Humans of Wuhan

Everyday stories happening in Wuhan and other regions affected by the #COVID_19 outbreak

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For people who are far away from their families, they only hear good news while the bad ones were shouldered by their parents. Witnessing father ran out of insulin during the pandemic, the author realized the pain of this memory is unending.
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When you were not able to say goodbye to your loved one who died of #covid_19; when you didn’t even dare to use your hands to wipe your tears away. This is the story we see during the pandemic.

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"This is one of those unusual situations in which feelings of joy and sorrow coexist." How did Wuhan people decompress during the lockdown due to #Covid_19? We hope the stories from Wuhan's ordinary people bring optimism to us all.

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Personal narratives of a brewery owner in Wuhan. ”A restaurant without a front door, a square dancing lady owns the whole city: a wild documentary of Wuhan.”

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Around 10:30 PM, April 7th, the train transportation in Wuhan was about to restart, marking the end of 76 days of lockdown. 11 weeks of being trapped and battling #COVID19, Wuhan is finally reopened.

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Back in July 1918, Lu Xun (鲁迅) wrote, “After mourning for the dead, we must swear to be pure, intelligent, brave, aspiring and progressive.” On the day of Qingming, Wuhan residents mourned the deceased in their own way to remember the sufferings.

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April 4th was the Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day) in China. This year, China made it a national mourning day for those who died in the #COVID19 pandemic. May the dead rest in peace and the living not forget the suffering.

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2. This is a story of Wuhan, but the same story is happening right now in NYC, LA, Rome, London, and many other places across the world. Wuhan is recovering slowly, so will other cities!

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TsingyingFilm collected 112 short videos uploaded to Kuaishou platform by 77 ordinary residents of Wuhan. Here's the 18m 42s-long documentary of what Wuhan and its people have experienced in the past three months, made by Wuhan residents. 手机里的武汉https://t.co/c90bIJwzcb

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Many people in Wuhan never had the chance to say goodbye to their loved ones who died from #COVID19. Now the worst is behind Wuhan, people can finally go to claim the ashes. No cries or dirge. They were just getting their loved ones home.

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During the pandemic, we all wonder what we should do. To a resident in Hubei, China, the answer was doing the best to live a normal life. Thus, he photographed the seemingly ordinary life people struggled to maintain during the lockdown.

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Over 23,000 medical professionals across China joined the #Covid_19 fight in Wuhan. They are normal people as we all are. Did they feel fear? Probably, but when facing the camera, they put on a brave smile.

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Nothing is more comforting than seeing smiles on medical professionals, who had been fighting COVID-19 tirelessly in Wuhan. The darkest moments are passed in Wuhan. As cherry blossoms are blooming, the city is coming back to life.

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After a long depressing winter, spring has arrived in Wuhan. An alumni shared a picture of Wuhan University, which usually attracts thousands of visitors during cherry blossom season. We are living in a world where people are fighting virus while flowers are blooming.

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ELEVEN DAYS INTO LOCKDOWN: WHEN IS THE END OF THE LOCKDOWN?

On 2/2/2020, eleven days into lockdown in Wuhan, MissShiitake wrote the third article of her series of diaries.

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SIX DAYS INTO LOCKDOWN: SUNSHINE COME THROUGH.

This is the second article from the series of diaries by MissShiitake. She stayed in Wuhan with her family for CNY this year.
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On March 10th, 2020, all the public facilities converted hospitals are closed in Wuhan. A frontline reporter, Wang Jiaxing, who is originally from Wuhan went to document the closure of the last makeshift hospital.

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FOUR DAYS INTO LOCKDOWN: MY FAMILY'S LIFE

This is the first article from a series of diaries by MissShiitake, who lives in Wuhan. Instead of going back to her hometown for Chinese New Year as usual, she stayed in Wuhan with her family this year.

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JOTTINGS IN LOCKDOWN: JAN. 22 - FEB. 16

A resident of Hubei province, the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, has been keeping a personal log since late December, when the “rumor” of the virus had not begun spreading yet.

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A GLIMPSE INTO LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE

The author is a doctor from Shandong, who went to Hubei to join the fight against the Coronavirus. Through her intermittent postings, we were able to take a glimpse into her daily life.

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