Amidst

A personal blog that explores in-between places, languages, and states of being

Tag: Virus

End of Quarantine

Today could technically be the last day of my quarantine. Tomorrow I start to work in the office again, though only two days a week. To celebrate the end of this period David and I went for a walk at the Bund, just to see the best of Shanghai at its worst time. We spent […]

Additional Thoughts on the Virus

People asked what was the biggest difference between Covid-19 and SARS. The biggest difference to me was when SARS occurred I was a child. I didn’t have a phone and my mom didn’t have WeChat. Without social media we wouldn’t have responded so fast. We probably wouldn’t have felt as alert and together, and at […]

The Virus Within

– For the vast majority of us, the virus has been in our heads. While we feel it so close — it’s in the air we breathe and attached to our fingers. Everything that was once part of you becomes a potential source of contamination, including your phone and the body you sleep with. A […]

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