He’s probably the only one left alive.
Poor kid. Of all the places he could have done a “study abroad,” he had to end up in virus-infested Wuhan. It’s like the line in Casablanca, “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world...”
He is in an APOCALYPSE and he’s in it NOW!
There is a Russian kid trying to go home too, but he has to go to South Korea to fly out. His LIVESTREAM: https://youtu.be/mzmbiUyu7eo
“An eerie calm has descended on the normally bustling streets of the city ...”
er, shouldn’t that read: “ A deathly calm has descended ...” ?
Germany should be taking care of him.
It’s not a ghost town.
People are staying home.
I’ve had a similar feeling after a heavy blizzard.
Schneider has been studying geodesy - a branch of applied mathematics - at Wuhan University
Geodesy is the Earth science of accurately measuring and understanding Earth’s geometric shape, orientation in space and gravitational field. The field also incorporates studies of how these properties change over time and equivalent measurements for other planets
Is this suitable for your Bring Out the Dead ping list?
Preppier Ping?
Good example of why to have foodstuffs on hand for a few weeks/months.
“It’s like a ghost town, barely any people and cars. It’s a weird feeling. I feel like I’m in an apocalypse somehow,”
No you’re getting to experience Chinese life like you wanted to.
Book smart but zero common sense. He should have gotten out days/weeks ago before the quarantine. He still could have gotten out by leaving through back roads which aren’t and can’t be guarded. Heck, commercial planes were still leaving last week.
Call the WH and they’ll put him on one of the planes bringing in diplomats and others. Ok, he did but did he thought they’d send a limo to pick him up? He apparently doesn’t know how to obtain a scooter.
The guy has dual citizenship so call German for help. He has twice as many avenues than most other foreigners.
Dual citizen who mostly lived his life in Germany, but didn’t turn to them until after he missed his US flight out. And now he’s whining about the US.
Hey Nick (not you Carraway, the guy in the article), you can take off your face mask for a selfie. There aren’t any reports of Coronavirus spreading to I-Phones, at least so far.
From 2010. A study in China
“The discovery of SARS-like coronavirus in bats suggests that bats could be the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV. “
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00705-010-0729-6
Oh, grow a pair, Nicholas...
48K is 30 miles. There are bicycles EVERYWHERE in China. You could make 30 miles in 3 hours at a leisurely pace. Wuhan is flat as a board, so anyone could manage it. Apparently this kid wasn't too motivated. I'm also quite sure he could have asked around and flashed some cash and someone would have driven him at least part of the way.