今天是2020年2月23日星期日 第九篇
今天天氣還是很暖和，預報明天氣溫會升到19攝氏度，但冬天的氣息猶在，多數草木依舊在蟄伏。
現在身穿全套防護服的人越來越多，大多集中在各小區的出入口，有的居民出來領取團購物品也把自己包裹得潔白如雪。我從未看見天天在街道和小區忙碌的環衛工人有這種打扮和待遇。剛剛封城的那會兒，小區保潔員連口罩手套都沒有，我從社區偷偷拿了一些送給他們，差點被打上好人標簽。昨天，社區分到一些據說是外地援助的蔬菜，工作人員在房內分揀，那個掃地的老頭扒著樓梯欄杆一直在瞅。感覺很是心酸，但沒辦法，就算我不怕得罪人強行給他一點也沒意思，這種時候誰不需要呢，何況社區確實每天都要給一些孤寡老人、困難戶分送蔬菜和其他物品。
上班的路上看見一個熟人在小區門口整理一堆郵件包裹，她在郵政局做臨時投遞員已經好幾年。我有些驚訝，問她怎麼現在還可以郵寄包裹。她說，其實一直都沒停過。現在小區把門的不讓進，有些居民也遲遲不出來取，她只好在這裏等著。這段時間，從沒見過更沒做過一件讓人感覺順遂的事情。
路上，一條小狗對著我汪汪亂叫，我不知道它想要表達什麼.......。一位年歲大的同事的孫子夜間突發高燒，一家人在醫院忙碌一宿，第二天一早他還是堅持著上班，還興致高昂地講述當晚抱孫子看病的經曆。說是醫院的人隔著老遠對他高喊，你不要靠近，你身上有毒！我去，我覺得自己真應該隔得遠點兒，也不知道其他人是怎麼想的。我懷疑我們領導對這些事總是裝做沒看見。大年初二，剛一上班就得知我們的一位同事發熱被送進了醫院，而且基本確診是冠狀病毒肺炎。一時間大家無比緊張，激烈討論我們該怎麼辦，是不是也應該隔離，因為很多人在年三十的時候還與患者在一起。領導們卻說不會有事兒。大家說萬一我們也被感染怎麼辦，他就一直說怎麼會呢，怎麼會呢。被逼急了，就說，不願意幹可以辭職，結果真有幾位年輕人辭了職。也正是從那天起，在社區工作的人員都不敢與家人住在一起。
中午，在單位吃的是外賣盒飯。為啥我們敢吃盒飯？因為醫學權威在媒體上說了，外賣不會引發交叉感染。大家都很放心，而且現在外賣緊俏得很，沒點兒關系都難得訂到。
一般來說，具體事務都很明確，但我們總是對混沌情有獨鐘。最近網上對中醫和西醫爭論得很厲害。很早以前我到中醫院看過一次病，當時那位醫生簡單問了一下我的病情，也不拿脈，就讓我去驗血做CT .....，這使我感覺現在的中醫和西醫也沒啥區別，或者說中醫其實只是一個傳說，已經不存在了。心理上我對中醫非常崇拜，但真患了病我也只可能去看西醫，我還不至於拿自己的身體開玩笑。
中午吃飯時，社區接連收到早上被送往醫院就診的居民患者家屬打來的緊急投訴電話，說是他們一大早將病人送到醫院，但醫院方面說這幾個患者沒有核酸檢測報告，拒絕接受。現在病人困在醫院大廳得不到治療，醫院的門衛又不許病人離開醫院。患者家屬質問社區怎麼辦，社區到底是怎麼跟醫院方面交涉的？於是社區一邊趕緊與街道聯系，一邊大罵上面那幫辦事的都特麼豬腦子，不幹人事。
以前我就覺得自己不是好人，現在我更加確認自己其實也是個罪人。如果患病的是自己或家人處於如此境地，我還會坐在這裏安安穩穩地吃午飯嗎。聽說一些街道的領導受到撤職處分，具體原因我不清楚，但我覺得他們和我以及其他人其實並沒有也不可能有多大的區別。
微信工作群裏，很多社區都在抱怨，到處都買不到胰島素，有的居民患者已經停藥三天了.........萬分火急......。還有社區反映買不到給精神病人的藥，這怎麼得了。
SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2020
The weather is still not warm today. The temperature is expected to rise to 19 degrees Celsius tomorrow. The smell of winter is still there, and most of the grass is still dormant.
