Covid-19 stigma: Former patient opens up on trauma after abuse on social media
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020 10:29 AM MYT
Ching, 33, had returned to Malaysia from Hong Kong ― where he was working as a marketing executive ― on Feb 1 during the Chinese New Year holidays but little did he know the ordeal that awaited him.Two days after his return, he developed a sore throat and fever. A few days later, he went to a hospital to get himself screened for Covid-19 as his fever did not subside.
While undergoing treatment at the hospital, some friends sent Ching screenshots of his photograph, as well as information on his family background, that someone, apparently, had posted on social media and which went viral. Upon his return from Hong Kong, Ching stayed with his parents in their hometown in Selangor and after he was diagnosed with Covid-19, his parents underwent self-quarantine and tested negative.
“When their mental health worsens, they may contemplate killing themselves or they may seek revenge by turning into cyberbullies themselves as they want others to feel how they had felt when they were bullied,” he said.
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