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At 7 p.m. nightly, Vancouver residents are stepping outside to cheer and clap for health care workers tackling COVID-19. Photo: A view of the West End of Vancouver/Shutterstock
The Parisian crowd choir seems to have caught on. (1)
Suddenly last night at 7 pm, Vancouver’s West End erupted in cheers and pot-banging.
It’s happening in other places as well….
Vancouverites are cheering outside nightly for our health care workers
Lindsay William-Ross, Vancouver is Awesome, March 22, 2020
Makin’ some noise to show support
There’s less traffic noise, no fireworks shows, no roaring crowds at sporting events in Vancouver these days thanks to the COVID-19 crisis. But every night there’s a new tradition that’s making soundwaves through the city.
At 7 p.m. Vancouver residents are stepping outside – on their own balconies, patios, roofs, or sidewalks – to erupt in cheers and applause to salute the city’s hard-working health care workers on the frontlines.
#WestEnd 7pm cheer for our healthcare workers. Thank you pic.twitter.com/hScq4GGUsG
— malcolm bromley (@vanparkGM) March 22, 2020
More public applause in support of our health care workers in Vancouver’s #WestEnd . 7pm PST people started clapping, banging pots and making noise to show appreciation. #Lovemycommunity #TogetherAtHome #HealthcareHeroes pic.twitter.com/SYkHtGp0st
— Melanie Nagy (@MelanieNagyCTV) March 22, 2020
West End makin’ some noise #vancouver #westend #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/KSffYdsKhZ
— Pete Edwards (@pete_gas) March 22, 2020
The word has been spreading on social media that the applause is for doctors, nurses, and other first responders and hospital personnel who are admist this unprecedented health care crisis here in Vancouver – and around the world.
The hastage #clapfordoctors on Twitter and Instagram shows that this is happening around the world at designated times.
In Vancouver, the new nightly ritual has been happening in the West End, though there have been rallying calls on community Facebook groups for a similar action to happen in communites across the lower mainland.
To some, it’s a cheer of “mutual support” for neighbours in isolation.
From my balcony: #westend #vancouverbc comes alive with cheers of mutual support from neighbours during #COVID19 self-quarantine pic.twitter.com/sMmNoskI2h
— Matthew J Bordewick (@mbordewick) March 22, 2020
So if you hear some cheers, shouts, and pots and pans being banged this and any upcoming evening, step out and join in. It’s a great way to say thank you, to say we’re in this together, without leaving our homes.
People clap and bang utensils from their balconies to cheer for emergency personnel and sanitation workers who are on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus, in Mumbai, India, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Janta Curfew: Why clanging pots from balconies gave me goosebumps and hope | Opinion
Hindustan Times, Mar 22, 2020
Like a conscientious citizen, I too spent Sunday locked up inside my house amidst the Janta Curfew call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Not one of the usual sounds – vehicles honking on the road, vendors calling out, children playing loudly -were to be heard. And from my balcony, not a soul was to be seen.
It was as if the whole area had retired to their homes and gone to bed. When the sparrows crooned from a nearby tree, it made me feel one with nature for a while.
The silence lasted till 4:40 pm because that was when I began to hear growing noises from outside.
It began slowly with a few stray utensils clanging and some clapping but steadily grew into a thunder of banging utensils, blowing of conch shells and ringing of bells.
What people are doing….
Businesses Are Giving Away All Their Excess Toilet Paper to People in Need During COVID-19 Shutdowns
As supermarket shelves around the world are cleared of hand sanitizer and toilet paper amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, businesses are taking it upon themselves to share their wealth with community members in need.
Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller is just one of many companies that have temporarily closed down during the quarantine. With storage closets filled with enough toilet paper for 1,000 employees, the company decided to give away all of their TP for free.
The company has since launched the Toilet Paper Exchange—an employee-run initiative to distribute the toilet paper to the community through “Toilet Paper Tosses”.
Company employees have already given away heaps of toilet paper by hosting drive-thru giveaways during which they maintain social distancing by hurling rolls of TP through peoples’ car windows.
As supermarket shelves around the world are cleared of hand sanitizer and toilet paper amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, businesses are taking it upon themselves to share their wealth with community members in need.
Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller is just one of many companies that have temporarily closed down during the quarantine. With storage closets filled with enough toilet paper for 1,000 employees, the company decided to give away all of their TP for free.
The company has since launched the Toilet Paper Exchange—an employee-run initiative to distribute the toilet paper to the community through “Toilet Paper Tosses”.
Company employees have already given away heaps of toilet paper by hosting drive-thru giveaways during which they maintain social distancing by hurling rolls of TP through peoples’ car windows
In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee-based Mequon Pizza Co. has taken a similar approach by giving away free rolls of toilet paper with their pizza deliveries.
“Our regular, massive shipment was just delivered so for every large pizza you purchase we will give you a free roll of Cottonelle, 2-ply toilet paper, if you need it! Just ask,” the restaurant wrote on Facebook. “If you need toilet paper, rolls are available for purchase (limit 6) at our cost of $1.”
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