COVID-19 has impacted 50,558,200 people as of  Nov. 10, according to the New York Times.
The coronavirus outbreak has continued to impact lives, workplaces, and all public gatherings since last January. Schools, businesses, and international travel to a large portion of countries have come to a close and are now reopening and deciding what the plan is. This global pandemic has pushed us into “what may be the worst recession since world war two” says AJMC.com. 
Since quarantines have come into effect all over the United states we have had BLM protests, we’ve been through a intense presidential election, we’ve experienced terrible wildfires, an explosion in beirut that killed more than 200 people and left 300,000 people temporarily homeless, This is just on the brim of what has happened in 2020: a year none of us will ever forget. 

Although this transition has been uncomfortable and unpredictable for most american people, there are also some positive outcomes because of this.

  We can switch our perspectives on this pandemic and the lessons that can be learned from itt. 

 Covid-19 is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our religion, culture, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, and that is just a lesson in itself. 

It is teaching us that we are all connected in this life, and something that affects one person has an effect on another. 

It is teaching us we need to be kind and compassionate, because this virus is not above you or me. 

We will never know what people are going through. 

It’s showing us this virus doesn’t need a passport, It will go where it wants to and you can’t build a wall to keep this out. 

It has shown what it is like to live oppressed, even for this small amount of time. 

It is showing us that our health truly matters, it’s shown me all of the ways that I’ve neglected my own. It’s showing us eating poorly made food and not exercising will not be our friend when we are ill. We know now If we don’t look after ourselves, we will ultimately get sick.  

Covid-19 reminds us about the importance of life & of the human race. With a record breaking 239K  amount of deaths as of Nov.  According to google we are all realizing the gravity of the situation. We will have to take other people’s lives and our own into account everyday. 

It is showing us the importance of family and home life. It is teaching us how to live a life at home with our families, and how to be better siblings, parents or daughters or sons. It is strengthening our relationships by putting us back into the home. It is showing us that we need each other. 

Covid-19 is teaching us to adapt. We need to adapt our minds, our bodies, our medicine and the health care policies in the United States. We need to adapt our technology for greater things that will help more people. We need to adapt our way of communicating, our way of traveling, and the way we do business as a country.

We are learning our work is not how we just make money, our work is to treat ourselves and others well. It has shown us the importance of living fully by doing what brings us the most happiness because tomorrow isn’t promised.

Covid-19 is teaching us about inner solitude. It’s teaching us to enjoy our books, our music, our movies & most importantly the importance of our alone time. It has shown that nature is always here for us when events and social gatherings aren’t. 

It is teaching us that our advocacy matters, demographics have highlighted racial and economic disparities across our country. We have marched, danced, sung and posted on our social media for justice against police brutality in 2020. We have cried for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. We have used our voices against hate, greed and injustice in this country. It has shown the cracks in our systems we’ve been living with for far too long and how we can repair them.

And finally, it is teaching us to get comfortable being uncomfortable. Millions of people all over have had changes in modalities. Whether that is with school, our work, or our social life. It’s teaching us to have faith and that things will get better again even when it is very unknown. It is teaching us to have hope, it’s teaching us to pray for our world.  It is showing us that with faith we will make it out of this stronger and more united than we were before.