Looking at the title alone, I think Italians finally realize the importance of masks, but the contents tell us that this initiative was initiated by local Chinese communities and Chinese communities.
Although with the aggravation of the epidemic, many people in Europe and America realized the importance of self-protection and began to wear masks, they were still regarded as "heterogeneous" in the overall "useless masks" environment.
Around the Italian capital Rome, there are still few pedestrians wearing masks. Most people in Milan Cathedral Square still don't wear masks.
No wonder Chinese living in Europe and America, especially in Italy, are willing to take risks and take refuge in the embrace of the motherland.
Should ordinary people wear masks under the epidemic situation?
In China, it is definitely not a matter of choice. You may not be able to leave the community without wearing a mask. The key is that in the face of cunning virus, you don't care whether you are "caught", but you have to consider whether you will be implicated in people around you because of yourself.
All in all, from government guidance, media publicity to national awareness, the lessons of the Wuhan epidemic have made small masks the darling of everyone, from the warmest "gift" in 2020 to the necessary "standard" when going out.
As the saying goes, giving someone a rose is more fragrant. For China people, giving someone a mask is like sending charcoal in the snow. Without the generous help of two friends to solve the "mask shortage", it is estimated that I would have "searched" on the Internet and "longed to wear it".
For overseas Chinese, it is not so lucky. Even if they have masks, they will still be "at a loss" about wearing them, because European and American societies generally believe that only patients need to wear masks.
Masks must have never thought that in the face of the epidemic, East and West formed two camps because of it. In the east, it is a healthy "protective film"; In the west, it has been labeled as a patient.
In the United States, Asians have repeatedly encountered "mask accidents" in the past month or so. In the subway station, he was abused, pushed, even beaten and stabbed by extremists.
Behind the conflict, some reporters believe that it is caused by historical and cultural reasons and is also related to ideology. Many people think that wearing a mask violates Americans' belief in freedom and individualism.
Netizens on Zhihu bluntly said: It is a bad habit of Europeans and Americans not to wear masks, which has nothing to do with culture. Churchill said that the short-lived industrial advantage made the British forget their two thousand years of barbarism and labeled all their habits as "advanced".
Take the United States as an example According to a report by CBS)9 on the 9th, CDC said that so far, about 20,000 Americans have died of influenza this quarter.
So powerful, even if you don't wear a mask, it is a scientific problem. It is really incomprehensible that it suddenly becomes such a sacred cultural belief problem.
If the mask can talk, it will definitely say to westerners who don't wear masks: Yes, healthy people don't need to wear me, but are you sure you are healthy and virus-free?
If the mask can talk, it will definitely say to the racist: Please don't drag me into racial discrimination. I exist only for people's health, not to create conflicts.
If the mask can talk, it will definitely say to the "mask uselessness": Will the virus bypass because you look down on me and are not afraid of it?
What makes people sigh is, is there really a cultural difference behind the "mask accident"?
Some people say that people who are sick have the pressure of being discriminated against in western society, and those who don't abide by public morality have the pressure of being discriminated against in eastern society. The pressure of not wearing masks in eastern and western societies comes from the fact that western societies are afraid of being considered as patients, while eastern societies are afraid of being considered as immoral people.
If it really involves culture, I think it has something to do with the core value "morality" of oriental culture. Tao means reason, law, rules, morality and keeping the rules. It is the Confucian thought of "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you", and it is the Buddhist outlook on life that all beings are equal and all things are interdependent.
If the mask can talk, it will definitely say to those extremists: Didn't it say that I was useless? Why are you arguing for me?
According to the Swiss newspaper New Zurich reported on March 8, German customs recently detained a truck belonging to a Swiss company at the German-Swiss border with 240,000 masks on it.
As two developed countries in Europe, Germany and Switzerland are now arguing over masks from top to bottom.
The previous style of painting was: "The first lawsuit in COVID-19 is related to masks!" Some employees wear masks themselves, but employers are worried that it will bring tension and panic and scare away customers, so they issue a ban: If you continue to wear masks, we will send you home!
In Switzerland, a female parliamentarian was expelled for wearing a mask on the grounds of "disturbing the order of the meeting".
If the mask can talk, it will definitely tell the lucky people that the number of infected people in the world exceeds100000. Do you think you are far away from the virus?
If the mask can talk, it will definitely say to those who value guns more than it: the real sense of security does not depend on guns, and people who are not good to themselves will think others are bad people.
According to the Washington Observer, the American people began to prepare for the outbreak of pneumonia in the United States, but it is puzzling that they did not buy medical protective equipment, but hoarded a large number of "preparatory supplies" including pistols, rifles, ammunition and gasoline. Because Americans know that in the United States, whenever society encounters an emergency, it is basically a law that riots occur, and only sufficient firepower can better ensure your survival.
If the mask can talk, it will definitely say to smart and kind people: Are you willing to protect yourself and others at the same time?
An Italian parliamentarian was ridiculed for wearing a mask to enter parliament. In his speech, he emphasized that "wearing a mask is for everyone's safety" and emotionally hinted that "if you were smart, you should have worn a mask long ago".
Masks must be unexpected. Their existence has caused a storm, and even increased to wearing or not, which is not only related to safety, but also related to IQ.
As for the meaning of masks, what British sociologist Peter Bell said about SARS is also applicable today: "Mask culture promotes unity and responsibility."
People who shout "Take off the mask quickly, we are a free country here" will not know what hardship and social responsibility are.
If democracy and freedom are not based on respect for their own lives, then such democracy and freedom will eventually pay more lives in the face of cunning viruses.
If the mask can talk, it will sigh sadly: in 2020, I am too south. Please sacrifice a little "freedom" for a while, and don't defend "freedom" with your life!
Believe that taking me away is just around the corner!
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