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I’m Honestly Fed Up With All The Bad News, So I Illustrated 15 Of The Best Ones About The Coronavirus Situation
Positive news has the ability to strengthen our hope, and that's what I want to achieve with this collection; to offer help and support to everyone who is fighting the coronavirus in every sense of the word.
We are in this together and we will get through this together.
Some time ago, I created The Happy Broadcast as a counter to all the hate and fear that swirl around the world. Since then, I've been illustrating positive, anxiety-free news which I see as an antidote to the doom and gloom we see and hear in the media.
The Happy Broadcast is a form of celebration, showing that we can all make a positive impact. So, given the difficult circumstances we're all facing, here's a series, dedicated exclusively to the pandemic.
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Coronavirus has the world on edge as the outbreak is now a global pandemic. While some people may be more susceptible to becoming ill with the coronavirus than others, none of us are immune to the pervading sense of anxiety that has taken hold of the world.
So I decided to use my good news platform, The Happy Broadcast, to focus on stories about people uniting in friendship and solidarity or climate/animal-related news to keep things in perspective. It’s a stressful period but we can take a second, breathe deep and look at some of the positive things going on.
My mission of helping people's mental health through sharing happy and positive news is more important than ever so I’ve dedicated most of my time to this. I’m in my seventh week of quarantine in Los Angeles myself, keeping in touch with my family in Italy.
Hey keyboard warriors, unless you are a Chinese or an expert on Chinese culture please don't make bold statements like "it's too ingrained in the culture." That is offensive to the majority of Chinese, like myself, who have known no such a thing as dog eating culture. It is as generalizing and as ridiculously wrong as saying white people are all narcissistic white supremacists because it is "in their culture" - see how wrong that sounds? Thanks.
Fake news and misinformation are in vogue more than ever and misleading clues, ranging from unscientific health advice to inaccurate figures about the victims of the disease have made their way to the pages of newspapers and news websites and airwaves of TV and radio stations. Very seldom is positive news shared by major broadcasting companies but I’ve also seen the birth of many social outlets focused on highlighting the positive stories of the people in lockdown.
There’s a thin line between being aware and living in constant fear and anxiety. You don't have to be constantly seeking information. Get the facts, not the rumors and listen to public health experts who can help navigate the path ahead. For that reason, I just launched a newsletter full of optimism and unbiased fact-checked stories.
I doubt this to have any lasting effect. A drop for a few months and not a permanent change in how we use the planet almost meaningless for the climate.
Yeah, but the wider public is now cottoning on to what the world would look like if their elected officials would actually listen to those pesky scientists. Thousands if not millions of people are now being exposed to the wonders of clean water, air, are hearing and seeing animals they've never noticed before or even have not been exposed to. If we can finally hammer home the importance of conservation, we can hope for meaningful change.
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If only people would learn from this... no, everyone in the family does not need their own car... get down to one or none...
An opportunity to document a hard correlation (if not cause/effect) between human activity, CO2 levels, pollution and climate change.
Likely, what isn't burned now will be burned upon the regular in the first few months after lockdown ended. But ... as climate change is far bigger of an issue than Corona is, and we see the horrors of well-developed societies unable to even react properly, let alone any further, this might serve to remind us about how much we're putting on the line constantly, smarting off people with solutions different than the chosen ones that always ... require buying new things. Climate neutral substitution for fossile fuels for example is a huge potential that merely lays untouched and unvalued and therefore keeps undone, while some expectancy about electric vehicles is seen als solution, although it is both too slow and too fast at the same time. But ... seeing how well home-office can work, it may allow to reevaluate being in the office every day, therefore may massively reduce traffic, at least in some areas...
How long after everything is up and running will it take to reach epic proportions and kill the animals that have not missed us at all. Maybe this whole thing was to give Mother Nature a chance to clean up our messes. We never seem to do it, leaving our trash and c**p in the air.
it's sad that it almost has been a couple decades that this had happened again. First a WAR, and now a VIRUS. to what length do we need to stop global warming?
