What’s the big deal? The big deal is that it’s a very real virus and it’s killing people... the spread and threat is very real. When it’s in your face you’ll soon think differently - you’re just reading about it on the news but when it’s on your doorstep it’s scary as fuck!
My flat mate and best friend has just come back from Europe with his girlfriend, when he landed a plane also landed carrying people from north Italy, which is a hotspot area for Corona Virus right now. Within hours both he and his girlfriend were sick.. violently ill, temperatures way higher than normal.. cold sweats, generally feeling like death.. so my flat mate called 111 which in the UK is a direct line to the NHS (national health service) where a nurse speaks to you and offers medical advice. Basically the NHS thinks he has Corona Virus and has had to self isolate for 14 days. They’re doing tests as we speak. Unfortunately whilst you all laugh, this directly affects me as I live with him. I don’t feel ill at all, but I’ve smoked a joint per 2 hours I’m awake since he got ill as I swear the stuff keeps illness away...I have to take 2 weeks off work paid sick - even though I’m not sick! but the NHS have taken blood samples and also insisted all clothes he wore at the airport are disposed of as they’re potentially contaminated! It’s very scary! You’re just reading about it behind a screen.
imagine knowing someone close to you might have it, imagine how scared you’d feel knowing that if you get it you might die... that’s not nice!!
before anyone even calls bullshit - 2nd photo edited with black mark to cover hospital name which gives away my town