The spread of COVID-19 has marked an uptick in livestreamed funerals and ancestor ceremonies, forcing the technological stagnant death industry to adapt
It's easier than ever to bury your loved ones online — Shanghai last spring, more than two million people flocked to their local cemeteries … Tweets: @yeahyeahyasmin , @elliepses , @dlberes , @bcmerchant , and @ozm Tweets: Yasmin Tayag / @yeahyeahyasmin : The coronavirus pandemic is ushering in a strange new way to bury your loved ones: the Virtual Funeral. A very strange - but oddly life-affirming - story by @elliepses for @ozm: https://onezero.medium.com/... Eleanor Cummins / @elliepses : For @OZM, I wrote about Chinese cemeteries offering “cloud tomb-sweeping” services during the COVID-19 recovery (and their American counterparts) https://onezero.medium.com/... Damon Beres / @dlberes : “Instead of celebrating Tomb Sweeping Day in person, families can see the cemetery in virtual reality, watch staff clean their relatives' graves over livestream, and curate online memorials for their loved ones.” https://onezero.medium.com/... Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant : I had no idea that the CDC had officially recommended livestreaming funerals, but that is just one part of a dark but necessary trend towards digital mourning apparently and we live in interesting times https://onezero.medium.com/... OneZero / @ozm : To stop the spread of coronavirus, many cemeteries in China have closed their gates and launched a range of “cloud tomb sweeping” services according to @shanghaidaily. http://read.medium.com/OiAV4WT