COVID-19: What students say are the strangest things about the lockdown

From the panic buying of toilet paper to the TikTok hysteria – it seems like the world we once knew has become a stranger place since the coronavirus outbreak.

There has been nearly three weeks since the Prime Minister officially announced it on March 23.

However, universities across the country including NTU stopped face-to-face teaching on March 16, as a precautionary measure against the spread of the virus.

The world has changed drastically since then, with students either self-isolating in their uni accommodation or returning to their permanent residence and many events being canceled.

The NTU City Campus that was once filled with students and never quiet during academic year, it is has now become deserted and silent, almost unrecognisable.

We asked students what do they think is the strangest thing about the coronavirus lockdown and here is what they said:

Third year Media with Practical Pathways NTU student Brandon Boyd, 21, said: ā€œNot being able to see my friends in real life and having to deal with horrible WiFi, not being able to do photoshoots or take images of people and also being trapped in my room.ā€

It is a difficult time for people who are passionate about photography, music and art in general as all the events have been canceled and postponed.

Second year Journalism NTU student Alex Mace, who writes music and concert reviews, says the strangest thing about the coronavirus lockdown is ā€œnot going to gigs every other nightā€.

Sam Phillips, also a Journalism student at NTU, 20, said: ā€œNo knowing when itā€™s going to end. Coming to terms with not having the uni routine.ā€

Whether it is the little habits they left behind because of the lockdown or the worldwide conspiracies that they find strange, students expressed said what they found strange about the situation.

NTU Business student Jay Birkett, 20, said: ā€œWhy did China try to hide the truth?ā€

For other students however, their love life is the main aspect that has dramatically changed since the lockdown.

Alessandra Prelicz, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering student at University of Southampton, 20, said there is no chance for her past love to have a comeback, even in these ‘unprecedented times’.

She said: “The strangest thing about coronavirus lockdown is my exes texting me because they are bored.”

By Olimpia Zagnat

Feature photo credit: Pixabay

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