So, should small social gatherings be allowed? How about sports practices with precautions to the pandemic? In my opinion, I believe this should be allowed. In all honesty, I have gone out with friends a few times to swim, go to the beach, and play sports, and we have took all the necessary precautions, and none of us has got the virus. Also, I have seen others go to sports practice and watch them have fun together, so I believe this should be allowed. What do you think?
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Should Small Social Gatherings be Allowed?
Due to this pandemic, social gatherings have been put on hold for four months now. Social distancing is still required and lots of people are (or have been) done with this separation. Although it is important for everyone to stay safe during this time, it is also important to just spend time with companions (outside of the family). If any of you had Mr. Eastham for English last year, you know that we read Frankenstein until quarantine. One of the topics discussed while reading was "is companionship necessary to live", many students believed the answer was yes. Since this human companionship is needed, hanging out with a friend should be allowed. Yes, there are risks to it, but as long as you and whoever you hang out with washes their hands with soap and does not touch their face, you should be at little risk to the pandemic.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hey Matt, ever since the pandemic started back in March, social distancing has been required. I believe that small gatherings with a few family members and friends shouldn't be bad as long as everyone has a decent amount of space in between them. If possible masks should be worn too for the safety of the people's surroundings. When it comes to sports I have the need to say that the equipment is required to be disinfected from time to time. It does get lonely sometimes and wanting to see friends for family sounds like a nice distraction as long as everyone follows the rules.
ReplyDeleteI agree that small gatherings should be allowed as long as you know that whoever you've came in contact with is healthy, along with people they've came in contact with (other friends, family, etc). In the beginning months of quarantine I found myself feeling alone most of the time because of how much I rely on my friends, so I think it's okay to do things occasionally for the better of your mental health. Additionally, there is a big subject on whether or not sports should be practicing together also. As of right now Cross Country does not know if we will be having a season, but our coaches are still making us run certain mileage on our own. Personally I would've not been able to run and practice without two of my teammates running with me. We have been running safely together for weeks, and I feel as though that should be okay with any sport whose season is coming up in the fall.
ReplyDeleteTo add to your sports comment, I have also been practicing volleyball (not for high school, but at the beach). At this club, it is pretty much like a normal practice except the sanitizing of the balls, temperature checks, and the use of hand sanitizer. This as been going on for a few weeks and no one has got the virus, so I think that sports practices should be allowed. Especially cross country, where you are fairly spread out running long distance. Lets hope high school sports will not be cancelled this school year.
DeleteI believe that small gathering with friends and family are essential for keeping everyone mentally healthy among this time. As long as everyone in the group is healthy and not showing any symptoms small gatherings should definitely be allowed. Plus, being surrounded by small groups of friends once in a while will encourage less people to go into densely populated areas. The goal of social distancing is to flatten the curve and lower the death count but we should also focus on our mental health.
ReplyDeleteI also think small gatherings of family and friends should be allowed, but with the right safety precautions. As long as no one in the group is experiencing any symptoms or been in close contact with someone else who has the virus, then I don't see anything wrong with a small social gathering. This goes along with sport gatherings too. In my opinion, I don't think there's anything wrong with having sports practices again with extra safety precautions taken place like sanitizing equipment or even taking everyone's temperature before practice begins.It's not like there are any spectators in the room to increase the chances of contracting the virus.Taking these small measures are what I imagine for it to be like in the future sports community when it begins to start back up.Overall, I agree with the other comments stating how these social gatherings will help keep our mental health intact, so they should be allowed.
ReplyDelete