WHO?

Man…who thought it would get to this point? Even though the WHO has issued this psuedo-quarantine around Toronto, I don’t feel any less safer, or anything like that. Maybe it’s about time that Canada took this thing seriously. I mean, as it is we’ve been taking this all without being very dire about it all. There has been some urgency to it all, but overall haven’t seen too much affected around here. People seem to be going about their normal business, but perhaps with a lot of extra caution. Then again, maybe it’s just that I haven’t been going out much.

My aunts came in from New York City this past weekend. While I’ve been sheltered here at work, they’ve been going around shopping with mom doing various things around the city. They’ve told me stories about seeing people walking around with masks. They’ve seen people running away from them even though all they were doing was just asking for directions (apparently they looked Chinese).

I don’t know how to react.

This weekend, I might get a better idea of the seriousness of this whole thing. I’m heading down to the CN Tower on Saturday just to catch up with some friends from the University. I’m going to be taking transit down, so I might just see first-hand what all the fuss is about. I mean, as much as I don’t really think about it, I’m Asian. Then again, a lot of people can’t pinpoint my nationality…I don’t know. I know this isn’t an Asian disease. Many people know it, but the perception still persists.

On the radio this morning, I remember hearing the news reader saying that “common sense is a misnomer” with this situation. Some people are confusing common sense with knee-jerk reactions. It’s totally understandable. I can see why there’s some fear. Still, it’s hard to grasp the graveness of it all when it’s happening right in your backyard.

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