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I wake up, do some work, and now go to bed. That was the usual occurrence before understanding that at this time in my life, I co-exist with a global pandemic. Yet, nothing much has changed, and the only change is that it’s from home. Home is where I have all the time to myself. To practice self-care, have a good sleep schedule, eat correctly, and exercise basic needs that I neglected before because now I have the time to pace myself instead of working on other people’s time. Of my generation, I find myself an average teen, the same as others. I was worried about what might come from this pandemic, worried for my friends as well as a family that has compromised immune systems. I wake up every day wondering if healthy people understand that stockpiling and buying up everything think it’s good when the older generation lives from paycheck to paycheck in this economy. Then I remember that most adults read at the level of an 8th grader. The repeated fight in the political arena between republicans and democrats over an issue that could affect millions upon millions of people being treated more as a ploy to get re-elected by the usage of the media to coerce millions to think in a specific manner, which isn’t for themselves. The repetition is the same old song, and it gets boring, so I decided against watching the news and like researching on my own time. Rather than the adults at my home who are sucked into it, they think they’re world-class scientists after being no more than slightly educated on the topic off of Facebook. Yes, Facebook. It’s at this point in my life that I realized the tables have turned. Teenagers are no longer the simple ones, but rather it’s the older generation that believes coronavirus is a government ploy meant to control the population. “Yeah, grandma, don’t believe everything on Facebook,” is a go-to now. Watching my little sister play with toys at home as nothing out of the norm for her.

When this whole ordeal with COVID-19 started, I thought that it would just go away in a week or two, but it didn’t, it just escalated to the point where cities have been quarantined. I went to the store the other day, and my mind could not comprehend what was going on. People were fighting over toilet paper and food. I just went to get candy and ice cream, but instead, I find humans fighting each other for basic necessities.

Why do people start fighting everybody now?

The germ-x disappeared fast, even though it only works on germs and not viruses. When someone coughs or sneezes, everybody around them just disappears. A few weeks ago, when someone sneezed, people would just say “Salud,” or “bless you,” now they look at you with fear because their mind goes to the worst possible thoughts; they must think, “Oh no, they have the Coronavirus, I must get away before I contract it.” Jeez, they could just be allergic to dust or something else, but no, to them, a sneeze is just an indicator that the person has the Coronavirus.

Everybody is adapting to the current situation without giving much thought to what is going on. It is not safe for everyone to stock up on materials since others might need them more. I look at people online helping the needy by giving them food and toilet paper, and it just warms my heart. Here you have selfless people who share what they bought to those who need it, and I just think, “there should be more people like them.” It is not until a few moments later that I remember what I constantly see when I go outside of my house, people fighting and giving ugly looks to those who are not them. It is negative energy like this that hurts people. It just constantly brings people dow
n, but of course, we do not see the effects of our actions, since we are not them.
Humanity says that it is progressing, but actions speak louder than words, and communities are not as united as they say they are. We should be helping each other more instead of acting like savages. Nobody should feel the blunt end of the stick that is used to push people away. Yes, there is a pandemic going on, but you never know who might help you when you get sick, so do not push the world away. Instead of being judgemental, you should actively think of others. You don’t even have to help you local volunteer programs if you do not want to, just be kind to those less fortunate and offer them a little bit of help here and there. The Coronavirus is making everybody adapt the wrong way, but what can we expect, we are human after all, but that is exactly the reason why we need to open our arms to those who need it. Yes, we are human, but in every era, we have learned from our mistakes.