Scenes From A Pandemic: Faith In Humanity Editiion

People throughout the world are pausing each evening, going out to
their balconies and porches to cheer all the life-saving health workers during
the coronavirus pandemic Above is a recent scene from Madrid.

I'll warn you right now, this post will probably make you shed a tear or two.

This coronavirus pandemic is bringing out the worst in a few people, but the best in many others.

Here's some examples:

People worldwide, under lockdown, are trying to encourage others from their balconies and windows.

Here's a young woman in Italia singing a beautiful, mournful and defiant version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."   At the end the translation of what she says in part is: "Thank you, but one thing I have to say: I didn't do this for publicity or to hear people telling me that I'm good. Absolutely, you all know that luckily, thanking God, I have a job it with my heart for the people of Pascarola."

Here's the vid:



In the "we're all in this together" department, residents of a German apartment complex get together to sing "Bella Ciao."  The improvised instruments are a nice touch:



One great idea that has spread around Europe faster than the virus is, each evening, people holed up in their apartments stop, go to their windows and balconies and cheer on health workers. This idea is also spreading to the United States and Canada, among other nations:



Turn up the sound on this one: It's haunting. New York City. Locked Down, but glittering like always. But the air is filled with the sounds of ambulances, sirens wailing scrambling back and forth bringing new victims of Covid-19 to hospitals:


In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, an extended annually gather at Alfred Vecoli's house to celebrate his birthday. This year is his 92nd.  Due to social distancing, the gathering was called off. But not really. His family decided to just do a parade in his honor. Stick with this news report. It gets more and more touching:



And this one's kind of cute. St. Patrick's Day parades were canceled worldwide, but this familly in Ireland decided to have a parade to mark the occasion anyway.  I especially like the floats that feature hand sanitizer and toilet paper: