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Effects of Coronavirus pandemic

The world has consistently experienced several impacts from pandemics and disease
outbreaks. Most of the outbreaks and pandemics have been known to cause some changes in law
and the behaviors of human beings. Pandemics and outbreaks have a historical root since the
inception of the world all the way to the religious concepts of the human race. The first pandemic
and outbreak were witnessed in the biblical stories where the Egyptians were exposed to diseases
and pandemics for King Pharaoh to release the Israelites. Based on the biblical analysis, the
pandemics were used to establish the laws that would help end the biblical slavery of the
Israelites. Similarly, the current pandemic has given rise to the current development of health
laws. Dating back after the death of Christ, the Spanish fly, which is thought to have originated
from China, erupted, and most people died, and economic instability was experienced. Recently,
the coronavirus pandemic has been witnessed, and most people have experienced its impact
globally, including the loss of jobs and their loved ones. Every medical expert is attempting to
learn more about the numerous treatments that can be used to combat and control the virus's
spread. In the war against the invisible adversary, the World Health Organization has on the front
line to rescue the world from this lethal pandemic. More limits have been imposed, all with the
goal of managing and implementing illness prevention and treatment procedures.
New York Act
Most people have continued to experience substantial alterations after the emergence of
new coronaviruses. New limits were declared by the United Nations' health committee in
coordination with the World Health Organization, all aimed at battling the pandemic. Many
towns have been influenced by the two factions' new order. Due to a lack of representation in the
two international organizations, the communities were harmed. The majority of countries were
forced to go into absolute lockdown for proper preparations mechanism that would help in
lowering the spread rate and offer an opportunity to prepare. Theatres, stores, restaurants, and all
other places of amusement were closed as a result of the lockdown (Samuelsson, 2020). The
majority of staff in various offices had their salaries reduced, while others were fired. Most
people whose services are deemed non-essential by employers have lost their employment, and
as a result of the ongoing effects, some industries and businesses have gone bankrupt. In
addition, several countries rely substantially on tourism as their primary source of revenue. Due
to the epidemic, non-essential travel was canceled, and most individuals were forced to return to
their motherland.
In addition, the World Health Organization's staff is cooperating with small groups in
society to guarantee that they do not suffer and struggle as a result of the current economic
downturn. In addition, the World Health Organization has identified the media as a critical
medium for disseminating and sharing information about the virus. The media has advertised the
WHO information center to ensure that the information reaches a wider audience. Specifically,
many government institutions have been tasked with providing necessary services to the public
and combating all forms of false information dissemination with the goal of restricting the virus's
spread. The fight against false information has aided in raising awareness of the virus's
potentially deadly effects.
In human psychology, confronting trauma has always been a predisposing event for
denial. When the novel coronavirus was discovered and announced, most individuals fell into
denial about the sickness. The stage of denial is usually a warning sign of the possibility of
triggering symptoms associated with psychological trauma (Zhong et al., 2021). Due to the
disease's sudden onset, the majority of victims acquired a sense of helplessness. Because
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notifications about the control mechanism were issued on a daily basis, the sickness was linked
to some uncertainty. The human body initiates the fight or flight defensive system as a coping
technique. Most people have developed low integrity consciousness as a result of their failure to
create a coping mechanism in their bodies. The body suspends normal reflexive and
metacognitive activities, which leads to a failure to integrate the trauma into human memory,
and, as a result, the inner dialogue is suspended. Due to the suspension of inner conversation, the
majority of people have developed depression as a result of the novel coronavirus.
Human infections of any kind have a significant impact on and cause avoidance and
impulsive behavior. Because humans are social beings, the invisible opponent has resulted in the
justification of the social gap, which has been a significant issue (Sadikovi et al., 36). In the
perspective of fighting the invisible enemy, continuous isolation from other people has proven an
impediment in combating depression. The containment measure included the physical and social
distance policy; most people have become increasingly distressed and fearful. As a result of the
new normal of movement limits, the noticeable anguish is significantly linked to increased
interactions. Due to the difficult economic times and the invisible enemy, the internet has
flooded with recordings of people suffering from despair and talking to themselves.
The novel coronavirus pandemic mainly necessitated physical and social distance as a
mechanism to curb the spread of the virus. The infected individuals were primarily isolated from
the rest of the community for monitoring and ensuring that the rate of spreading the infection is
low (Saloner et al., 2017). The widespread social isolation narrative has dramatically affected the
mental stability of the people in society (Garfield et al., 2021). Individuals' physical and
emotional health is negatively impacted by their use of social isolation. Before the pandemic,
social isolation was considered a matter of health concern and mainly exposed people to the risk
of reducing the lifespan and contributing to physical and mental illnesses (World Health
Organization, 2021). The people within isolation centers endured increased mental illnesses
(Garfield et al., 2021). The mental diseases mainly happened due to worry and stress over the
situation in isolation centers compared to being at home.
