The Apocalypse Nobody Wanted

Self isolation much worse in the long run than zombies

The Coronapocalypse is the most adequate way to describe what has happened so quickly to change our lives so absolutely. A few weeks ago, the virus that has now spread to every continent seemed like someone else’s problem. When people were quarantined to their homes in China, that seemed normal because — well, hey. It’s China. Then people in Italy started to be confined to their homes. That seemed a little more frightening. Italy is, after all, that place so many of us dream of going. That land of adventure and study abroad opportunities forced into their homes under threat of imprisonment and hefty fines? Suddenly, the virus did not seem so distant.

Often when artists and creators and entertainment producers imagine what the end of the world would look like, they come up with something exciting. The end of the world is going to look like zombies trying to eat us. We will have to band together in order to defeat them. But at least we will have each other.

This apocalypse, however, denies us all that. And it is something more insidious.

Self Isolation — The Worst Form of Apocalypse

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