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Other People’s Lives

Coronavirus: I'm Quarantined In China

Other People’s Lives

Santagato Studios

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A woman currently on lockdown talks about life in China during the Coronavirus outbreak. To get 10% off your first mont, go to Betterhelp.com/OPL Get Honey for free by going to JoinHoney.com/OPL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of other people's lives. I'm Greg Dybeck.

0:03.6

I'm Joe Santa Gatto for those who are just listening.

0:05.9

Our podcast is now available on YouTube to watch.

0:09.0

So go check it out at youtube.com slash other people's lives.

0:12.8

Yeah, and we've got today's guest on the line.

0:15.6

Why don't you tell the listeners and viewers what we'll be speaking about today?

0:19.8

Sure. Hi, you guys. I am currently living in quarantine in China because of the coronavirus.

0:25.6

Wow. So I mean, obviously that is happening literally right now.

0:31.4

And we're actually recording this episode of day before this airing.

0:35.4

So it's like we're immediately getting it out.

0:37.7

But when you say you're quarantined, I'm kind of just interested in what exactly does that mean?

0:42.8

Like are you never allowed to leave your apartment?

0:46.2

Sure. Well, I should definitely clarify that because it's kind of like a soft quarantine.

0:51.3

There's no locks on my door. There's nobody telling me you cannot leave.

0:57.3

But it is strictly encouraged that you do not leave your apartment.

1:02.5

There is no congregating in public spaces.

1:05.8

And you have to wear masks every time you're at in public.

1:09.0

So really the only place that we can go is either the little grocery store in our basement

1:14.8

or our friends apartment to lives in the same complex.

1:18.6

So our lives are kind of in a 12 second walking radius.

1:25.1

Wow. You think that's convenient, but probably not in this case.

1:29.8

It's convenient for the first week, but we're in, we're over a month now.

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