Name: Kurt Diogie R.

Bucatcat
Course/Year/Section: BTLED/1st/ET-12
GE-108- 4-5:30 pm Mth

In 2019 we saw and experienced the COVID-19 pandemic firsthand. This brought
to light the vast disparities in methods used to control and contain infectious diseases around
the world, and their varying levels of success in containing the spread of the coronavirus.
Covid 19 surprised the world; and as of April 2020, the virus has already killed more than
80,000 people and infected more than a million people around the world.1 To combat the
pandemic, most governments have enforced strict social-distancing, nationwide curfews and
contact tracing of people , which is being investigated. Our lives have been impacted in so
many ways by this coronavirus pandemic. Following public guidelines to alleviate this
dreaded disease has turned our lives upside down. We have struggled to find ways to tolerate
stay-at-home orders. Learning new routines in our social isolation and, for many, integrating
their children’s education during the day while schools remain closed. And above all, our
stress and fears are reached by the fear of contracting the coronavirus, since every day we see
the number of confirmed positive cases and deaths from COVID-19. Our sorrows are
particularly deep when we face the reality of the death or struggle to survive of friends or
family members as a result of this illness. We see many around us, if not ourselves, who have
lost their jobs. Jobs that supported them and their families disappeared literally overnight as
the American economy was forced to shut down to stem the spread of the virus. And in
addition to these emotions, believers experience great spiritual suffering from the continued
inability to worship as a communion. We Catholics find it particularly painful when we
hunger and thirst for the Eucharist now that our participation in Mass is limited to live
streaming video transmissions on our televisions and computers.
The coronavirus disease has caused many problems in our education, social
life and mental health. As a student, I can definitely say that the coronavirus disease is having
a major impact on us. In education, students like me are struggling more with online classes
because of the pandemic. It’s hard as you thought, unlike face-to-face classes. The lack of
internet and technology is preventing us students from focusing on study and online learning.
In social life, interacting with others is forbidden because of the coronavirus disease and that
is why it is harder to work and earn money so that we can eat enough. Last but not least is
mental health, a coronavirus disease is causing students’ mental health to deteriorate.
Sleepless nights, skipping meals, lots of activities are the things that make students forget to
take care of themselves, even their mental health.