Quarantine Effects Citizens' Mental Health

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by Kennedy Ledford5 views·Updated Apr 19, 2021
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  1. the United States quarantine affects citizens mental health.
  2. Thank you.
  3. You all have probably heard of the coronavirus which is
  4. caused a worldwide pandemic.
  5. Well, here's some information on the virus that you might
  6. not have been yet informed on.
  7. What is coronavirus?
  8. And where did it originate?
  9. Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is an acute respiratory virus
  10. that is known for causing major risk and elders and
  11. people with heart health conditions.
  12. Coronavirus originated in Wuhan china.
  13. There is no exact source of where the virus originated
  14. but is most likely from a back.
  15. What are the symptoms?
  16. The main symptoms of Covid 19 are fever, chills, sore
  17. throat, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, headache, muscle or
  18. body aches, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, congestion
  19. or runny nose, nausea or vomiting and diarrhea.
  20. How does it spread?
  21. It has spread through respiratory droplets, which means by sneezing,
  22. coughing, talking and even breathing.
  23. You can spread the virus.
  24. The virus is also spread between people that are within
  25. Close distance of each other, which is six ft.
  26. What actions did the government take?
  27. The approach the school systems took was to switch to
  28. online school and efforts to try to slow the spread
  29. of the virus Following sending kids to online school.
  30. The government enforced a mask mandate went out in public
  31. areas. The picture to the top right is a sign
  32. that is outside of every restaurant in store below that
  33. is an example of mask mandates in every state.
  34. The government's actions affected citizens mental health severely.
  35. The government's actions did not fully prevent the spread of
  36. the virus, which caused the citizens of the United States.
  37. Many months of quarantine being told to quarantine months on
  38. end caused a lot of americans to experience mental health
  39. issues and become socially deprived.
  40. Much of the mental health crisis americans are experiencing is
  41. due to prolonged isolation, out of fear of being infected.
  42. The social withdraw caused by long term quarantine can cause
  43. hopelessness and people triggering mental illnesses.
  44. Many people are used to normal life that the slightest
  45. changes can have huge impacts on them.
  46. Having to isolate for an extended period of time can
  47. cause unmanageable stress.
  48. Which leads to people feeling as though there is no
  49. escape from their new reality.
  50. The stress can eventually pile up, causing people to do
  51. things that they would have never thought of doing prior
  52. to the pandemic, such as taking their own life.
  53. Children's mental health went spiraling downward as they hadn't had
  54. past experiences to know how to deal with their stress
  55. caused by the pandemic.
  56. Below is a video explaining how the pandemic has greatly
  57. impacted Children in the wrong ways.
  58. How could the government have stopped people's mental health from
  59. spiraling downward?
  60. The only logical thing in the government should have done
  61. is to try to get rid of the pandemic faster.
  62. So to prevent long term illnesses such as anxiety, post
  63. traumatic stress disorder, depression, and even suicide.
  64. The way to stop long term mental illnesses before they
  65. even started rising, would have been to enforce a strict
  66. Countywide. Countrywide lockdown, a strict lockdown and quarantine can be
  67. justified when it benefits to society, as it should be
  68. citizens more obligation to protect others from contracting the virus.
  69. If everyone listened to the strict lockdown mandate, the virus
  70. would be gone in the matter of two months or
  71. so, helping control the rise and mental health problems.
  72. Some people might say that enforcing a strip strict lockdown,
  73. whatever worsen mental health problems.
  74. And I can see where that concern would be coming
  75. from. Having a strict lockdown where you can't leave the
  76. house unless it's an emergency may cause anxiety in mind
  77. many people, but in the long run there won't be
  78. as many long lasting mental health issues throughout the country.
  79. Since the pandemic would end earlier with the lockdown, citizens
  80. could have returned back to their normal lives and not
  81. have to always be worrying about infecting others or getting
  82. infected. It may be true that the lockdown could cause
  83. short term mental health problems for some, but if there
  84. is a way to prevent long lasting health issues throughout
  85. the country, wouldn't you rather use the fast working strategy
  86. Either way, a pandemic is certain to cause stress for
  87. the people of the country.
  88. It's the way the country handles the quarantine guidelines that
  89. will control whether the mental health issues will be severe.
  90. In conclusion.
  91. If the government had enforced a strict lockdown at the
  92. beginning of the pandemic, there wouldn't have been a major
  93. rise in long term mental illnesses