German Content / German Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en What Is Lost in a World Where We Cannot Touch? /curiosity-gap/what-lost-world-where-we-can%E2%80%99t-touch <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>By&nbsp;<a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/chunjie-zhang-377294">Chunjie Zhang </a></p> <p>Associate Professor of German, University of California, Davis</p> <p><em>This blog is condensed from an essay that appeared in The Conversation in late April. </em></p> <p>During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new sign warning that the coronavirus survives on all kinds of surfaces and that we should no longer use the playground. Since then, I’ve taken great pains to prevent him from touching things.</p> May 04, 2020 - 10:23am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity-gap/what-lost-world-where-we-can%E2%80%99t-touch