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Prompt #1: Coronavirus impact on low income families

Questions about this prompt that I am thinking about are:

How has COVID-19 affected low income families financially?

Did COVID-19 show how wealthy people will always have more power than the poor?

Are low income people more at risk of getting COVID-19 because of the desperate need of getting important supply?

The reason why I want to research the impact the coronavirus has on low income people is because I believe they can be affected the most. Since the coronavirus hit New York hard low incomes families have been struggling to get food and other supplies that are needed like gloves, masks, soap, and ect. Especially the impact on supermarkets have been mind blowing and that’s when this topic came to my mind. How are people going to get food if wealthy people are over-supplying on food? First time I went to the supermarket you can just see how people are panicking and are only worried about themselves. I also consider myself to be in the low/working class myself, so I believe I can show my perspective on the impact of COVID-19.

How has our government and political leader handled COVID 19 and what does it say about society in the future? 

• What were the first actions taken when it all started 
• What did the state government did version federal government 
• laws  or policy that were passed to combat the situation 
• Government decisions impacts on the people in certain class/ community 
• USA actions compare to other nations 
• Issues that showed the true color of our problems 
• What does this mean for future of our country( issues needed to fixed and solved)                                                                                                                                                        Conclusion
• Impacts of COVID 19 and where does it leave us as a nation.

I chose “Political Cartoons on the Coronavirus” because it shares real-life scenarios that are going on in the world today. An image that caught my attention shows that troops and firefighters wouldn’t be sent to do their tasks without the right equipment but yet people in the medical field have to work for PPE. PPE is personal protective equipment and nurses/doctors are risking their lives without the right equipment. I will also like to put out there that some doctors and nurses are getting the virus due to patients or traveling from their workplace from home. This is why I would like to thank them because they are doing all they can to help patients and we gave to thankful. Another picture I like was telling people to stay calm and stay home. There was various reason why that statement is important, first of this would stop the spreading of coronavirus. We are saving people’s life by remaining home. Also, I want to be outside as soon as possible so the more people remain in their homes they quicker we might get over this pandemic. I agree that it is hard to stay home but we should be considerate of others and think about our health. Another picture that got my attention is the one with the boat sinking. It shows that America got a lot of warnings and I assume that the picture means America should have paid more attention. Trump first said that this virus isn’t something serious. I also believed that I felt that people were overreacting to the virus. However, we were wrong and now facing the consequences of not taking early action to be prepared for this. All of the pictures shown are important but we should take in consideration that we will overcome this. 

Political cartoons: Corona News. https://www.usnews.com/news/cartoons/2020/02/28/political-cartoons-on-the-coronavirus

Covid 19 expands so fast around the world? How could people have avoided it?

*COVID-19 is a respiratory virus that can be spread with any daily activities  

    -Spreads with people sneezing, coughing, or just touching any surface. 

*COVID-19 reveals how people are connected and how one person without knowing who is infected can get infected. 

    -How a person in China infected others that did not even know about it?

*Government policies implemented as the COVID-19 started to expand?

    -Closing of borders 

    -mandatory quarantine 

     -Statistics in how much people have been dying on a daily basis

*People think that the situation is a joke and are not taking the necessary steps to reduce the expansion. 

   -Keep going out without having reasons. 

*However, people should have more consideration for the government and try to adapt to what is happening now.

If the current set-up, in which you are free to journal about whatever is on your mind on any given day, is working for you, great! Feel free to continue journaling as you have been over the past month. If, however, you would like more structure or would like to experiment more in your journal writing, choose a prompt from the list below, and respond to it in your journal. You can try different prompts each time, return to the same prompt more than one, or mix-and-match between free-form journaling and these more structured prompts.

1. Write a letter to someone who is on your mind today.   This could be someone you know, or it could be a stranger. What do you want to tell him/her?
2. Count your blessings. What do you have to appreciate today? What keeps you going in these uncertain times?
3. Make a playlist for your life. What songs would you pick to represent the various stages of your life? Why?
4. Describe the landscape of your “quarantine” space. Imagine you are writing a travel guide to your room or to your home.
5. Go to the window. What do you see? What is happening out there?
6. What keeps you up at night? Use this journal entry as “brain dump” to get all your worst worries and fears out onto the page.
7. Write a thank-you letter to yourself. What do you want to acknowledge and appreciate about yourself today?
8. Instead of a “To Do” list, write a “Not To Do” list. What are all the things you are NOT going to do today? What would it mean to let go of the idea of accomplishment as a yardstick for our days?
9. Write a letter to your future self. Tell him/her all about what you’ve done to get where he/she is in the future.
10. Reflect on a time you really struggled. What was the struggle? How did you get through it?
11. What do people NOT see about you? How have you been misunderstood – even by those closest to you?
12. Write about a time when you misjudged or misunderstood someone else. What happened?
13. What muscles are you developing or stretching during this crazy time? What invisible changes are taking place inside you right now?
14. What do you know about the world today that you didn’t know five years ago?
15. What do you know about yourself today that you didn’t know five years ago?
16. If you had to come up with a motto – a saying or slogan – to live by right now, what would it be? Why?
17. What are some of the tiny things that are bringing your pleasure these days? Describe ten tiny pleasures.
18. Write a thank-you letter to someone who helped you in some way. This could be someone you know, or it could be a stranger. It could be someone who helped you deliberately, or it could be someone who doesn’t even know how he/she helped you.
19. Imagine you had a meeting with the mayor or the governor or the president. What would you want them to know about you and your community?
20. Describe an experience or encounter that transformed you in some way. (It could even be what you are going through right now!) How did it change you?

