All the constant stories of panic-buying, toilet paper hoarding, panadol shortages and old people being left behind have been really depressing to read about during this coronavirus pandemic.
It’s hard being shut up at home, spiralling into the abyss of bad news – so we’ve compiled a bunch of wholesome stories to come out of this epidemic to prove that sometimes humans are great, and that even though all of this is pretty miserable, there are some upsides.
Check Out This Little Girl Trying To Help Out Her Neighbourhood Kids In Self Isolation
Something to make you smile – A little girl in my neighborhood put books out for the other kids while they are all home from school. 🥺 #StayAtHomeChallenge #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/K65zJUT114
— Lauren Cochran (@laurencochrann) March 16, 2020
And These Guys Making The Most Out Of Self Isolation In Italy
#COVID19KE #StayAtHomeChallenge
What people are upto in Italy during corona pandemic pic.twitter.com/3qYhS3q7Nz— Basho (@bm_bashir) March 18, 2020
This Woman Helped An Elderly Couple Get Their Groceries And It’s The Compassion We Wanna See During This Epidemic
Afraid to get sick as they are in their 80’s and hear that the novel coronavirus is affecting older people disproportionately. And that they don’t have family around to help them out. Through the crack in the window she handed me a $100 bill and a grocery list, and asked if I
— Rebecca Mehra (@rebecca_mehra) March 12, 2020
I know it’s a time of hysteria and nerves, but offer to help anyone you can. Not everyone has people to turn to.
— Rebecca Mehra (@rebecca_mehra) March 12, 2020
Nature Is Re-Claiming Italy After The Country Went Into Lockdown
Here’s an unexpected side effect of the pandemic – the water’s flowing through the canals of Venice is clear for the first time in forever. The fish are visible, the swans returned. pic.twitter.com/2egMGhJs7f
— Kaveri 🇮🇳 (@ikaveri) March 16, 2020
Venice hasn’t seen clear canal water in a very long time. Dolphins showing up too. Nature just hit the reset button on us pic.twitter.com/RzqOq8ftCj
— Gianluca De Santis (@b8taFPS) March 17, 2020
Boars in the middle of my hometown, dolphins in the port of Cagliari, ducks in the fountains in Rome, Venice canals have now clean water full of fishes. Air pollution dropped. Nature is reclaiming its spaces during quarantine in Italy. #COVID19 #COVIDー19 pic.twitter.com/dr6QILfF9V
— Francesco Delrio (@Cosodelirante) March 15, 2020
After a week of lockdown… The canals in Venice are all clear and full of fishes. Kinda gives you the idea what will happen to Earth without Humans! pic.twitter.com/FVc7N8vmty
— TheSpaceAcademy.org✨🔭 (@ThespaceAcad) March 17, 2020
since there’s no boat’s traffic in venice’s canals, white swans came back 😭 this is precious pic.twitter.com/xJOFKL8Dal
— …?? ㅠ_ㅠ (@fiIterjm) March 13, 2020
This Couple Gave Out Free Sanitizer To Old People
Asiyah and Jawad Javed, owners of a small shop in Scotland, spent £2,000 on masks and alcohol gel, and are giving them away free to older people
https://t.co/5LO1uOu2nb— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) March 14, 2020
A Local Business Bought A 3D Printer To Help Medical Staff
An Italian hospital ran out of ICU valves. A local biz brought a 3D printer to the hospital, redesigned & produced the valves in a few hours.
“At the time of writing, 10 patients are accompanied in breathing by a machine that uses a 3D printed valve.”https://t.co/HjjdYKZvyS
— michal Naka (@michalnaka) March 15, 2020
All 16 Temporary Hospitals In Wuhan Are Finally Closed Now That They’ve Got The Coronavirus Under Control
Chinese medical workers who have been fighting the #coronavirus day and night in Wuhan celebrated the closing of the last temporary hospital in Wuhan.
The reported #covid19 cases went from a surge in February of 15,000 in one day to only 15 this week. pic.twitter.com/xWuPd23EfY
— redfish (@redfishstream) March 13, 2020
Medical teams from other provinces bid farewell to the makeshift hospital in #Wuhan where they have worked for over a months pic.twitter.com/yuetFslLHF
— Xu Zeyu (@XuZeyu_Philip) March 9, 2020
There’s plenty of more news online about every day people helping each other in the face of adversity. Stay strong and stay positive – and do what you can to help your mates.