Some time before the Chinese New Year, I stopped going out.
I have always tended towards paranoia and extremes. News of the spreading coronavirus outbreak was enough to send me into voluntary self-isolation. I skipped reunion dinner with my parents and every invitation for lo hei. I even dropped off the face of social media - why not go the whole hog?
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