Coronavirus

Let's face it. COVID-19 is on every ones minds. Stay safe and wash your hands.:)

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The COVID-19 outbreak has caused much tension and stress to boil over into all parts of society. Such energy needs to be released into the world in a positive manner so that we can cope with the hardships of life. Resiliency is only so helpful if the tension lingers or even grows into a variety of downpour and bitterness. Comedy has been given a bad name for its perceived insensitivity of some topics that people do not care too much to even bring up and talk about. The power of words is enough to kill anything with enough emotion charged towards them, but it also can provide us with the essential survival skills to get through the worst circumstances that we could ever fathom. Cardi B, whether she may know it or not (which she probably does, she’s on social media more than my entire friend group), has given many hope for a better future and the dedication to keep fighting for one.

A clip of her went viral online and got everyone talking about another iconic moment that has nothing to do with her body. Cardi’s “coronavirus meme” has spread far beyond its reach and into all facets of life and culture, inspiring everyone and their 1.3 billion search resuits on google. The law of conservation of energy allows Cardi to flow into your body and back out into the world through your own laughter. Chemical changes occur, as with any reaction, and now all the anger and pent up frustration from your long weekend becomes released through inspiration. Songs, tweets, exercises, and just about anything and everything that can inspire someone else. The subjects can get dark but that doesn’t mean Cardi’s energy was wasted because an open mind can see the beautiful world within it. Cardi will always be around spreading positive vibes as long as we are mindful about our actions and emotions. You cannot escape Cardi B for she is a part of everyone’s world, our collective world as well as our personal one. It brings a ray of sunshine that is able to glow even through the thick fog that is clouded over all of the earth. The constructive energy around everyone lets us know that Cardi B is still there laughing through her nasal cavities. Sometimes all we need is a good reminder, and laughter is abundant throughout the world for any person out there going through a difficult time with the tension in the world. It says more to someone than even you can think of and you could be the only one laughing. Like right now.

Hopefully.

And at the end of the long painful day, we can actually sleep in our beds for once and know that Cardi B will still be there

Unless we literally destroy the earth. Then… we might be too late.

Citation:

@iamcardib. “Ya keep playing I’m deadass FUCKIN SCARED.” Instagram . March 10. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kvv79AAUw/?igshid=i6rzdgiafvxa.

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Caption:

Trump's Response to the coronavirus as a poltical cartoon by Steve Breen / San Diego Union-Tribune 2020

This image shows Donald, the president of the United States, sitting in a chair, with a bandaid on his arm. There is a syringe on the wooden desk that is labeled with the words “denial.” There is a newspaper on the table as well with the headline “CORONAVIRUS WORSENS” written on it. Donald Trump has his signature look with the almost white, blonde, combover hair and pale white skin below the neck. Above the neck is his cheetah orange, fake spray tan. He is also pointing at the syringe and has a smug face while doing so. He also has a speech bubble that says “I VACCINATED MYSELF.”

The president, Donald Trump, is sitting in the Oval Office in the White House. You can tell that this man is a representation of Trump by his spray tan and his hairstyle, which is a hybrid of a combover and a pompadour This can be inferred because he is sitting in a large red chair almost similar to the one behind the President’s desk in the office.The syringe is filled with denial meaning that he keeps reassuring himself through his denial of the virus that everything is okay and will be fine. The coronavirus pandemic is getting worse where he is located because there is a newspaper. Newspapers are a large part of the mainstream media conglomerate that runs the news in the US. Donald Trump does not like the news. He seems proud of something with his smug face and him pointing towards the syringe. It is almost like he is happy or content with his denial.

n this picture President Donald Trump is vaccinating himself with a shot of denial. His smug expression and his finger proudly pointing at the empty syringe, he is confident his approach to the coronavirus pandemic is helping the nation. He reassures his people and himself about his strategy which just involves lying and telling people that everything is okay. Slapping the band-aid on his arm will fix the whole issue in Trump’s eyes. The man is pale from the neck down and though it is his signature look he is also getting sicker by the day along with the American people. He is smug because he knows he has what he needs to survive while everyone else can fend for themselves. He is withholding valuable supplies and hoarding them for himself and other people of value to him. The coronavirus is all over the headlines and in the press everyday so it could be his way of getting back at the press for everything that they have put him through up to this point, but as of now that is pure speculation. However, in everyone else’s eyes he is just harming the nation altogether. Every time he opens his mouth he downplays the entire pandemic and reverts back to his racist diatribes when he has nothing else to say. He openly attacks the people of China and their government first from the words “Wuhan Virus” to “chinese Virus” almost the next day. 

