Diary of the Tucson lockdown (1)

Our special reporter Huiming Today is the first day of the Tucson lockdown in the United States. I originally thought that it would be impossible to lock down the city where I live. Here...

Our special reporter Huiming

Today is the first day of the TUCSON lockdown in the United States.

I originally thought that it would be impossible to lock down the city where I live. The temperature here is dry and hot. Although there are a few cold days in winter, the temperature ranges from 75 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (18-40 degrees Celsius) from March and April until the end of October, with extremes reaching 115 degrees. Cold viruses have a hard time hiding here. But somehow this year, in this city that is most suitable for the elderly, the new coronavirus took advantage of the situation and made this quiet and peaceful city uneasy. The infection rate of the new coronavirus is close to that of New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle, ranking among the highest in the United States. The governors and mayors of the state are in a hurry. Like the president, they are gradually closing the city. Today, except for supermarkets and pharmacies, all businesses must be closed.

Are Americans so good? I highly doubt it.

The mountains are still spectacular, but the busy roads of the past are indeed gone. They look like roads at Christmas, with very little traffic. I thought there must be police blocking the intersection, but I was disappointed to find there were fewer police than usual today. This creates a guy who likes drag racing, that guy with tattoos on his arms, who will shock you by stepping on the accelerator and hitting 70 or 80 yards on the 40-yard road. There were no cars in the parking lot, and the usual etiquette of nodding and saying hello to each other between strangers was dispensed with.

Only the Amazon parking lot is still bustling with people.

The sun is so bright and the white clouds are so romantic, but the young Americans who like morning exercises are gone. There are only a few elderly people sitting on walking chairs and walking slowly on the path. Normally all cars would give way to her, but not today.

As we all know, there are 1,413 confirmed virus patients in the state today. This is nothing like the winter paradise of Tucson! This virus is really like an invisible ghost, invisible and colorless, coming and going without a trace. It hits you hard and you don't even know why.

There are posts like this everywhere in the company, like spells posted by wizards, as if the more posts they post, the more scared the virus will be. But the office workers were really scared. The poor man even suppressed his famous saying of "preventing viruses, preventing epidemics, and preventing colleagues." Every time he saw someone, it was like Lao Du's "old man walking over the wall" scene.

But even so, you still cannot wear a mask, even if your hands are washed like chicken feet. Because once you wear a mask, you are surrendering yourself as a virus carrier. Especially today, the theory of asymptomatic carriers is popular on the Internet. Wearing a mask is still not acceptable to the public, unless you are very big-hearted and don't care about other people's squints. This is also related to the United States' advocating individual heroism. Everyone thinks that they can deal with the virus with a few tendons. But today, more than 4,000 people have lost their lives, far more than the number of people who died in the Pearl Harbor attack and the 9/11 attacks. I really hope we don’t wait until a tragedy happens before lamenting the fragility of life! Wear a mask. I was very moved when I heard a recording of a five-year-old child calling to save his father. It feels like parents now have a heavier task in educating their children. I quickly simulated being sick when I got home, lying on the ground holding my breath as if I was not breathing, hoping that my puppy would scream loudly. There was no sound for a long time, and when I took a peek, I saw that it was imitating me and spread out on the carpet... It was really a long way to go.