How the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Affected my Travel
I've been traveling for a while now, and for sure, the coronavirus covid-19 affected my travel. At first I was supposed to go back to Hong Kong on January 25. Good thing I was not allowed to board the plane since I did not have a visa for Vietnam where I was supposed to have a two hour layover and then transfer to another plane that would eventually take me to Hong Kong, so this unfortunate event was blessing in disguise. And after I came to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Bangkok, Thailand, I had a plan to go to South Korea after a month of stay here, but I had to change my plan as soon as I found out about the rising cases of the virus over there. Also a few days ago, my Mom told me that I should go home back to the US because it was safer over there according to her. Well, I knew the virus would eventually spread in the US. Days later, the cases of the Coronavirus has increased dramatically in the US as well as in other parts of the world such as Iran and Italy as I had predicted. Now I do think this is getting worst. I think US might have to do a lockdown just like in China before it is too late. There is a possibility that this might not just be a pandemic but an endemic which means it will be a part of our lives for an extended period of time since I heard that some who recovered from the virus became positive again after a few days. For sure, no one really knows what this virus is capable of. I am sure the World Health Organization is also just learning about it as we do. Just a few days ago, now they're saying that you can get it even if you are six feet away from the one who has it. This information was not known before until now. There's also this info that the ones who are more likely to die from this are older people and with preexisting medical problems , but no, based on the news I've been seeing from China, there were also lots of young people who died from this virus. One of them was the whistle blower. The Chinese doctor who has become a hero for being the one to discover and to reveal about the virus on the internet in China. Their ages were around twenty-something to thirty-something, so that is quite young. In a way, I think the governments all over the world do not want to say so much about this too because it would definitely create panic that might cause some civil disturbances and also affect the stock markets, which is now happening as we speak, and the economy, not just one country but the world. Anyway let us just pray that this does not get really bad like the Spanish Flu and the Plague, which killed millions of people. As for me, I would continue to travel because the way I see it, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself. All I have to do is just protect myself. And follow my intuition in which so far, has made me avoid going to countries where the coronavirus is on the rise. Maybe someone out there is looking out for me. Well, I won't say, maybe. I am sure there is. Anyway I hope everyone is protecting themselves. There is not much we can do but pray. Thank you, and make sure to subscribe to one or more of my social media channels such as Facebook page, Youtube channel, Instagram, Twitter and finally Tumblr (from this, and all we can do now is to pray that it doesn't get worse than what it is now.