Covid 19 Blog

Covid 19, or coronavirus, is a virus that is like a common cold and spreads extremely quickly. It was first found in China and from there has spread across the world. I thnk that most people thought it to be a joke and like World War 3, there were memes and jokes that people made. In just the last month alone, there has been many nationwide and global responses to Covid-19. On March 1, there was 15 millions dollars that got released from the United Nations in order to help fight Covid-19. Later on March 23, there was a global ceasefire to be effective immediately. And in the last week, there was a COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Responce Plan that was created and launched by the Secretary of the United Nations. Covid is a disease that while it has a low death rate, will impact a lot of people and because of it's ability to spread throughout the world in just under three months, it will impact the future and how our lives. Covid closed our schools and caused so many people to get fired and laid off. I think that everyone, at least most teenagers, saw this whole Covid thing as a joke at first. Now everyone is really cutting down on all the percautions and doing their best to not spread the virus. I think that the United States needs to figure itself out before helping others but not forgetting that other under-developed countries need help.

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