Following the French in dealing with fear

Another friend, who is Asian but neither Chinese nor of Chinese descent, was given the deadly stare by everyone for coughing in the cold weather in a bus. His coughs, it appears, managed to put time on its heels.

Perhaps, it is just how Asians generally fit themselves in their surroundings—abide by the law, keep out of trouble, and mind your own business. Passive-aggressive treatment on account of race are to be tolerated as a fact of life.In France, an elected member representing the Quartier de la Porte-Saint-Denis atthe outskirts of Paris, Madjid Messaoudene, vociferously raised his voice against stigmatisation of Asians.

While France may have yet to discover the cure for Covid-19, it has in the past discovered the cure for fear. In 2019, more than 1,100 of its people died because of the flu epidemic. Out of 67 million people, it puts the number of casualties in China into a new perspective. But, despite the epidemic, weekly protests remained unperturbed.It may perhaps explain why the sale of surgical masks has not skyrocketed in France nor is there an immediate pressure on the government to do more than what is deemed necessary by the World Health Organisation.

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