As an international
student from China, I have a strong feeling for the Covid-19 virus since the
outbreak started from Wuhan, China. The virus was detected at the time of
Chinese New Year which was the most important festive for Chinese people to
celebrate with their families. The virus itself was not that serious but the
fear it spread made the whole China became a hot spot of rumors and
scandals.
[1]
From the figure, we can see that the number of people who got
infected in China boosted drastically. It was due to the ignorance of
local governors and flow of people before Chinese New Year. When people saw
such outbreak, they got extreme scared. When I was still taking the winter quarter
in Davis, I could not believe what was happening in my country. Common people
in China started to buy food and medicine crazily. Some media also spread fake
news to attract eyeballs by terrifying and aggravating the seriousness. Luckily,
the Chinese government took action to shut down the whole Wuhan city and most
of the country that was not too late. Expert and scientist stood right in front
of the media to answer every single question that the public was concerned. I
think the media should always present the truth to the public when people’s
health was in crisis. The public should also diagnose the good new from fake
news so that fear was not spread between each other.
I am expecting ASA 002
can give me more perspectives of Asian culture. In a global view, I would like
to understand the Asian’s role and its issues.
Reference:
[1] National Health
Commission of the People’s Republic of China (2020), 30/03 24h Corona Virus
Report, Health Emergence Office.
You will definitely get answers in this class.
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