The unseen enemy has been robbing people of their ordinary way of life and forcing them
to adapt to what has been known as the new normal. The pandemic gave rise to the establishment
of management mechanisms that constituted restrictions. People have been compelled to unpack
their belongings and abandon their plans. The quarantine and social distancing restrictions
imposed on the tourism industry have had a significant impact (Anzai et al., 2020). Competitive
activities have long been a part of human life. The activities keep people going and help them
achieve their life goals. People have been left feeling empty, and their resolutions have been
shattered as a result of the pandemic. People have been forced to reschedule some of their future
plans, resulting in the state of being empty. In this day and age of the new coronavirus, humans
have gained a sense of omnipotence. The diversion, which occurred at all costs because of the
phantom opponent, has had a significant impact on the feeling.
Exceptions
Vulnerability levels vary from one group of individuals to the other in pandemics and
their impacts on the rising levels of stressors. The people who mainly contracted the disease
experienced the psychosocial effects of the pandemic (Pfefferbaum, 2020). Coronavirus
pandemic appeared to primarily affect the elderly, people with other Immunol infections, or
some health issues. Additionally, the health care providers have also been affected by the
pandemic by exposing them to emotional distress (Elbay et al., 2020). The health care providers
are mainly exposed to emotional distress due to their vulnerability of being exposed to
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coronavirus, rising fear on their safety and probability of infecting the people close to them, and
shortage of Personal Protective Equipments. The health providers were also involved in making
some of the ethical decision’s makings on resource allocation, which greatly affected their
emotional stability hence stress.
During this difficult period of the pandemic, most individuals have been plagued by fear
of death. Most individuals avoid confronting death's consequences, and as a result, they develop
an inner sense of being irascible, phobic, obsessed, and overexcited (Rossi et al., 2020). Because
of the high number of deaths in Italy, most people acquired a dread of the novel coronavirus.
Individuals have been forced to evolve and live at a typical pace as a result of the high rate of
developing anxiousness to meet and satisfy personal desires as a result of the growth of this inner
sense.
Children and young adults have also endured the mental health impacts of the novel
coronavirus pandemic. Most of the young adults are mainly in universities and colleges (Silva et
al., 2020). The pandemic has mainly caused an immediate closure of schools, and the schools
were forced to suspend physical learning and apply online learning techniques (Garfield et al.,
2021). Suspension of physical learning mainly affected young adults by lowering socialization
levels, hence increasing the chances of contracting anxiety disorders. Moreover, some of the
young adults were taking studies on a part-time basis and have some side hustles on the other
hand on a part-time basis (Henry et al., 2019). The pandemic mainly rendered many of the young
adults jobless, and they could not be able to meet some of their basic needs: failure to meet
personal needs especially predisposed young adults to stress and anxiety disorders. Additionally,
children and mothers were also affected by the pandemic (Garfield et al., 2021). The closure of
schools mainly limited the children from accessing childcare. Lack of childcare specifically
predisposed the children and the mothers to anxiety disorders.
The new normal of the novel coronavirus has had a significant impact on regular bodily
exercises with the goal of becoming fit. As a containment mechanism, the invisible enemy was
attributed to constraints that forced all of the entertainment venues to close (Ferrey et al., 2020).
The pandemic has continued to affect most people who were exercising regularly due to the
closure of entertainment venues and lockdown. Due to the prevailing anxieties and restrictions,
routine morning joggings are no longer possible. Furthermore, gyms have been closed due to the
need to fumigate all of the equipment. The regulations have resulted in an ever-increasing
number of chronic infections being spread over the globe. Chronic infection rates have risen as a
result of the fact that not everyone can afford or install a personal gym at home.
In place vs remote
In the war against the invisible adversary, there have been financial difficulties. In
different organizations, the World Health Organization has specified several regulations where
non-essential service providers should operate from home. As a result of the work-from-home
effort, many people have been sacked from various organizations, resulting in economic hardship
(Hossain, 2021). People have continued to suffer and feel the effects of the economic downturn,
especially since the working from home effort has resulted in salary reductions. For example,
since sporting activities have been suspended, sports managers have faced salary cuts. The
players were also impacted by the suspension of sporting activities, as they were unable to earn
their regular pay and allowances because no revenue-generating activity on the sports docket was
taking place. The economic ties were passed from one area to the next.
