An endemic is a rapid rise in the number of cases of a disease beyond normal expectation in a geographical area. Covid-19, a strain of coronavirus, began in Wuhan, China. The first occurrence can be traced back to November 17th, 2019. Since its increase in China, Covid-19 has spread across the world, making it a pandemic as a result of travel. If we look at in one country however, we can see that Covid-19 has been declared an endemic in places including Italy, China and the United States. Here, in the United States, there has been at least 32,722 cases of infection, 416 have died and those numbers continue to rise.
The rise in cases in the United States is only exacerbated by my generation who is not taking this threat serious and traveling for spring break, often to states such as Florida which was one of the first states to declare a state of emergency. I think it is absolutely insane that other people my age do not consider the chance that they can transmit Covid-19 to their elderly grandparents and parents. While visiting other states, these college students are going out to bars and exposing themselves to so many people while risking exposure. Although the cases of death as a result of this disease in young adults is smaller in comparison to the elderly, recovered patients of all ages are experiencing diminished lung capacity which can be exacerbated by the use of vapes – a common occurrence for college students. Another thing that young adults are looking over is that self-quarantining is not only for the benefit of those partaking, but is a method used to reduce the intense influx of hospital patients.
Aside from the health implications and risks, United States citizens are going insane. There is a mass shortage of toilet paper and the odds that you’re going to find milk, bread, or eggs in any grocery store (at least in my home town) is approximately 0%. However, he American people could continue suffering greatly. The United States government has released a response plan outlining that the pandemic could last over 18 months. Senators already predicted that however, as we can determine from the millions of dollars in stocks dumped right before the outbreak.
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