A British stripling is starting to recover from a 10 - month coma with seemingly no noesis of the COVID-19 pandemic that shake the humanity around him , despite having been infected with the virus twice .
As reported by theGuardian , 19 - twelvemonth - old Joseph Flavill was hit by a cable car while walking in Staffordshire in the UK on March 1 , 2020 , when less than 40 case of COVID-19 had been report in the country . He was left with a traumatic genius injury that left him in a state of unconsciousness for months . During this time , COVID-19 took over the world , andtens of millions of peoplebecame infected with the virus , including Joseph , who reportedly catch the infection twice while in hospital .
He has now reportedly regained consciousness and is starting to show some promising signs of recovery , such as do yes and no through blinking and following basic command . But how do trance someone up with the last class ?
“ He wo n’t know anything about the pandemic as he ’s been gone for 10 month . His awareness is starting to improve now but we just do n’t acknowledge what he do it , ” his aunt , Sally Flavill Smith , told the Guardian .
“ I just do n’t cognize where to begin with it . A year ago if someone had told me what was going to occur over the last class , I do n’t think I would have believe it . I ’ve got no idea how Joseph ’s going to come to understand what we ’ve all been through . ”
His family has set up a movement calledJoseph ’s Journey , which has raised over £ 32,000 to support the teen in his long - term retrieval . Due to COVID limitation , only his mother has been allowed to see him so far and had to be socially distance and wear full PPE .
" I recollect that was really challenging because from Joseph ’s decimal point of view , you ’ve got someone who ’s not close to you , who ’s wearing all that PPE and obviously not aware that we ’re in the middle of a pandemic , ” his aunty enounce , speaking toSky News .
In the first stage of the pandemic , the humankind had a mediocre few groups of people who were unaware of COVID-19.In March 2020 , itwas reportedthat many mariner aboard nuclear - armed submarines were kept unaware of the pandemic to avoid undermine their esprit de corps and keep them focused on their undertaking . official working for the United Nations migration programalso saidthey had descend across many Ethiopian migrator who were unaware of the pandemic as late as June 2020 .
Also in March , producers of the reality TV showBig Brotherin Germany were left with the conundrum of whether to tell their contestants about the pandemic in the outside universe . Eventually , thehousemates were told live on - airand , after being reassured that their loved ones were fine , they decide to stay in the house . After all , an isolated house cut off from the rest period of the cosmos was the idealistic quarantine situation .
[ H / T : The Guardian ]
