2020-03-02

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2020-03-02 07:11 pm

Day 52 - Panic

My father called me from the UK to let me know “everyone is in a panic here.” I told him I’d heard that many supermarkets in Italy had been overrun and emptied, thanks to the growing coronavirus panic.

Who’s to blame? The media, of course, who has created a horror story across the planet and played to people’s fears and ignorance.

On the bus back from São Paulo today I spotted two people wearing masks. I told my father to shut down his house and take a flight here with his wife if things get critical.

Let’s wait it out.