FEATURE MARCH 11-12, 2021
COVID alters spring break plans By: Abby Wallace and Alyssa Fleming Spring break is usually a time for students and staff to get away from their lives and have fun for a while but for the second year in a row, Covid-19 has caused people’s plans to change. On March 12, 2020 school districts across the country announced that they would be closing schools a day early for spring break, and advised people to bring home everything. Students were thrilled and ready to begin their week of fun. However, it wasn’t the type of fun they had imagined. Flights were being canceled, which kept people at home. College visits were canceled so students were left in question about their future. Then that one week off turned into a six-month “vacation.” It wasn’t really a vacation though because a nationwide quarantine occurred. Businesses closed and everyday essentials went out of stock [like toilet paper]. Chaos and panic broke out worldwide and people began wondering, when will it end? It’s been one year since the pandemic started and we are in a place that is almost the same as last year. Schools have been reopening
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part-time in many districts across the country and a vaccine has been made. Masks are still state-mandated, but this year people can travel. Flights have been a lot cheaper than normal which has caused people to want to travel more. This could be a bad thing though. Generally, when people travel they want to escape their lives and relax. With that being said, the amount of exposure might go up due to the fact people like traveling with friends and when they do that, wearing a mask isn’t important to them. Wearing a mask is a big part of keeping exposure rates down and a way to keep people safe. As soon as people get careless and decide that they don’t need them is when the world goes back to where it began. Everyone is tired of the pandemic. Everyone is ready to get back to their regular lives, but that doesn’t mean everyone can stop doing the things that have been keeping people safe. Masks are still important, washing your hands when you can, and social distancing yourself from others. It may seem tedious and not a big deal anymore, but covid cases are still rising, people are still dying, and others aren’t able
