Unit 2 Final Draft

Running Head: CORONAVIRUS AND HUMANITY 1

CORONAVIRUS AND HUMANITY 4

Rui Deng

Key (GR2)

Cal State LA

Joshua Adachi

English 1005

10-30-2020

Final Draft

Covid-19 has brought out the best and the worst in human beings. Most individuals represent the best of humanity and bring real hope to others as they strive to put the pandemic to an end. The illness and suffering brought by this pandemic are reduced by their spirit of generosity, kindness, and compassion. By being disciplined about safety measures on Covid-19, citizens around the globe have been protecting the elderly and others most susceptible to the pandemic in their communities. People have been assisting their neighbors in modest acts of grace like providing groceries, offering connections, calling them to keep spirits up, and running errands. Everywhere, community coordinators have been stepping up to provide food for those in need comprising children who lost access to regular meals once schools closed (Skey & Jiménez-Martínez, 2020).

Possibly the entire best of humanity has been proved in the forefront healthcare professionals who have dedicated numerous hours and, despite the apparent risks, have been showing up for work daily. Countless medical professionals have lost their lives giving service to those infected with the coronavirus. Similarly, revealing their willingness to accept risk as well as compassion for others are essential workers who have been picking up trash, delivering mail and packages, operating the cash registers, or maintaining critical elements of society despite the presence of the pandemic (Morales, 2020).

Although the pandemic has brought out the best in humanity, it has also revealed some of the worst human behavior. Among them, the top is those who have declined to acknowledge that their actions have repercussions on others' health. The pandemic has been spreading rapidly because those who perceive themselves at little or no risk of illness or somewhat forthrightly do not care about others' health provide the kindling needed to keep the virus spreading. They do this by ignoring the safety precautions set out on preventing the spread of the virus, for instance wearing of masks in public and social distancing.

Additionally, Covid-19 parties have perhaps represented the very worst of humanity. In such parties, young individuals supposedly have been gathering at a locality with an infected host, and they pool their cash into a collective pot. The payout goes to the person who will become infected first. Even though these parties may be city legends, various recognized public meetings have continued to contribute to more infections of Covid-19, whether deliberately or not. (Morales, 2020)

Correspondingly, reckless behavior that has been witnessed is some member of the public refusing to put on a face mask in public or social places claiming it impinges their freedom. They fail to consider the freedom that is lost by the ones who succumb to the coronavirus pandemic. Some individuals demonstrate lack of humanity by even saying they cannot wear a mask for any other person, especially the ones who are unhealthy. They feel that the unhealthy individuals who have an issue that is entirely their problem. (Morales, 2020)

During this Coronavirus pandemic, it is necessary for the whole population that is all of humanity to come together and work towards eliminating this novel virus. During this time, if people fail to play their roles, the people who lost their jobs will stay without a job for an extended period, students will not be in a position to go back to school safely, and most importantly, medical workers will continue risking their lives in an environment filled with vulnerabilities of being infected by Covid-19 and probably dying. Somehow, Walter mentions this in his passage. "I felt as if I was wasting my youth doing nothing, so it struck me when I told myself, "Damn, I'm really in my room waiting for days to go by, just for them to be the same." (Walter, 2020). If things do not get better, if people do not collaborate to handle the issue, things will be as Walter defines, being bored.

Being informed is key in reducing the infection rates of the pandemic. According to Harari Noah, the best defense that humans have against pathogens is information, not being isolated. (Harari, 2020).

References

"Coronavirus: Yuval Noah Harari, philosopher and historian, on the legacy of Covid-19" YouTube, uploaded by BBC HARDtalk May 5, 2020. https://youtu.be/gfVrin7Ybp8

Morales, M. (2020). Science at the service of humanity: The challenge with the novel coronavirus.

Skey, M., & Jiménez-Martínez, C. (2020). Coronavirus reveals how important the nation is to our daily lives. The Conversation.

Walter's text from English 1005A quote.