Coronavirus!
Stay in touch!
By:
Andrea M.
Do you miss your friends
and family that you haven’t been able to see during the pandemic? It is hard to
keep up with people that you don’t see every day. It is even more important to stay connected
now because of how stressful the pandemic has been. The pandemic is no joke, and we shouldn't break
the social distancing rules, but there are many ways we can stay emotionally
close while being physically distant. It is important that we keep safe and
keep in touch throughout this pandemic. We cannot go back to normal until this
pandemic is under control; until then, we should stay in touch with our family
and friends and stay safe at the same time.
According to
Worldometers.com, as of March 29, 2021, 2.79 million people have suffered and
died through the virus spreading from place to place. It will only get better if we stay safe. This is the world's big issue in the new
year. While we need to be safe and protect everyone from this virus, there are
some good ways to stay connected.
Mental health
America[mhanational.org] did many studies and found benefits to social
connections. One of their studies proved that people with good relationships
were happier in their everyday life.
They also discovered that good social connections lead to better health.
Loneliness has been found to cause higher blood pressure in a study of older
people. In an interesting study, they found out that people with strong
communities even had longer lives.
There are ways you can help
people around you during this time. Giving time out to connect with friends and
family is important. It can be phone calls, google meets, or socially distanced
hanging out.
Be present by going to
school and other places that are safe. This means really paying attention to
the other people in your life and trying not to be distracted by your phone,
your work, or other interests. Another thing we can do is really listen to what
others are saying and try to understand it and focus on their needs at that moment.
If we stay connected with
our friends and family and pay attention to what they need we will see that it
makes us feel better too. That is why we
should all stay connected through this pandemic. We should all be connected
with friends and family, and we can keep safe at the same time.
I disagree with the statement "We cannot go back to normal until this pandemic is under control" because the CDC says that you can return to normal with a mask on or if your fully vaccinated.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that people should still be caring about the coronavirus. "We cannot go back to normal until this pandemic is under control" I like this line because that is a hundred percent right. And now that the vaccination is out we are finally dealing with the problem and starting to go back to normal. But although people are getting vaccinations they can still carry the virus to people who do have not been vaccinated. And that's why I agree with this because it is still spreading awareness and we still need that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we need to stay safe. I understand this was written a while ago and now the virus isn't as bad anymore and things have gone back to normal, but we only got to this point because we stayed safe. As you said 2.79 million people suffered from the virus and that's a lot of people. Considering we stayed safe we are now able to be back to normal.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion on staying safe and staying in touch during COVID 19. Even though its not as bad as it was before we still need to take precautions like you said. I also agree with how you said "we should stay in touch with our family and friends and stay safe at the same time." The only way we will get to see friends and family is if we continue to be safe. We could always like you said social distance while hanging out and still be safe.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statement, "It is important that we keep safe and keep in touch throughout this pandemic." Staying safe and staying connected is an important part of life, especially in this pandemic. As you noted, "Mental Health America did many studies and found many benefits to social connections." If we don't take proper precautions while with our friends and family, we could put them or ourselves at risk. However, without social interaction, the mental health of ourselves or others could decline. Your suggestions for staying safe while staying connected are also well written and described. For example, "There are ways you can help people around you during this time. Giving time out to connect with friends and family is important. It can be phone calls, google meets, or socially distanced hanging out." You introduced your suggestions with something positive that most people care about: helping those around us. When writers set a topic or a discussion with something positive, the reader is more likely to take the following as positive. As opposed to saying, "Because you can't hang out with friends-" you said "There are ways you can help-" and i think that's really important. Overall, great piece and great points.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with this statement, " We cannot go back to normal until this pandemic is under control." Even after the pandemic is under control we still have to wear masks so it does not go out of control again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement that, "It is important that we keep safe and keep in touch throughout this pandemic." It's important to have a close person or group of people that you can talk to, because it's good for your mental health. Like you stated when you were talking about Mental Health America, "Loneliness has been found to cause higher blood pressure in a study of older people." If loneliness has negative physical effects, then that's something we should avoid especially in the midst of a pandemic.
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