More and more people are now wearing full protective clothing at the gate of complex buildings. Some residents came out to pick up group purchases and had wrapped themselves in white hazmat suits. Even sanitation workers don't wear protective clothing to this extent! At the beginning of lockdown, the community center staffs did not even have masks or rubber gloves. So, I secretly took some from the warehouse and gave them. I was being labeled as a goodman because of my good deeds. Yesterday, the community service center gave some vegetables to residents. Those vegetables were from other cities. The staff was sorting them in the room. A man sweeping the floor was looking at people sorting the vegetables. I can't give anything to him. Who does not need it at this time? Not to mention that the community center must provide vegetables and other items to some widows, older people, and households in need every day.
On the way to work, I saw an acquaintance sorting out a pile of mail packages at the gate of the buildings. She has been working as a temporary delivery person at the post office for several years. I was a little surprised and asked her how she could still mail packages. She said she had never stopped doing that. However, recently, the guards at the gate entrance did not allow residents to use the gate, making some residents unable to pick up packages easily, so she had to wait here. At a time like this, nothing seems to run smoothly.
I heard a story. A senior colleague's grandson had a high fever. His family spent the entire night in the hospital. The colleague insisted on going to work the following day. He was excited to tell the story of how he carried his grandson to the doctor that night. The hospital workers
shouted at him from a distance, "Don't come near; you're contagious!" I guess I should have stayed away too. I don't know what other people thought, but I suspect that our boss always pretends not to see these things. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, we learned that one of our colleagues had been admitted to the hospital with a fever and the diagnosis was Covid-19 pneumonia. There was much discussion about what we should do and whether we should be isolated because many people were with the patient on New Year's Eve, but the boss said it would be fine. People asked, "What if we were infected?" He kept saying how it would happen, how it would happen. Finally, he said, you guys can quit if you don't want to do it. A few young people did leave. From that day onwards, people working in the community service center isolated themselves from their families.
At noon, we ate take-out boxed meals at the unit. Why do we dare to eat take-out meals? Because medical authorities have said in the media that take-out will not cause cross-infection. We are all very assured, and now take-out is in great demand, and without a connection, it isn’t easy to order. In other words, you must know someone who knows someone.
Generally speaking, to be always clear minded is hard for people. We have always been fascinated by living in a world of chaos. Recently there has been much debate on the Internet about Chinese medicine and Western medicine. A long time ago, I went to a Chinese hospital to see a doctor. Instead of examining me, he asked me one question about my condition and sent me for a blood test and CT without even taking my pulse. I feel that there is no difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine nowadays or that Chinese medicine is just a legend that no longer exists. I admire Chinese medicine, but I will not go to a Chinese medicine doctor when sick. I will not risk my health to see a Chinese medicine doctor for a severe illness.
At lunchtime, the Community center received a series of urgent complaints from the families of patients. The community arranged to send them to the hospital in the morning. The hospital refused to accept
them because they had no nucleic acid test reports. The patients are stuck in the hospital lobby without treatment, and the hospital guards are not allowing the patients to leave. The patients' families asked the community center workers how they arranged with the hospital in the first place. So, the community center immediately contacted the workers in the branch office while cursing them for being so stupid while doing their jobs.
I used to think I was terrible. Now I am even more sure that I am awful. If I were sick and my family was in such a situation, would I be sitting here eating lunch in peace? I heard that some leaders were fired from their positions. I am not sure why. I think they are not and cannot be very different from me and others.
In the WeChat workgroup, many communities are complaining that they can't buy insulin anywhere. Some resident patients have been off their medication for three days. It is very urgent. There are also community reports of not being able to buy medicine for mental illness. How can this be?
