COVID-19 Pandemic Blog

Izabella Curtis 
Mr. Roddy 
GPHC
26 March 2020
COVID-19

The COVID-19 virus started in China (December 2019) and became a global pandemic by March 2020. In those short 3 months this virus spread to Europe and North America and has greatly affected these countries economic status and has stopped the day to day lives of the citizens. After reading the opinion piece it made me think of all the citizens that are losing health care benefits due to this virus. Independent businesses that can no longer pay their employees and the citizens that are losing their health insurance due to the loss of their job are now suffering greatly due to this pandemic. I feel like although the opinion piece has some great ideas and real concerns for underdeveloped countries such as Africa. Concerns about how underdeveloped countries have health issues with Ebola and HIV/AIDS cases. The lack of money these countries have due to people no longer traveling as well as no longer contributing to their society. The lack of “petty trading” makes underdeveloped countries unable to support the citizens' income. Developed countries like the United states need to stabilize their economy before they can begin to help other underdeveloped countries. I feel like once American citizens can get equal health care, a human right all individuals deserve, our government can begin to help underdeveloped countries. I am not saying we cannot start this before because obviously equal health care is not an easy task. If it was so easy everyone would have it already but I feel like our government should prioritize equal health care for citizens. Unfortunately this is only the beginning of this pandemic. As I said in the beginning of this blog, we are only at the end of month 3. I can only imagine how heartbreaking it will be when this virus hits those underdeveloped countries. Please stay inside, wash your hands, and cover your mouth. Thank you.

Comments

Sarah said…
I totally agree that the US should help underdeveloped countries, but only after we get our economy stable and make sure that we're dealing with COVID-19 in the US. I also think that we should do something about healthcare because like you said, a lot of people are losing healthcare because they aren't working.
March 27, 2020 at 9:08 AM
Zoey Weinstein said…
hey nice job!!! I love how you tied the issue of the current pandemic to your political beliefs about healthcare! I like how you acknowledged this because this pandemic has such a big impact on the upcoming election and it is important to recognize how our current leadership is addressing this as supposed to other candidates. It is thoughts like these that have helped me decide where I stand politically fans how I vote! Really good job! Stay home and wash your hands <3
March 27, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Izzie Bair said…
I completely agree with you that the United States must stabilize before it can truly help the less developed countries. The economy is being greatly impacted by this outbreak and many companies that have previously been thriving and had the ability to donate funds are now finding themselves having to layoff employees. In addition, it would be so difficult to send either our doctors or medical equipment at this time because we already are finding we do not have enough for our citizens.
March 29, 2020 at 7:35 PM
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