These past few days, I've been keeping in touch with all my friends in China and they are doing fine. And just so you know, when I asked them about how they were, they seemed to be more concerned about me, telling me not to go to some certain countries such as Japan and South Korea because the cases of the virus are also on the rise over there. Also when I mentioned about going back to Hong Kong and Mainland China, they told me to stay away. I mean, just think they're more in danger than me and yet they're more concerned about me. They even gave me instructions on how to protect myself when I am in a place in which a chance of getting the virus is so much less than they are.

Of course, because of the lockdown and the quarantine, everything is not convenient for them since they are only allowed to go out every two or three days depending on the city, and everyone has a card with a QR code, so the government can keep track of their health and where they are. Some started just working at home instead of going to their workplaces. And they do feel bad about the racism and xenophobia, and some of them, of course, have something bad to say about their government in handling the situation, but for the most part, for what it is, it is not as bad as the Western Media portrays it to be. There were other viruses that happened in other countries too these last few years, but they were not blown out of proportion by the media. And not a big amount of racism and xenophobia happened during those times.What we need is empathy and common sense. What if your country happens to be the one that gets this problem, do you think your country can handle it better? Should we be racist against you? For example, if the next virus comes from Brazil, should we say Brazilians are these and that, that's why this is happening.

Decades ago, the big plague and the Spanish flu happened, yet no one got racist and xenophobic during those times just because those did not come from Asia but from Europe and America. Also just so everyone knows, in every country, there are bad people and good people. Just because one Chinese does something bad, it doesn't mean all or most of the Chinese people are bad. I mean, in the US, when an American goes on a shooting rampage, why doesn't anyone say "Oh the Americans are bad people. We should avoid being with the Americans?" One of my friends and I were talking about this, and she mentioned this is the reason she doesn't want to have a kid in this world. Despite the technology and the internet that's supposed to bring us together, there is not really any progress in this world. It is still the same as it was long time ago.

Check out the link to a video below. This girl on the video is right on the spot. I was about to do a video about this, and I am glad that she made one already. People don't seem to have empathy and common sense 🙄these days.

Video about racism, xenophobia, rumors, conspiracy theories and misconception about the Coronavirus