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Pandemic

April 3, 2024
By AlanJiang0311 BRONZE, Queens, New York
AlanJiang0311 BRONZE, Queens, New York
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  The event that happened during covid 19 was that everyone was remote. I noticed that there were not a lot of people going outside that much, During the pandemic, I stayed home to do online classes and noticed my parent were shopping online to buy groceries item as it was not safe to travel outside since the covid 19 still had no cure and we would have to wear mask and gloves to go outside. Also, many people were staying six feet away from each other to prevent the spread of germs and viruses.  It was a tough time for everyone, this affected my social life because everyone was staying home and it became harder to communicate with each other in person causing a tough time for me and my family. When we want to go to a place we need to wear masks and are required to go outside or they won’t let us in. During that time I and my family were wearing masks to prevent getting sick and there were shortages due to a lack of workers. During that time,  my family just went to buy some items and came home. We also washed our hands to prevent getting infected.  As soon as we got home we went to do our own thing. It was a very hard time for everyone since most had to stay at home and couldn’t do anything due to the pandemic, On the weekdays I was doing remote classes and online classes can be pretty hard because sometimes during a session you wifi could get disconnected causing it hard to go to class and it needs some time. As time passed, we could wear masks and have to get covid vaccine to prevent getting infected. In September we wear masks to school and work, also staying away from others. The masks were required everyone to wear and they had to keep them on to prevent the spread of the virus, this was continued to prevent the spread and we had to have hand sanitizer everywhere and wash our hands. My parents wore masks and gloves to the store and a lot of the people were walking to get COVID testing kits to help detect if that person had COVID-19 and should stay quarantined to prevent spread. 

    Dad said “we should order online so we  do not get infected with covid”

Mom said  “ I agree and we could order online to get groceries and stuff”

             During the weekdays, I went to school with a mask on and we had to answer questions online to make sure we didn’t have COVID-19, as I entered the school, I saw that everyone was wearing masks and was staying 6 feet away from each other to prevent the spread of the covid 19 virus, also people who were sick are to stay home and not allow to go to school or work. During the school day, I hear a lot of people talking in the cafeteria and chatting to each other. During class  I was working on my English work… after school, I walk to the bus stop and rode the bus to go home, as I got off the bus I went inside my house, I smelled food and my parent was preparing dinner, I went to the living room and watch some youtube and during dinner time  I went to wash my hand and start to eat dinner.

    After dinner, we went to do our own thing. In the morning  I ate breakfast and was  getting ready to go outside. It was pretty sunny so after I went out  I decided to go to the park for a walk wearing a mask to prevent getting infected. After I arrived at the park there were not that many people in the morning and i just walked around the park and feel the wind blowing, it was a great day but still needed to be careful since the covid 19 still spreading

 

 

 

          During the covid 19  Me and my family were staying home and just going out for grocery  and we wore mask to protect ourselves and be safe outside  also during the  afternoon we went to get lunch and ask, 

Alan what are we getting for lunch,

MoM: do you guys want mcdonald or should we go home to eat

sister : ok i want mcdonald

 We all agreed on getting McDonald's since everyone agreed, we went to McDonald's and ordered what we wanted and then we went home after lunch.  After lunch I went to do my homework and finish the rest of my work. As the vaccine was being made, me and my family went to get the vaccine and protect ourselves from covid 19 and after that we went shopping and went out to eat.  As we continue, we shop for food clothes and shoes that we needed, i saw a lot of people were wearing the mask and was doing there normal stuff going around shopping,After we done shopping we went back home and  go straight to bed since there was school tomorrow.In the morning,  I went to school and it was kinda raining too so I have to bring umbrella and mask,as time pass mask became optional and most people stopped wearing masks it was really hard at first to remove the mask as we get used to not wearing masks.we still need to be careful and if we are sick we needed to stay home to prevent the spread of germs,I remember in the past when Covid 19 was not around everyone was not wearing masks and did not used google classroom,2 minutes pass and i got to class, as the day continue.  After school, I went straight home and had to keep my mask on to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. 

      The experience I had during the covid pandemic was scary people were staying in their house to prevent the spread of the virus and going out masks were required and people would not be allowed in if they did not wear the mask to the store or  buses.Also covid  cause me to be more not socialize when i got back to school and it was very challenging  since I have not been around alot of people since covid 19 and it is very difficult to be around people who I have not met before.


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