, and it is not surprising that it has evolved into a protracted war. The experience of SARS tells me that it is the greatest help to take personal precautions, enhance resistance, reduce the pressure on front-line medical staff, avoid going to crowded places, and cut off the risk of infection.

Therefore, it is necessary to wear a mask when going out to protect yourself and others. However, the quantity was limited, and in the event of a shortage of incoming goods, we also decided to reduce going out and live without masks; my mother went out to buy necessities for two days instead, and everyone tried their best to complete all the things that needed to go out in one day, and buy the food for the family along the way. Need items, so as not to waste a trace of the guilt of using this mask.

I am used to working from home, but I am restricted from going out, which is still different from the feeling of voluntarily staying at home, which is a little depressing. I believe that this kind of life will continue for a while. That year, after SARS was almost over in April, the epidemic began to be relieved a little. Sitting and working with a computer for a long time is not good, but remind yourself to stretch your waist when you have time, do some physical exercises, relax by stretching, and maintain physical and mental health, so that you have the strength to resist the invasion of diseases.

We are also worried that the epidemic will continue for several months, the number of masks in our homes is obviously insufficient, and the attempts to purchase online overseas are not very successful. A friend contacted a foreign friend to help purchase masks before the Lunar New Year, and chose DHL express to come to Hong Kong. He thought success was in sight. How did he know that DHL used strategic materials as an excuse to transfer several boxes of masks to mainland China, and he wanted to cry but not tears; According to the news report in 2018, it turns out that SF Express has acquired the business of DHL's Greater China China, Hong Kong and Macau supply chain, and the mystery is solved! Friends who plan to seek foreign rescue, choose logistics and express companies carefully to avoid being intercepted by others.

The masks at home are shared, there is a shortage of supplies, and I cherish it. Every time I go out, I have to make a lot of calculations. It’s okay to get sick myself, but it’s a sin to hurt my family and let others in the community infect innocently. On the other hand, because of the restrictions of the epidemic, I can't do what I want to do, and I can't go out to support. It's really a bit depressing.

However, war requires fighting spirit. No matter how many storms there are, use willpower to keep your life tenaciously, and force yourself to live to see the enemy's fiasco with your own eyes. Remember that the victor is the one who survives in the end!

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