Prince Charles , who recently recovered from COVID-19, said that he loves watching coronavirus-related videos online.- In an article for the British publication Country Life, the Prince of Wales said "we have seen the very best use of technology."
- The internet has provided necessary levity for many during the coronavirus pandemic. "In such testing times, it is reassuring to see that adversity is bringing out the very best in people," the Prince of Wales wrote.
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Prince Charles wrote in the British publication Country Life that he's been enjoying the explosion of comedic content online during quarantine. The Prince of Wales said "we have seen the very best use of technology" as the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. He wrote that technology is "allowing us to keep working, but also to keep in touch through virtual parties, games, singing — and some of the funniest videos I have seen for a long time!"
"In such testing times, it is reassuring to see that adversity is bringing out the very best in people," the Prince of Wales said.
The internet and its inhabitants have provided necessary levity for many during the crisis. From memes about the US stimulus checks and toilet paper shortages to celebrities participating in goofy TikTok challenges, the internet has become a place of relief for some.
"Using humor is just how people cope in grim circumstances, and it's a very healthy response," April Foreman, a psychologist and an executive board member of the American Association of Suicidology, told CNET.
Prince Charles recently recovered from COVID-19. A representative for the Clarence House confirmed the diagnoses to Insider on March 25.
The Prince of Wales did not mention his illness in the Country Life article, but he said that the world must "learn some lessons" from this time.
"When we come out of this pandemic, as we surely will, it seems to me that we must learn some lessons: of the crucial importance of Nature to our wellbeing and to our very existence; of the power of localisation; and simply of a kinder way of being," he said. "After the suffering and the selflessness we are witnessing, we cannot allow ourselves to go back to how we were."
To close his piece, the Prince said the world needs to remember that "further and equally dangerous issues continue to loom."
"Let us all therefore pledge ourselves to 'building back better' and not lose sight of probably the greatest threat-multiplier of them all: global warming and its most obvious symptom, climate change," he said.
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