In What Ways Has the Covid-19 Pandemic Affected You, Your Family and Your Religion?

By Dr. C. F. Pearson

This inspirational piece was written to give readers first-hand insight on how COVID 19 has affected the world. According to scientific studies, COVID is generated through various forms of mutations. COVID has caused the world to change in many ways. This pandemic gives new generations an idea of what being “rooted” in a spiritual aspect of life really offers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781664284418

Dr. C. F. Pearson

The author has always had the idea of becoming a writer; with the inspiration aspiring from her love of art, and from her favorite authors. Her career soon began as an elementary teacher. She has acquired an Associates in Business, a Bachelor’s and Masters in Education, and a Doctor of Theology Degree. She is the Owner/Overseer of Prom Dress Ministries; a Non-Profit, 501 (c) 3 Organization. She is an Ordained Minister, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. She has seven siblings. She loves cooking, fishing, drawing, crafting, and studying. She and her family resides in Tennessee.

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In What Ways Has

The COVID-19

Pandemic

Affected You,

Your Family and

Your Religion?

DR. C. F. PEARSON

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Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

ISBN: 978-1-6642-8440-1 (sc)

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WestBow Press rev. date: 3/29/2023

For my family

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

What is Covid-19?

What is Happening?

How Has Covid-19 Affected Me?

History

How Is Covid-19 Affecting Families?

Is Covid-19 Affecting Mental Health?

How Has Covid-19 Affected Our Religion?

A Little Research

How Has Covid-19 Affected the World?

What Are Some Cost Effects of Covid-19?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

I give all honor and praise to our Heavenly Father. I thank Him for this journey that He had planned for my life, even before the foundation of the world. I pray that when I stand before Him, I won’t be embarrassed. I thank my daughter, Porche’, my granddaughter, Nova, my son, Key’unte’, my husband, AC. I thank all that gave me encouraging words, and those that believed in me. I thank everyone for every part that they played whether it was through prayer, inspiration, or encouragement. May The Lord God Bless you with His choicest blessings.

Introduction

"Recently, America commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11, where terrorists attacked the iconic World Trade Center. Many churches were full and people prayed mightily. Early 2020, the entire world was terrorized by a virtually invisible virus with a crown called, ‘Coronavirus’ or Covid-19. Unlike buildings, this violent enemy attacked our very bodies. We had to ‘mask up’ and ‘social distance’ just to survive! The conflicting messages about testing, masks, mandated vaccinations, opening up, and returning to work, school and church, created more confusion and anxiety.

Just as Covid attacks multiple organs in the body, multiple aspects of our society have been adversely impacted such as Healthcare, the economy, education, business, housing, places of worship, mental health, gun violence, and social unrest. We have also experienced natural disasters such as worldwide fires, floods, earthquakes and record shattering temperatures. But with God, there is purpose in the pandemic.

But, just as the 9/11 attack changed our society and our lives, Covid has redirected our lives to what some called a ‘new normal!’ - New challenges and long ignored efficiencies have made way for new opportunities for growth and service."

What is this that we are now facing? What are we to do? Where do we start? What will it cost us? How will we handle this situation? When will it end?

I’m sure that many of us can answer these questions in many ways. No matter what answer you or I may give, these answers are endless. The world is still answering these and many more questions. However, there is no man-given solution. Wouldn’t you like to know the real answer or solution to this pandemic? The solution was given before the problem started. If you would like to know the solution to the pandemic and all of its variances, just keep reading.

What is Covid-19?

C ovid-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; formerly called 2019-nCoV). This is a pandemic that has not only affected me, but it has affected the entire world in many ways. This illness caused by SARS-CoV 2 was termed Covid-19 by the WHO, (World Health Organization), the acronym derived from coronavirus disease 2019. The name was chosen to avoid stigmatizing the virus’s origins in terms of populations, geography, or animal associations.

What is Happening?

C ovid-19 is the first pandemic that has been known to me in this way. But, before I get started in expressing how Covid-19 has affected me and the world, I perceive many are pondering what a pandemic really is. Well, according to Merriam-Webster, a pandemic is an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area, (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of a population: a pandemic outbreak of a disease. The initial thought about Covid was that it would soon pass or that’s something that we [in America] wouldn’t have to face. No one really believed that it would happen to us, [U.S.A.]. The United States government regulated guidelines and asked everyone to wear masks. Of course, there were those who chose not to wear masks. Some people have a concept of, Oh, it won’t happen to me, until it does happen. And it did. Soon enough, it became a situation that