Happy New Year of the Rat

NY Diary (20-4) Happy Chinese New Year of the Rat

Dear Friends, Readers:

The Year of the Rat has gotten off to a rotten start. The new coronavirus from the City of Wuhan is now a pandemic in China, and has started to spread to everywhere in the world. The tardiness of response of the Wuhan officials was damaging, but China now is fighting it as a national emergency, but I am shocked the WHO has not declared it a world emergency. As a health professional, I have always harbored contempt for the WHO, and this round is no surprise.

This bad news from China is just part of the big picture of bad news. Hatred, Vendetta, Assassination (Character and otherwise), Bigotry is Everywhere, and on the rise. Leaders everywhere resort to inflammatory rhetorics to further their own gains instead of fostering peace. It is a sad sight.

As Zodiac goes, things come and go. And bad things will pass, and good things will come. Let us pray that that will come true, again.

Happy New Year of the Rat to all my friends in Hong Kong, US and everywhere else (Mumbai, Russia, Italy, Canada, etc etc)!

Peace to you all.