A Current Pandemic
ePortfolio and Public Health Message: Remembering A Current Pandemic
By: Alex Rodriguez
Isolation Impact On Health
Isolation is not always being physically alone...
Loneliness is the feeling of being alone, regardless of the amount of social connections (CDC, 2021).
Image From: iStockSocial isolation significantly increased a person’s risk of premature death from all causes, a risk that may rival those of smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity (CDC, 2021).
Social Isolation Can't Be Measured
Image From: Pexels Stock PhotosLoneliness was associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide (CDC, 2021).
Service-Learning Activity: Letters Against Isolation
Volunteered with organization: Letters Against Isolation
Wrote letters to senior citizens who are in self-isolation due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Provides a way to help mitigate the loneliness created by this health crisis
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Symptoms of a pandemic
The Covid-19 Pandemic has created severe isolation
Photos: In The Pandemic
Covid Photos: My personal isolation
The pandemic has forced people to be alone in many ways
Image: Stairs in a Cage
"Normal" is gone
Image: Empty Stairs
Constant difference
Image: Alone on the escalator
Op-Eds & Public Health Message Descriptive Analysis
May 14, 2021Read more...Over the course of the semester, for Las 199: COVID Corps, I have worked with an organization...May 12, 2021Read more...A common conversation that occurs in regards to Coronavirus and the current pandemic, is that...May 7, 2021Read more...There has been a multitude of social changes that occurred within the time between March 2020 and...From Isolation
Personal Pandemic: Share your own story of isolation from the pandemic
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