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Unclaimed bodies/ Bodies that couldn’t afford a funeral being buried at Hart Island. 

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COVID-19 has been such a pain to those suffering from losing their loved ones. It’s heartbreaking to hear that this virus is killing 158 people on an average day in New York City. A city in the United States is losing their people who never asked for this. The death rate is beyond words that can explain this tragedy. New York is making trenches to store all the dead bodies who are unclaimed or to those who can’t afford funeral expensive. The dead bodies have fourth teen days to be claimed. If not claimed the bodies will be buried in the trenches located on hart island. The Island was one a Civil war prison camp, which use to be patient colony and burial site for the unclaimed HIVAIDS victims. In 2008 New York City Pandemic states that Hart Island would be used as a temporary burial site in the event the death toll reaches a certain number of thousands of bodies and if any other storage us full. The first person to ever be buried in Hart Island cemetery was Louisa Van Slyke a 24-year-old who died of tuberculosis she had no known family to claim her.  More than one million people are buried in Hart Island. Only New Yorkers are being buried in Hart Island. The workers who are burying the bodies are wearing personal protective equipment. Normally about 25 bodies a week are unclaimed and are sent to Hart Island. It’s been a place for more than 150 years where bodies were sent who were unclaimed or weren’t able to afford a funeral. Also, all the bodies that have been stored in Hart Island weren’t all bodies who had covid-19. The prisoners from Rikers Island who would usually carry out the burials at Hart Island are not getting involved in taking the Covid-19 bodies. Back then no one was allowed to visit the burial site, recently the organization has been changed to being allowed to visit your loved ones twice a month with advanced registration. New York City has refrigerator trailers to store remains in the body bags. One doctor there said the flow of bodies passing through was “like a conveyor belt”.  The city environmental officials have restrictions on local crematories to work all night and day until June 30.  Back then the crematory would usually cremate 12 bodies a day, but now it’s an estimate to have processed 38 bodies before 11 am. These workers are running 16 hours a day, and it’s gotten to the point where they can’t keep up with the number of bodies coming in. Mr. Tassi said, “We have never had weeks like this” City officials have been planning for an emergency like this for at least a dozen years. As this pandemic gets worse the city is trying their best to keep it under control. To be cautious and to stay home where you can be social distancing yourself from the others and the world. New York City isn’t the only people mourning for their loved ones, we are all mourning for them and their loved ones because we’re all in this together

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Worldwide COVID-19

COVID-19 has spread worldwide causing so much problems and sadness to everyone. As you can see from the worldwide chart it shows the location the virus has taken place, the amount of cases confirmed, amount of people who recovered, and amount of deaths. China use to be the number one with the highest cases and deaths, but so far, they are getting more cautious with the virus and for everyone’s safety, which is increasing the amount of people who are recovered. Italy use to be number two right behind china, but now their focusing on mandatory quarantine to prevent anyone containing the virus. Their slowly, but surely getting their act together. The United States was not as bad or even close to where China was at, but now the tables have turned. The United States is now number one in the world. No one was expecting the Covid-19 to be a big thing and now it’s literally all you see in the new, on social media, and everyone you look. The United States is trying to prevent everyone from getting it, but theirs literally so much they can do for us. They already shut down as many businesses as they could. Now you have to be 6 feet apart all times. Everywhere you go or turn you see someone wearing masks or gloves. You now see the businesses that are still open sanitize every 30 minutes to prevent germs being spread. Half of the world has lost their jobs and are suffering to support their families. Yet a lot of families are suffering from having lost their loved ones. No one can really hangout or even reunite with their loved ones because they have to be cautious. No one knows where they go or who they’re with or what they touched. Some stores only let a certain amount of people at a time for there could be space between each other. Each country has their own strategy to help their people throughout this time. It’s also on the people if they want to be social distancing and staying home. Even if it’s mandatory some people don’t care to listen. People are risking their lives everyday trying to save people who have the virus and yet theirs people going out and not have a care in the world. Their having get togethers as this whole Covid-19 is a joke to them. Not everyone is cautious, you don’t know if they wash their hands or been sanitizing their home after coming from outside. Doctors have given us plenty of tips to prevent from getting infected.  A lot of countries have followed and that is why the number of cases has been decreasing and the number of recovered patients is increasing. You don’t have to be so close to someone to have a conversation, don’t touch your face, drink hot drinks and clean yourself and your surroundings. The people just need to listen to the people who are trying to help them and not complain. Will then see the United States decreasing in the amount of cases and increase in the number of recovered instead of deaths.