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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You raise so many important questions in this post. It occurs to me that one of these questions might be a good direction for your research paper. I see two different issues being raised here. First, you are asking about how this experience of social distancing may permanently alter the way we deal with one another in the future, even once the coronavirus is over (if that ever happens.). That is a great question – and one that I am certainly curious about! Second, you are asking an important question about the consequences of “flattening the curve.” I’m not actually certain about the answer to your question. Does flattening the curve reduce the number of people who will get the coronavirus, or does it simply slow down the spread of the disease in a way that will allow hospitals to manage the flow of patients more successfully (which might reduce the number of deaths)? These are both very important, complex questions!