2020: Oh boy, what a wild year
“So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over A new one just begun...“ This year caught us all off guard. Despite how far we’ve come as a civilization - our thriving societies, established economies, and advanced technologies - we couldn’t anticipate a global pandemic. Last year, if you spoke up about a flu that would kill hundreds of thousands of people, you would think of a time period before the 19th century. The Black Death, Bubonic Plague, or Cholera - those extreme outbreaks couldn’t possibly happen to us today. Well, we were wrong. As a write this, it is Christmas day, I am in Hong Kong. The previous Christmas I was at home, enjoying a much-needed vacation back in South Africa with my family. I couldn’t return this year, and as a mutation is identified in my home country, it is unlikely I will be flying back anytime in the near future. It doesn’t feel all that festive - there are strict lockdown measures in place and unsafe to venture out into public. Despit
