牧青和東東難得在國內呆這麽久,自然能過的節日都要過。兩個人終於決定過完農曆新年回美國。所以剩下的兩個大的節日就是元旦和春節了。
元旦的晚上,牧青的父母畢竟年紀大了,熬不住早早睡了。而牧青和東東今天都不需要上班上學,兩個人一人抱著一個電腦窩在沙發上各自上著網,交換著各種年底的總結和視頻,卻是越看越喪氣,這沒完沒了的疫情不知道什麽時候才能過去。
東東感歎說:不管怎麽樣,2020算是過完了,跟做了一場噩夢一樣。
牧青說:難怪大家都說庚子年是凶年,這何止是凶年,簡直是大凶之年!
東東聽了,過了一會兒,給牧青發來一張截圖:
1840的庚子,鴉片戰爭
1900的庚子,八國聯軍入京,印度大饑荒
1960的庚子,三年大饑荒,三千萬生靈塗炭,智利9.5級地震
2020年的庚子,全世界已經死了幾百萬
牧青歎了一口氣說:今年太喪氣了,死了那麽多人,死了那麽多名人。正巧看見朋友圈裏有人轉發TIMES的年度悼念視頻,一張張照片如流星般從屏幕上劃過,見證洛杉磯4點鍾太陽的Kobe Bryant到特裏獨行 的Ruth Ginsburg,到讓多少人如鯁在喉的李登輝,到把時裝帶到中國的皮爾卡丹,還有老詹姆斯,鋼琴詩人傅聰,視頻的結尾飄過李醫生的照片。。。
牧青雙手合十,感恩地說:好在我的家人朋友都健康。東東啊,你這一年太多曆史意義了,你高中畢業,升入大學,這一年就趕上世界巨變。以後不說別的,就光你這一生懷孕的時候趕上SARS,18歲趕上新冠,妥妥的曆史見證人啊。。。
東東聳聳肩說:趕上疫情,我們才能在上海呆這麽久,也是因禍得福吧。
牧青拍拍東東說:是啊,不管怎麽樣,希望所有的厄運都隨著2020走遠吧。然後她發了一張圖到朋友圈來紀念這不同尋常的一年。
後記
終於艱難地寫完2020年的流水賬,2020年必將會是人類曆史的轉折點。
這一年發生了太多的事情,毫不誇張地說:影響到了地球上的每個一個人。當初想寫這篇流水賬的目的,就是用一個故事串起這些事情,將那些越來越記憶模糊的事件記錄下來,勉強算作一種另類的曆史記錄吧。從這一年開始,很多事情都發生了天翻地覆地變化,有些變化甚至知道現在還在一直發生的,還會持續下去。
疫情在國內是一個敏感話題,盡管隻是一片虛構的小說,盡管我覺得我已經盡力避開各種敏感話題,但發在國內網站的時候不停的被下架,不停的被小編提醒小說不要涉及疫情話題。幸存的篇幅也不知道國內網站上最後會存在多久。也許以後在國內我們隻能看見零星關於疫情的隻言片語,比如豆瓣的這個帖子:
這也是我發在文學城的原因,希望能記錄一點曆史。
從上海封城以後,一度沒有辦法再寫下去,因為發現現實遠遠超過我的想像,自己寫的這些簡直如白開水一樣平淡。斷更了很久,終歸不願意留下一個爛尾,勉力在年底之前寫完,雖然我知道不會有多少人看到這個故事,但是依然謝謝屏幕前的你能看到這裏。
謝謝你們~祝福每一個人都能平安順遂地渡過這一生~
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*2020.12.1 嫦娥五號在月球正麵預選著陸區著陸
*2020.12.1 美國巨型射電望遠鏡阿雷西博發生坍塌
*2020.12.17嫦娥五號返回器攜帶月球樣品著陸地球
Dec. 4: Protests against COVID-19 safety rules continue, as some restaurateurs defy the mandate to close outdoor dining (or look for “work-arounds”), and parents rally to keep playgrounds open.
*2020.12.6: Mateo and Neah Johnson show Santa their letters while visiting him at a socially distanced snow globe in Seattle. David Ryder/Getty Images
*2020.12.8 英格蘭考文垂,醫務人員列隊為瑪格麗特歡呼,因為她成為英國首位接受冠狀病毒疫苗的人。「我感到非常榮幸」,瑪格麗特坦言。Cr: Jacob King/Pool/Getty Images
*2020.12.8: Britain becomes the first Western country to start inoculating its residents against COVID-19.
2020.12.8 巴黎盧浮宮閉館時的蒙娜麗莎。盧浮宮自10月下旬以來一直處於關閉狀態。
Cr: Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times
*2020.12.9: SpaceX's massive steel rocket prototype, an early iteration of the technology CEO Elon Musk hopes will be used to put humans on Mars, explodes during a return-landing attempt. In the final stretch of its flight, an issue with the fueling system caused the rocket to slam into the ground. No one was on board. Musk still chocked the mission up as a win, and the fiery ending was not totally unexpected. Gene Blevins/Reuters
*2020.12.11: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizes emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech.
*2020.12.14: Dr. Michelle Chester administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. Lindsay was the first person in New York to get a shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which was recently authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration. She was among the first people in the United States to receive the vaccine. Mark Lennihan/Pool/AP
*2020.12.17: The availability of intensive care unit beds throughout Southern California hits 0%.
*2020.12.18: FDA authorizes the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.
*2020.12.23: Semi-trailers are lined up at an airport in Manston, England, as thousands of stranded truck drivers were waiting to cross the English Channel. France agreed to ease a blockade despite fears over a new Covid-19 variant, but the agreement required people to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test. Steve Parsons/PA/AP
*2020.12.24: The US Capitol is reflected in a puddle during a rainstorm. President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill on December 27, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin. The legislation includes direct cash payments and enhanced unemployment benefits. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
12月24日 市場監管總局依法對阿裏巴巴集團涉嫌壟斷行為立案調查
https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2020/12-24/9369896.shtml
12月31日:美國新冠肺炎現有7867419,累積20216991,死亡350778