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Emergencies in the health department tend to affect the mental well-being of the health
service providers and the communities. The devastating effects of any medical emergency are
typically transmitted as emotional reactions within the brain, behaviors that are considered
unhealthy, and failure to comply with some health protocols to the people infected with the
disease (Pfefferbaum, 2020). The people who have contracted the novel coronavirus have given
sufficient evidence to ascertain that emotional distress is persistent to the affected individuals.
Disaster occurrences are known to expose people to increased resilience levels, which causes
people to improve their levels of ignoring psychosocial support (Elbay et al., 2020). The case of
the novel coronavirus pandemic mainly exposed the survivors to some form of trauma because
the fate of the infection is not known due to lack of medication, and most of the people had
succumbed to the disease in countries like Italy. However, viral infections affecting human
beings do not meet any qualifications for analysis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders.
Coronavirus pandemic mainly affected the people's well-being by restricting their
freedom of movement and causing the establishment of the new world order of quarantine and
working from home. Human beings are created to be social and associate with others to develop
and grow their various personal perceptions (Elbay et al., 2020). The restriction of movement,
working from the home initiative for non-essential service providers, and quarantine mainly
affected Americans. The isolations especially created avenues of increased self-pity and agony
among the Americans. Most Americans precisely encountered stress, insomnia, and depression
during the isolation periods (Pfefferbaum, 2020). The Americans mainly experienced increased
stress levels, prolonged detention, defective equipment, difficulties obtaining medical treatment
and prescriptions, and the resulting financial losses were all stressors. The coronavirus pandemic
necessitated the process of isolating vast swaths of the population, discrepancies (Pfefferbaum,
2020).
Retaliation
The isolation services also played a critical role in the build-up of stress. Due to the rising
number of infected individuals, most states resolved to establish home care treatment to reduce
the rising number of patients in the hospital, which could not be supported by the hospital
carrying capacities. During the coronavirus outbreak, large-scale home confinement severely
limited possibilities to evaluate psychosocial needs and provide aid during direct patient contact
in clinical practice (Pfefferbaum, 2020). Psychosocial services are becoming more widely
available in primary care settings, and telemedicine is increasingly being used to deliver them
(Elbay et al., 2020). Additionally, the pandemic exposed most people to the financial crisis, and
this has greatly affected the mental stability of the majority of Americans. Most of the companies
were shut down and rendered some people jobless. The families' sole breadwinners went into
depression due to their failure in having the capacity to provide for their families.
Individuals with pre-existing mental conditions could be exempted from the impacts of
the pandemic. The pandemic mainly created some economic recessions that were beyond the
control of everyone (Silva et al., 2020). In the United States, four out of ten individuals
demonstrated symptoms of anxiety and depression (Garfield et al., 2021). Most of the individuals
who encountered depression were those with pre-existing mental illness conditions. The
pandemic mainly created a barrier in treating the individual with other mental illnesses by
dividing the attention of health care providers. According to KFF Health Tracking Poll (2020),
most people suffering from anxiety due to the pandemic also expressed difficulties in sleeping or
eating while others resolved into excessive consumption of alcohol. The continuous consumption
of alcohol is linked to increased anxiety and worries over the coronavirus pandemic (Silva et al.,
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2020). Additionally, the loss of employment due to hard economic times and continued health
measures on isolating the infected persons also became a predisposing factor to increased anxiety
levels.
The immune system's readiness to deal with stress and anxiety is influenced by pre-
existing ailments. During the pandemic, adults with poor health conditions continually proven
higher rates of anxiety or depression (Silva et al., 2020). According to the KFF report,
Americans who had pre-existing conditions with some chronic illnesses were likely to encounter
anxiety or stress due to the existing probability of contracting the disease (Garfield et al., 2021).
Additionally, a recent study by KFF asserted that 18% of the people diagnosed with coronavirus
were later diagnosed with stress and anxiety disorders (Garfield et al., 2021). Moreover, the
elderly were also on the verge of contracting the virus, and this also predisposed them to stress
and anxiety disorders.
