牧青和东东难得在国内呆这么久，自然能过的节日都要过。两个人终于决定过完农历新年回美国。所以剩下的两个大的节日就是元旦和春节了。

元旦的晚上，牧青的父母毕竟年纪大了，熬不住早早睡了。而牧青和东东今天都不需要上班上学，两个人一人抱着一个电脑窝在沙发上各自上着网，交换着各种年底的总结和视频，却是越看越丧气，这没完没了的疫情不知道什么时候才能过去。

东东感叹说：不管怎么样，2020算是过完了，跟做了一场噩梦一样。

牧青说：难怪大家都说庚子年是凶年，这何止是凶年，简直是大凶之年！

东东听了，过了一会儿，给牧青发来一张截图：

1840的庚子，鸦片战争

1900的庚子，八国联军入京，印度大饥荒

1960的庚子，三年大饥荒，三千万生灵涂炭，智利9.5级地震

2020年的庚子，全世界已经死了几百万

牧青叹了一口气说：今年太丧气了，死了那么多人，死了那么多名人。正巧看见朋友圈里有人转发TIMES的年度悼念视频，一张张照片如流星般从屏幕上划过，见证洛杉矶4点钟太阳的Kobe Bryant到特里独行 的Ruth Ginsburg，到让多少人如鲠在喉的李登辉，到把时装带到中国的皮尔卡丹，还有老詹姆斯，钢琴诗人傅聪，视频的结尾飘过李医生的照片。。。

牧青双手合十，感恩地说：好在我的家人朋友都健康。东东啊，你这一年太多历史意义了，你高中毕业，升入大学，这一年就赶上世界巨变。以后不说别的，就光你这一生怀孕的时候赶上SARS，18岁赶上新冠，妥妥的历史见证人啊。。。

东东耸耸肩说：赶上疫情，我们才能在上海呆这么久，也是因祸得福吧。

牧青拍拍东东说：是啊，不管怎么样，希望所有的厄运都随着2020走远吧。然后她发了一张图到朋友圈来纪念这不同寻常的一年。

后记

终于艰难地写完2020年的流水账，2020年必将会是人类历史的转折点。

这一年发生了太多的事情，毫不夸张地说：影响到了地球上的每个一个人。当初想写这篇流水账的目的，就是用一个故事串起这些事情，将那些越来越记忆模糊的事件记录下来，勉强算作一种另类的历史记录吧。从这一年开始，很多事情都发生了天翻地覆地变化，有些变化甚至知道现在还在一直发生的，还会持续下去。

疫情在国内是一个敏感话题，尽管只是一片虚构的小说，尽管我觉得我已经尽力避开各种敏感话题，但发在国内网站的时候不停的被下架，不停的被小编提醒小说不要涉及疫情话题。幸存的篇幅也不知道国内网站上最后会存在多久。也许以后在国内我们只能看见零星关于疫情的只言片语，比如豆瓣的这个帖子：

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4MTQxMjA5Nw==&mid=2650785712&idx=1&sn=a8acb978e9578ed6f28171c5497979fc

这也是我发在文学城的原因，希望能记录一点历史。

从上海封城以后，一度没有办法再写下去，因为发现现实远远超过我的想像，自己写的这些简直如白开水一样平淡。断更了很久，终归不愿意留下一个烂尾，勉力在年底之前写完，虽然我知道不会有多少人看到这个故事，但是依然谢谢屏幕前的你能看到这里。

谢谢你们~祝福每一个人都能平安顺遂地渡过这一生~

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*2020.12.1 美国巨型射电望远镜阿雷西博发生坍塌

*2020.12.17嫦娥五号返回器携带月球样品着陆地球

Dec. 4: Protests against COVID-19 safety rules continue, as some restaurateurs defy the mandate to close outdoor dining (or look for “work-arounds”), and parents rally to keep playgrounds open.

*2020.12.6: Mateo and Neah Johnson show Santa their letters while visiting him at a socially distanced snow globe in Seattle. David Ryder/Getty Images

*2020.12.8 英格兰考文垂，医务人员列队为玛格丽特欢呼，因为她成为英国首位接受冠状病毒疫苗的人。「我感到非常荣幸」，玛格丽特坦言。Cr: Jacob King/Pool/Getty Images

*2020.12.8: Britain becomes the first Western country to start inoculating its residents against COVID-19.

2020.12.8 巴黎卢浮宫闭馆时的蒙娜丽莎。卢浮宫自10月下旬以来一直处于关闭状态。

Cr: Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

*2020.12.9: SpaceX's massive steel rocket prototype, an early iteration of the technology CEO Elon Musk hopes will be used to put humans on Mars, explodes during a return-landing attempt. In the final stretch of its flight, an issue with the fueling system caused the rocket to slam into the ground. No one was on board. Musk still chocked the mission up as a win, and the fiery ending was not totally unexpected. Gene Blevins/Reuters

*2020.12.11: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizes emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech.

*2020.12.14: Dr. Michelle Chester administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. Lindsay was the first person in New York to get a shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which was recently authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration. She was among the first people in the United States to receive the vaccine. Mark Lennihan/Pool/AP

*2020.12.17: The availability of intensive care unit beds throughout Southern California hits 0%.

*2020.12.18: FDA authorizes the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.

*2020.12.23: Semi-trailers are lined up at an airport in Manston, England, as thousands of stranded truck drivers were waiting to cross the English Channel. France agreed to ease a blockade despite fears over a new Covid-19 variant, but the agreement required people to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test. Steve Parsons/PA/AP

*2020.12.24: The US Capitol is reflected in a puddle during a rainstorm. President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill on December 27, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin. The legislation includes direct cash payments and enhanced unemployment benefits. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

12月24日 市场监管总局依法对阿里巴巴集团涉嫌垄断行为立案调查

https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2020/12-24/9369896.shtml

12月31日：美国新冠肺炎现有7867419，累积20216991，死亡350778