“PANDEMIC TIMES”

From approximately 2 years ago, the so-called Novel Coronavirus or known as

COVID-19 today has been an epidemic specifically in Wuhan, China. The virus was
said to have been acquired through eating exotic foods, specifically bats. This theory
was believed by many people and started to blame Chinese people upon eating exotic
foods. Another theory about how the virus started was that it was a man-made virus and
Chinese scientists might have released this virus as a way of new age colonialism. At
the latter part, different theories and opinions from people began to spread after these
major theories. One theory is that this virus was made as a marketing strategy so that
products that were very much used today will be bought by the people. Nonetheless,
according to the source, “The original source of viral transmission to humans remains
unclear, as does whether the virus became pathogenic before or after the spillover
event, (Wikipedia).”

If we look back from the very beginning and from the very first case of COVID-19
in our country, I can say that there was negligence. If only that the government closed
all ports in the country, there would have been less cases of the virus. Although the first
case was not yet determined at that time since the symptoms were not yet visible, the
government should have acted swiftly as they noticed and witnessed the things
happening in China, specifically Wuhan. The first case of our country was found indeed
in our province, in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, and it was quite devastating and
horrible since the virus was very much near to us. Although, we can’t blame all of what
is happening since it already happened. Also, at the very first year of the pandemic,
people were filled with fear and terror upon knowing how deadly and viscious the virus
was. People started to panic-buying and some cried out for help due to which some
were unable to gather and prepare food for themselves in the upcoming quarantine.

Today, some people are not afraid of the virus anymore, as they think that this
was only done for marketing-strategy. People were not believing in the virus themselves
which may be misleading as we know that the virus is true and it really harms us.
Recently, some establishments, specifically working areas, were opened back since we
know how important a job is and also to have food on the plate and a plate on the table
to each one of us. Through the guidelines and proper steps, people started to work back
to their normal working areas but, some were not able to. I understand that we people
really need to do something everyday as we need food to survive but, what we don’t
see is that the virus still doesn’t disappear even though we follow proper guidelines.
Some people always go anywhere with no reason like, just having fun and eventually
helps in spreading the virus. If we really cared and wanted to go back to our normal
lives, then we must help each other and coordinate. When you know that there is
nothing important about going anywhere, then why not stay at home? By that you can
help to prevent the spread of the virus and avoid the counting of cases. “Adding more
fuel to the fire only makes the fire bigger”, if we refer this to our current situation, the fire
indicates the virus and the fuel indicates to us. If we try to look into the bright side, one
simple step may help us all win in this battle. Even though vaccines are already present,
we can’t still guarantee that it is safe for us and the virus will no longer affect us. It is
said that if we are vaccinated, we can still catch the virus and we can be a carrier of it.
Vaccines are only made to boost the immune system and it doesn’t mean that it can
cure the virus.

What we really need right now is to cooperate, we must get back to quarantine,
we need to stay at home for at least a month or two to end this battle. Although, we
can’t do that as we need to have food everyday and the government also cannot
provide anymore that long since our economy will drop and the budget is not enough to
hold all people in the country. I can also say that if we only get rid of the corrupt ways of
politicians, we must be very quick upon recovery to all casualties. But, we can’t still
blame those people since we know that our country each year, faces different problems,
basically natural problems. Going back, preventing the virus would be easy if we only
stay at home. There are some benefits and advantages for staying at home. Staying at
home makes us comfortable. Staying at home may help decrease the number of cases
of COVID-19 and help to stop the spreading of the virus. Staying at home will create
time for your family. Staying at home for short is safe.

Staying at home makes us comfortable. This is because we can do all things we

want at home except things that are done away from home. We can relax at home, the
way that you can’t do at work could be done at home like sleeping, ofcourse, we don’t
sleep while working, otherwise we’re fired. Another one is playing, we can’t play at work
or even to students, we can’t play too much at school but we can at home.

Staying at home may help decrease the number of cases of COVID-19 and help
to stop the spreading of the virus.This is absolutely true since staying at home may help
avoid possible encounters with people who were carriers of the virus. Staying at home
provides great advantages upon avoiding contact and threats from the virus.

Staying at home will create time for your family. It is very important to have
quality time with our family and think or discuss some things you weren’t able to talk
about. Through staying at home, it can create a bonding with your family. In short,
staying at home is safe and it helps us avoid danger.

In conclusion, the current new normal really suits best for the current situation
and it also helps to prevent the virus. Online classes are very much guaranteed as it
helps students to save money rather than actual face to face classes. Working at home
might also be effective to avoid the virus. Staying at home with the aid of the new
normal is effective and safe at the same time.

SOURCES

LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Wikipedia