The coronavirus pandemic has a great deal of dull sides.

Around the globe, individuals

get sick and bite the dust, schools closed, the health care system is over-burden, workers lose
their jobs, businesses, companies, organizations and such face bankruptcy , stock markets
breaking down, and nations have to spend billions on medical aid. So for us, whether it’s
affected directly or not, COVID-19 is surely a massive stressor shaking up our minds, and
causing fears and anxieties.

Our lives have been influenced from multiple points of view by this pandemic. Following
policies toward the alleviation of effects of this dreaded illness has flipped around our lives. We
have been battling to discover approaches to endure stay at home orders. Since there is a lot of
doubt and uncertainty, maybe justifiably, about COVID-19. Yet I’d like to capture your attention
onto the bright side of the COVID-19 pandemic. Firstly, there are many and other fantastic
benefits on the environmental side. By restricting travel, it offers a reprieve or a break to the
earth, sky, air, our lungs, and so forth. Portions of Metro Manila have been able to see the blue
sky and some breathtaking view of Sierra Madre, Rizal Mountains, and many more, for the first
time in years, with industrial facilities shutting down. In line with this, working from home as
opposed to driving or commuting to work eliminates overcrowding and congestion and saves
time, energy and money. This is a great support in the fight against climate change. On the well-
being side, the pandemic has helped us again to remember the significance of practical stuff
that maybe a few of us disregarded, for example, sanitization and sterilization, disinfection,
personal hygiene and healthy lifestyle. On the social side, the pandemic gave us a chance to
reconnect with our family, as we invest more time and energy at home, particularly with
schools off, notwithstanding working at home for some vocations.

Time is seen as the most significant and exiguous commodity we have in today’s
overheated economy. COVID-19 reveals why: because we’ve been stacking up our week with
mass gatherings and activities such as attending to parties, pub, and sports club and going to
cinema, and more. Expectedly, all of these are banned or prohibited, granting us a great
amount of extra time. And somehow, life is still going on. It reminds us how ready we are in
clearing our schedules. Evidently, this doesn’t make a difference to the health care sector and
other primary industries. Nonetheless, it applies also to a vast number of sectors. And in the
wake of all this, we have seen a massive rise of volunteerism and charitable acts within our
societies. Everything from making personal protective equipment, to fund raising money for
other people who badly need help and support due to the damage caused by this pandemic,
and also cooking foods for our front liners, who are risking their lives on the line to save others
and endangering their own health.

Once again, the COVID-19 crisis has a great deal of dull sides. But as these opportunities
appear, it has positive sides also. So if we keep looking at the positive sides of life, the longer
the crisis continues, the greater the possibilities are and the greater the opportunities are that
we can eventually make improvements to our deeply innate conventions and convictions.
Although there is no question that we need to beat COVID-19, there may be a silver lining in the
way we view the world now.
References:

https://www.educatemagis.org/blogs/reflections-submitted-by-my-students-as-part-of-global-project-a-
day-in-my-life-living-under-the-covid-19-pandemic/#

http://www.edupolicy.net/2020/04/08/reflections-from-nepc-on-implications-of-covid-19-pandemic/