What is one thing that humans have learned the most
about during the Coronavirus pandemic?
The power of human connection.
Humans
are connected in ways we never even thought possible. Initially the Coronavirus
was just something we watched on the news. We “didn’t have to worry” about it
because it was in China. It was thousands of miles away. Most Americans thought
it was a Chinese disease that we didn’t have to stress about. We continued on
with our daily lives. However, the death tolls in China continued to climb. We
still really did not worry.
Then
on the news we started to see how the Coronavirus impacted Italy. Again we
watched the death tolls climb. Still as typical Americans we continued to only
worry about ourselves.
Then
in the blink of an eye America was turned upside down by the Coronavirus.
Schools were closed, businesses were closed, and we were all put in quarantine
to stop the spread. People made a mad dash to the grocery store to stock up on
everything they could leaving the shelves bare. New York City was absolutely
devastated by the affects of the Coronavirus. Our country was begging for
ventilators, masks, and sanitizer as we now prepared to go to war with the
Coronavirus. And the Coronavirus continues to make its way through OUR communities.
China
doesn’t seem so far away now does it? We, as Americans, are not so different
after all. Humans are so interconnected that a disease that started in the
community of Wuhan has spread across the globe in a matter of months.
One
of the biggest lessons I think everyone has learned from this is how much we
are truly similar. We are just as related to someone thousands of miles away in
China as we are to our next door neighbor. As a world we are all going through
this together!
We are one world!
Courtney Glines, guest blogger
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