Loss of jobs or employment significantly contributes to rising levels of stress and anxiety
among adults. During the pandemic, most companies endured some challenges in executing their
duties, which rendered them to closure (Garfield et al., 2021). The closing of the companies
resulted in the loss of jobs or employment to most Americans. Adults who encountered loss of
household jobs during the pandemic have continually proven the existing symptoms of
depression, stress, and anxiety. Additionally, the loss of jobs or employment predisposed
Americans to the abuse and misuse of various substances (Henry et al., 2019). The use of
substances was mainly aimed to become a coping mechanism and help in stress relief. During the
job loss recession period, there was also a notable increase in the rates of suicide and paternal
violence in various families (Garfield et al., 2021). According to a report by KFF (2021), loss of
household jobs mainly predisposed an individual to contract mental health illnesses due to
increased stress build-up and failure to meet basic family needs. Additionally, KFF Health
Tracking Polls revealed that workers with low amounts of salaries or wages were [redisposed to
psychological disorders.
In order to be prepared and implement prevention measures, it is necessary to reduce the
transmission of illnesses. The coronavirus pandemic mainly necessitated the use closure of
schools and employ virtual learning (Garfield et al., 2021). Most parents and children were
mainly affected by the process of virtual learning. The majority of children's care centers and
schools have transitioned to virtual learning. The closure especially created a disruption to the
daily routines of the parents and their children. In the case of parents who have school-aged
children, there is a growing need by the parents for the emotional well-being of their children.
The growing need by the parents has consistently raised the stress levels of the parents.
The build-up of anxiety and stress plays a vital role in developing personal fear over an
issue. The growing rate of death in the developed nations has dramatically resulted in the
development of fear among the people in the United States due to the lethal effects witnessed in
those nations (World Health Organization, 2021). The coronavirus pandemic has induced high
levels of fear, anxiety, and stress across the elderly in society. Additionally, the people with
underlying health conditions and the care providers have been listed to be so vulnerable to the
virus, which has caused a rise in the fear levels of the population (Garfield et al., 2021). The
rising fears have significantly elevated the levels of stress and anxiety among the population. In
the United States, communities of color have continually developed increased fear rates due to
the disproportionality of infection rates and deaths. Additionally, African Americans have
frequently endured some negative impacts of the pandemic and stress build-up. The African
Americans have failed to have sufficient support in offering care to their children.
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Mental illnesses are unavoidable, and people often develop coping mechanisms in
situations where depression and stress are dominant in their daily lives. According to a survey
report by KFF (2020), in January 2021, 41% of adults living in the United States had symptoms
of anxiety disorders and depression (Garfield et al., 2021). Additionally, a survey by KFF in June
2020 revealed that 13% of Americans have ventured into substance abuse as a coping
mechanism to depression and anxiety disorders, while 11% of the Americans had resolved in
committing suicide due to the coronavirus pandemic (Garfield et al., 2021). In the early months
of 2020, KFF was also able to realize that other people had taken an overdose of drugs as a
suicidal formula due to stress and anxiety levels rising beyond their capabilities.
Mental health plays a critical role in achieving universal health care for all. The cases of
coronavirus infection were mainly treated within various health facilities. The integration and
incorporation of mental health treatment are beneficial in recovery and providing medical health
care to the population (Carmassi et al., 2020). The health caregivers should enact policies that
will ensure training is sufficient for more psychological experts who will help offer psychosocial
support. The training of psychosocial issues should be prioritized and conducted to all the
responders and healthcare professionals (Warren & Smalley, 2020). Additionally, the healthcare
providers and the community should cooperate and work together and ensure they can partner in
the process of assessing, developing, and disseminating facts on the devastating effects of mental
health issues (Tingaz, 2021). additionally, more funds should be allocated to enhance proper
communication of the risk issues and the mental health experts to draft messages that can be
disseminated to the people by the leaders.
The appearance of infection has often been thought of as a medical occurrence that
affects a particular group of people in a specific region. On the other hand, some medical
diseases become global, and their consequences and effects are felt all over the world. Pandemics
are the term used to describe such widespread infections. Pandemics were believed to occur long
before Christ, as evidenced by the Bible, where the children of Egyptians were subjected to some
of the ten plagues caused by viral infections. A Spanish flu outbreak occurred shortly after
Christ's death, killing many people and establishing a new world order as a regulatory and
preventive mechanism. Pandemics have long been thought to affect human life and practices.
The human race has entered the corona period. Every medical professional is attempting to
understand better the various therapies used to combat and track the virus's spread. As a result,
it's essential to examine the mental health problems that have arisen due to the novel coronavirus
pandemic and affected the total well-being of adolescent psychology.
Health department emergencies have a negative impact on health care personnel and the
general public's mental health. The catastrophic consequences of any medical emergency are
usually transmitted to people infected with the disease as emotional responses in the brain,
inappropriate habits, and failure to follow such health protocols (Pfefferbaum, 2020).
