Comment 23

At the present time we are living an extremely difficult time all over the world because of the coronavirus. This virus is very bad for health, especially for the elderly or people with very few defenses. In addition, the coronavirus is very infectious, so it is transmitted very easily among people and, if you have the coronavirus, you can get very sick and even die. For all this, people have to stay at home. We are not going to work or to school and that has had a big impact on nature.

On the one hand, coronavirus hasn't affected the whole world. There are some small parts of the world where there are no coronarovirus yet, so these people continue their lives and jobs as normal. Besides, there are many jobs that are still going on today and maybe even more than before like lorry drives, who have to transport all the food and essentials that we need. Moreover, because of this virus, objects such as masks, disinfectant gels or gloves are in high demand all over the world so the factories that make these products are working very fast. This means that those factories are polluting more, because the more the machines work, the more pollution goes to the air.

On the other hand, pollution in general has decreased a lot. According to the experts, these 15 days of quarantine (where almost everything has stopped) the planet Earth has recovered 30 years. Factories stopped, fewer cars on the road, almost no planes flying are some of the measures that have been taken to try to stop this virus. At this moment it is when we realise that by changing our lifestyle we can improve our planet a lot. Besides, nowadays and especially before the appearance of the coronavirus, one of the most important and talked about problems was global warming. Fortunately, the best thing about this virus is that it is forcing us to stay at home, and as a consequence nature is returning to what it was before.

To sum up, Coronavirus is very bad for people so we must be careful, stay at home and follow the instructions that are given to us. Nevertheless, although many people are dying because of the coronavirus, the fact that people are at home is helping a lot to decrease the spread of the virus, and that is very good. In my opinion, the quarantine is not as bad as it seems and I think it would be a good idea if everyone did it to help both the planet and other people.