There have been many reports of Asians being attacked and racially abused in European countries, but the incidents are on the rise post COVID-19 pandemic
Taiwan effectively closed the borders to most foreigners in mid-March and has been extremely cautious about reopening them in case of the second wave of COVID-19 infections
Israel was one of the first nations to close the borders and impose restrictions when the global pandemic first emerged and the Palestinians quickly followed the suit
The liberal elite in the megapolises would relish expressions of state-less euphoria, but ordinary Americans in small towns resent the reigning iconoclasm.