Adolescents that have been infected with the novel coronavirus have provided enough data to
show that emotional distress persists in the affected individuals. People are known to be exposed
to increased resilience levels due to disasters, which allows them to boost their levels of ignoring
psychosocial help (Elbay et al., 2020). Since the fate of the infection is unknown due to a lack of
treatment, and most people succumbed to the disease in countries like Italy, the novel
coronavirus pandemic exposed the survivors to some trauma. On the other hand, human virus
diseases do not follow any of the criteria for analyzing Post Traumatic Stress Disorders.
In pandemics and their effects on increasing stressors, vulnerability levels differ from one
group of people to the next. The pandemic's psychosocial effects were primarily felt by those
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who developed the disease (Pfefferbaum, 2020). The elderly, people with other Immunol
diseases, and people with some health problems tended to be the most affected by the
Coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, the pandemic has impacted adolescents by exposing them
to emotional distress (Elbay et al., 2020). Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to emotional
distress due to their risk of contracting the virus, growing concerns about their safety, and the
possibility of infecting others close to them.
The Coronavirus pandemic primarily harmed people's health by limiting their freedom of
travel and creating a new world order of quarantine and working from home. Humans are
designed to be social and interact with others to establish and grow their different personal
perspectives (Elbay et al., 2020). The restrictions primarily impacted Americans' travel, the
working from home program for non-essential service providers, and quarantine. The isolations,
in particular, encouraged Americans to wallow in self-pity and pain. During the isolation periods,
most Americans experienced stress, insomnia, and depression (Pfefferbaum, 2020). Increased
stress levels, extended incarceration, faulty facilities, problems accessing medical attention and
medications, and the resulting financial losses were all stressors for Americans. The coronavirus
pandemic forced large swaths of the population to be isolated, and inconsistencies in stay-at-
home orders issued by various governments, as well as inconsistent claims.
Isolation services were also crucial in the development of stress. Most states decided to
provide home care treatment to minimize the increasing number of patients in hospitals, which
could not be covered by hospital carrying capacities due to the rising number of infectious
individuals. During this coronavirus epidemic, large-scale home imprisonment dramatically
decreased the possibilities to track psychosocial needs and give care during direct patient visits in
clinical practice (Pfefferbaum, 2020). Psychosocial services are increasingly being offered in
primary care environments, and telemedicine is being used to deliver them (Elbay et al., 2020).
Individuals with pre-existing mental illnesses may be immune to the pandemic's effects.
The pandemic mainly caused several economic recessions out of everyone's control (Silva et al.,
2020). In the United States, four out of every ten people showed signs of anxiety and depression
(Garfield et al., 2021). Individuals with pre-existing mental disease disorders made up the
majority of those who experienced depression. By splitting healthcare professionals' focus, the
pandemic primarily created an obstacle in treating individuals with other mental illnesses.
According to the KFF Health Tracking Poll (2020), most people suffering from anxiety due to
the pandemic have had trouble sleeping or feeding, while others resorted to binge drinking.
Continuous alcohol intake has been related to increased anxiety and concerns about the
coronavirus pandemic (Silva et al., 2020). In addition, job loss due to difficult economic times
and continuing health interventions aimed at isolating infected people became a predisposing
factor for elevated anxiety levels.
In order to be prepared and develop preventive strategies, it is essential to reduce the
spread of infections. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, schools were forced to close, and
virtual learning was implemented (Garfield et al., 2021). Digital learning had a significant impact
on most parents and adolescents. Virtual learning has been adopted by the majority of child care
centers and colleges. The closure, in particular, caused a disturbance in the parents' and children's
everyday lives.
People also build coping strategies in conditions where depression and stress are
prevalent in their everyday lives and mental problems are inevitable. According to a KFF (2020)
poll, 41% of the total population of adults living in the United States suffer from disorders that
are associated with anxiety and depression in January 2021. In addition, according to a KFF poll
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conducted in June 2020, 13% of Americans have turned to drug abuse as a coping strategy for
depression and anxiety disorders, while 11% of Americans have vowed to commit suicide as a
result of the coronavirus pandemic (Garfield et al., 2021). In the early months of 2020, KFF was
also able to determine that some persons had taken an overdose of medicines as a suicide
strategy owing to stress and anxiety levels exceeding their limits.
In conclusion, the coronavirus pandemic mostly harmed the population's well-being and
had some serious impacts on the population's mental health. The pandemic predisposed the
population to higher levels of stress, anxiety, and substance abuse. The effects mainly affected
the economic growth and the health stability of the United States. However, training and regular
medical assessment can be beneficial in ensuring that the pandemic's devastating effects on
mental health stability have been lowered.
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