2020年3月7日土曜日

COVID-19: Godzilla uncovers the world

It is like seeing an SF or horror movie entitled "Godzilla uncovers the world."

My hairdresser, who is into astrology, told me while I was having a haircut last month: "This year's star positions indicate that all kinds of hidden obnoxious things shall be finally uncovered and as a result a total upheaval would occur."

She may be right. The heaven has employed the secret weapon called COVID-19 and discovered below:

Rich Chinese boast of eating exotic wildlife animals such as bat, rat, peacock and koala in Southern part of China such as Wuhan.

COVID-19 has heavily hit the area and rest of China. Outside the country, most afflicted areas are associated with strong connection with China.

Iran has close relationship with the country. Having faced economic sanction from the U.S., China is one of the few countries that openly do business with Iran. Consequently, there are many Chinese business people in Iran.

South Korea and Japan rely on China for tourism and supply chain so heavily that they did not take effective measures to restrict the entry of Chinese travelers.

Then why Italy? There are many Chinese who have taken over textile companies in Italy. The free flow of people in the EU has spread the virus from there.

In the U.S., the states of Washington, California and New York have been heavily hit so far. They have a large Chinese population. But the country conducted only less than two thousand tests of COVID-19, and yet has nearly four hundred cases. Many people don't go to a hospital because they're afraid of expensive medical bills.

Interestingly, Germany has no deaths while it has eight hundred cases.

Meanwhile, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions have been dramatically decreasing because many people have been forced to stop traveling and doing other economic activities.

This is a drastic and fatal remedy to save the planet.