More Lessons From COVID-19

Even though you may have seen the worse of COVID-19, it is still lingering around seeking whom it can devour and consume. There are so many valuable lessons that were learned from this Pandemic.

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1. Sharing

I recall a song that our church used to sing at the beginning of service. It was “Bind us together Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. COVID is a reminder that we need each other. The saying that, “No man is an Island” is true. During the Pandemic there was emphasis on distancing yourselves from other. Even hugging was considered a way of spreading COVID. For me it was so common to hug others, but that all changed during COVID. Hugging and touching are so important in our lives. The importance of hugging and touching newborns is so crucial. We are all connected in some way.

2. Holidays

It is common for some to get together during the holidays, but during COVID it was highly discouraged. Now even after the holiday people were becoming more actively getting physically together COVID still lingered.

I recall preparing the day before Thanksgiving for the family gathering only to discover my son-in- law had tested positive for COVID after riding to work in a co-worker’s car. I had previously had contact with my grandson. So we all ended up getting tested. We were thankful that we did not have it and were not sick.

3. Concern For Others

Even though it took a while for the immunization to become available there were still those that wreaked awful side effects from the shot. There were those that refused to take the shot. Most of my family members had no problem getting the shot. My main urgency to get the immunization was because unlike other pandemics this was deemed the deadliest. You could be a carrier of the disease and not know it. I would not want to give anyone a disease unknowingly. It is one thing when you know you have a disease that is communicable and another thing when you are not even aware that you have a disease.

4. Here Today Gone Tomorrow

This disease was and is so deadly you could be here today and gone tomorrow.

5. Nurses

I am so thankful for the nurses that were on the front line. Because so much was unknown in the beginning about the disease many nurses died as well as patients. That was horrible. Many nurses graduated early because they were desperately needed.

6. Living Together

Many were caught in a situation of learning to live with each other during the State shutdown. I was surprised but happy that my husband and I had no problems living with each other. I believe we grew even closer together. It is one thing to live with someone and to be able to come and go as you please, but the shutdown changed that for many. Many were forced to learn to live with each other under different situations. It was a learning process for all.

7. Internet

The Pandemic gave me more of an appreciation for life. Just think what if this would have occurred without any internet access. The good thing about the internet was that you could do Face Time with relatives and friends all over the world. There was still that connection that we all desperately needed with others.

8. Creativeness

God gives us creativeness in our spirit. During the Pandemic there were those that devised so many creative ways to contact each other and to keep each other’s spirit’s high. Creativeness is infinite. There is no end to creativeness. There are thousands and billions of people that have different ideas. Even though we could not hug and touch others as much as we may have wanted there were those that discovered the next best thing.

9. Age

COVID had no regards of people’s ages. All were dying. I felt really sorry in the beginning when COVID was prevalent. There were those teenagers on Spring Break at the beaches. I know they were young and many felt COVID did not apply to them. I recall watching the news and several teenagers stating they were living their life and going to enjoy their Spring Break only to later find out they had COVID. Many teenagers died young not being able to live their  life to the fullest. That was very sad.

10. Science vs Faith

I remember when COVID first started many churches continued to have service stating their faith in God, but only to catch COVID. There were many deaths as a result. Faith without wisdom can be a problem. Science explains many things, but still there are some things science cannot explain. I am thankful for science that there were those that found an immunization for the disease even though in reality nearly every medicine has known side effects even aspirin. If a pill cures one thing then there may be a side effect for another thing. You just hope you do not have that side effect.

11. History

I have learned that we can take a lesson from past history. Although we have not stopped the spread of Covid-19 completely,  in this pandemic and past pandemics there was a strong emphasis on distancing ourselves from each other. Distancing was also used in the past pandemics and it does work. This virus needs a host; a body to live and spread. So that is why it was so important to stay home and stay safe.

12. Words

The words that you use are so crucial during and after the Pandemic. Even though we could not physically be with others, we could still talk to one another. Words were the next best thing. Your words could and still can edify (lift up) others and build others up as well. Words are powerful.  Do you agree? 

Source:

How U.S. cities Tried to Halt the Spread of 1918 Spanish Flu

 

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