I may have similar ideas to other people but here is mine:

1. President Trump and the Coronavirus
   1. what could have been prevented and what we have to deal with now
2. After Coronavirus (after quarantine, psychical and psychological effects of staying home and minimal outside contact)
   1. schools and jobs
3. Un-official quarantine in America compared to other countries
   1. how its a problem and a burden to the health department

While it’s going to take a while for the coronavirus to be under control in this country, there are people around that are unemployed and require financial support to help them with their daily lives. At the moment we have our economy in a bit a harsh environment, with stock markets plummeting, businesses closing down and people increasingly losing their jobs some people are taking advantage of this pandemic to make a nice amount of profit. For example, this Jewish male that I read about recently when I was scrolling through my social media page. Baruch Feldheim, 43, from Brooklyn was charged with assault charges, with combined 6 years in prison charge, and a $350,000 fine. Before I get into why he is in a place he is now, you have to understand that the majority of Jewish people and their community not just in Brooklyn but around the world don’t believe that the Coronavirus is a real thing. On top of that, Coronavirus is spreading violently in the Jewish community (Borough Park, a center of Religious Group of Jewish People which makes up a hefty percentage of all Jewish people in New York, and maybe the whole USA) as Passover (Religious Holiday) is in the midst of it all resulting people to gather in large groups rather than staying home. Back to Baruch Feldheim, he was arrested after an FBI raid for “allegedly sold N95 respirators “and other assorted materials” for $12,000, a 700% markup from their normal prices.” Officials say he had made an unofficial deal over a WhatsApp with a doctor in New Jersey to sell individuals masks and other medical materials for more than 700% the amount of the original price. He was arrested for coughing on an FBI agent while claimed to be infected with the virus. His sentence and the financial charges were also an indirect result of hoarding large amounts of medical-grade materials that violated an executive order made by the Health Department.

An in-depth article about the rest of the story is available here:

https://www.jpost.com/international/brooklyn-man-arrested-after-coughing-on-fbi-agents-623286

This statement “We are going down” stands out to many of us who does not have plan or do not know what next. This virus really showed us the problems that are still going on and how truly messed up our system is. Healthcare, employment and capitalism at it finest. Even times like this labor workers are given proper benefits for example Amazon. It also talk about the process of millions who are applying for unemployment and are struggling just ti file a claim. More than half of American how have lost or fewer hours their jobs who were labor workers. Yet there still rent and bills to pay for. Prices of foods are increasing as well. Yes, there still others who are able to work form home. But that just small portions. Government was slow to take actions causing thousands of business to loss their business within weeks. Local business are taking a economic toll where millions dollar business still booming in business. The fact that even when experts tells congress that certain amounts will not cover the small business cost. It seems like government in relying on banks or state government to solve the economic crisis. This whole thing following the things that caused the recession of 2008. Congress need to have clear plan to help pay workers. The article gives an plan that explain how if congress takes the correct steps everything might just work out. There to need to be middle ground for both the people and government. I think it rise the question how come even thou we have now doubled the numbers and yet not taking doing correct actions. Why stores like Starbucks and McDonald open? Why are we not in actual lock down? What about freezing the rent? Living in New York City comes with a price and if you do not have any source of income how will you survive. This article talks about a solution that does exist but it our capitalist system that prevent to put our people first.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/coronavirus-unemployment-small-business.html.

Munsura, For some reason, the blog isn’t allow me to post a comment, so I am adding my comment to your original post.  You raise so many impossible questions here.  Perhaps this gives you some ideas about what direction your research should take?  I am particularly interested in the idea that this crisis is shining a light on some problems that already exist in our society.  I would love to hear more of your thoughts both about what we are learning about the costs of capitalism and the inequities of our society and about how you think we could best move forward.  Does the position described in this editorial, for example, sound like a good next step?

The Power of Social Distancing

I selected this text because I find interesting that we started to practice social distancing. The graph shows how the corona virus cases reduce by 40% in a day because of social distancing. We all are humans and being able to talk to people, meet people, and greet people have been part of our daily life. But now that we see people we like to stay away. And this is for good, to avoid the spread of corona virus. On the other hand, the practice of social distancing around this time bring a lot of question to my mind. The first question that it brings to me is what effects will it cause to our mental health in the future? I fear that this practice will have long-term negative impact to the way we interact with people. If the spreading of corona virus one day stops, I fear that people will still practice social distancing because of fear of the continuation of this virus. Maybe because of the fear of another virus, people just social distant themselves to avoid the spread or to avoid getting themselves infected by these kinds of viruses. Social distancing might also make us feel like being isolated is the safest place during all time, with virus or without virus. Another question that social distancing brings to my mind is if social distancing really stops the spreading of the virus, or are we just slowing down the inevitable. I am very curious about this since we know that the is not a cure for corona virus, and it is also very difficult to avoid. I fear that we are just slowing down something that will happen anyway, social distancing slowed down the spread but it can still reach our houses and our families. I have family that even without getting out of their homes got the virus.

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• New York City and Covid19
• The affects of isolation and social distancing on the people
• US 2.3 Trillion stimulus plan