How about we just celebrate this big win for Mother Earth. I want to know what the plans are for CONTINUING as much reduction in CO2 as possible when the Covid-19 mess is over. The time to plan continued relief for the planet is NOW!
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Unfortunately, the financial loss will be huge, however, the environment, will be tremendously improved, in every aspect, air, land and water !!!
This should shut up the climate deniers who spout drivel about climate change not being caused by humans. Assuming they have wits and that's assuming a lot.
This is wonderful and I pray that many people will know that and try keeping our emissions down!
I'm a little worried about the nurses and doctors who are coming out of retirement. A lot of them will be elderly and at higher risk of death from coronavirus. Stay at home everyone!
People have to stay home from work to stop the spread of the virus, yet people are running out of money because they can’t work. Maybe we should re-examine our economic model and think of a better one that is not focus on profit and will help us when we need it.
Who is "us" in this? Many countries pay unemployment benefits to out-of-work workers and issue special corona-related payments too.
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So don't drink the Lysol yet. Or inject any bleach. Maybe that Asteroid heading our way will hit our own Dr. Mengele before he starts any more experimenting on us, his endless supply of lab rats.
Not the right time to joke at all for those who have fallen for that weak excuse.
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I wonder how many animals will be off the endangered species list after this
I am a superhero! Ha! It feels pretty good to say that. But the REAL superheroes are working in the hospitals, in almost every hospital on the planet. Let us make sure that the nursing professionals also get to get paid well enough for the important work they do. No amount of praise pays any bills whatsoever, money does.
Glad to see so many good stories coming out of this Pandemic, we need more.
For a story that was supposed to be upbeat and positive, there sure are a lot of negative comments. Can you not find anything positive to say you Debbie Downers?
@Peter Bear, I was ready to up-vote your comment - until I got to the last few words, that is. When you resort to name-calling that automatically voids all of the rest of your comment of any meaningfulness.
Load More Replies... This was great, well done, when I think, back in history, the serious health issues, without modern medicine, there were some horrific times, we will get through this !!!
I took a long walk through my neighborhood this morning and saw many drawings of rainbows in the windows of houses. I thought of the kids inside, but didn't realize the message until now. A wonderful message to deliver...
It's kind of a toss up which is worse. The bad news or the constant, forced happy, happy, joy, joy c**p.
People have to stay home from work to stop the spread of the virus, yet people are running out of money because they can’t work. Maybe we should re-examine our economic model and think of a better one that is not focus on profit and will help us when we need it.
Who is "us" in this? Many countries pay unemployment benefits to out-of-work workers and issue special corona-related payments too.
Load More Replies... So don't drink the Lysol yet. Or inject any bleach. Maybe that Asteroid heading our way will hit our own Dr. Mengele before he starts any more experimenting on us, his endless supply of lab rats.
Not the right time to joke at all for those who have fallen for that weak excuse.
Load More Replies... I wonder how many animals will be off the endangered species list after this
I am a superhero! Ha! It feels pretty good to say that. But the REAL superheroes are working in the hospitals, in almost every hospital on the planet. Let us make sure that the nursing professionals also get to get paid well enough for the important work they do. No amount of praise pays any bills whatsoever, money does.
Glad to see so many good stories coming out of this Pandemic, we need more.
For a story that was supposed to be upbeat and positive, there sure are a lot of negative comments. Can you not find anything positive to say you Debbie Downers?
@Peter Bear, I was ready to up-vote your comment - until I got to the last few words, that is. When you resort to name-calling that automatically voids all of the rest of your comment of any meaningfulness.
Load More Replies... This was great, well done, when I think, back in history, the serious health issues, without modern medicine, there were some horrific times, we will get through this !!!
I took a long walk through my neighborhood this morning and saw many drawings of rainbows in the windows of houses. I thought of the kids inside, but didn't realize the message until now. A wonderful message to deliver...
It's kind of a toss up which is worse. The bad news or the constant, forced happy, happy, joy, joy c**p.
