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Leah Adkins

Professor Reynolds

English 1201

20 March 2022

How has Covid-19 negatively impacted people's lives?

Covid-19 has been around for almost 3 years now. It is a worldwide illness that

has caused many negative issues. Covid-19 has conflicted with mental health, physical

health, sporting events, school, social lives, and jobs/ business.

Covid-19 has poorly affected people's mental health. In the article, ¨COVID-19

pandemic impacts mental, physical health of people with obesity¨, author Henderson

says, ¨The study revealed that nearly 73% of patient experience increased anxiety and

close to 84% had increased depression¨ (Henderson). There have been more than 130

million COVID cases worldwide. Results of anxiety and depression may occur from

things like isolation, financial burden, and increased drug use due to the pandemic

(Boldrini).

Covid-19 not only affected mental health but also physical health. During the

lockdown, people could not go out and work out. Lots of individuals snacked more and

spent their time sitting around all day. A study done showed, ¨ Nearly 70% reported more

difficulty in achieving weight loss goals, while 48% had less exercise time, and 56% had

less intensity in exercise¨ (Henderson).

Sports teams and sporting events were not being played or allowed to all get

together to practice. It took a while for events to slowly start coming back. While the

pandemic was very popular big sporting events and leagues lost lots of money due to
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cancellations. The cancellation of games at the intercollegiate and professional level

cost the leagues billions of dollars: ¨The NCAA, for example, makes almost $1 billion

annually from their media rights deal with March Madness alone, which will not take

place¨(¨How Covid-19 is affecting sports and fans who love the games¨).

Schooling was majorly changed due to Covid-19 and still for some schools

learning is not back to how it was. Most schooling was done only during the pandemic.

In the article, ¨Nearly 93% of Households With School-Age Children Report Some Form

of Distance Learning During COVID-19¨ it was said, ¨From May 28 to June 2, when

many school districts across the country are normally in session, 80% of people living

with children distance learning reported the children were using online resources¨

(Mcelrath). It was tough for some students who live in a home with not much income

because they did not have the right technology.

Once Covid hit many businesses especially smaller ones started losing business.

The SBA reported that preliminary economic data indicate small businesses have been

disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic (Clovis).

After all, Covid-19 was a huge strike and interfered with people's lives in many

ways. Things slowly change every day but the past 3 years have not been the same.
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Works Cited

Boldrini, Maura. “How Does Covid Affect Mental Health?” Columbia University Irving

Medical Center, 19 July 2021,

www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/how-does-covid-affect-mental-health.

Clovis Lalonde. Small Business Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic. SNOVA, 2020.

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Henderson, Emily. “Covid-19 Pandemic Impacts Mental, Physical Health of People with

Obesity.” News, 11 June 2020,

www.news-medical.net/news/20200610/COVID-19-pandemic-impacts-mental-ph

ysical-health-of-people-with-obesity.aspx.

“How Covid-19 Is Affecting Sports and the Fans Who Love the Games.” University of

Miami News and Events, 27 Feb. 2022,

news.miami.edu/stories/2020/03/how-covid-19-is-affecting-sports-and-the-fans-w

ho-love-the-games.html.

Mcelrath, Kevin. “Nearly 93% of Households with School-Age Children Report Some

Form of Distance Learning during COVID-19.” Census.gov, 21 Dec. 2021,

www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/08/schooling-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.

html.