Goodbye, China
May. 7th, 2003 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickenMy sister is finally leaving China, and not for Turkey after all. I believe she's made a wise decision. She's decided to return to San Francisco. So far they've made it to Shanghai.
She said that everywhere you go, people stop you and take your temperature and make you dip your hands in bleach, and sign a paper certifying that you have no symptoms, and everyone wears a mask over their nose and mouth. Even the internet bars that have not closed from panic have lots of these health guards at the doors, and let me tell you, those keyboards get swabbed down an awful lot! I don't know how much of this is justified and how much just fear-fueled.
They may be quarantined for ten days once they arrive, but I think that's a small thing compared to everything else they've been through. If I believed in gods, I'd pray for them. Since I don't, I'll just keep them in my thoughts and hope for the best.
She said that everywhere you go, people stop you and take your temperature and make you dip your hands in bleach, and sign a paper certifying that you have no symptoms, and everyone wears a mask over their nose and mouth. Even the internet bars that have not closed from panic have lots of these health guards at the doors, and let me tell you, those keyboards get swabbed down an awful lot! I don't know how much of this is justified and how much just fear-fueled.
They may be quarantined for ten days once they arrive, but I think that's a small thing compared to everything else they've been through. If I believed in gods, I'd pray for them. Since I don't, I'll just keep them in my thoughts and hope for the best.