Article about the impact of COVID 19 on social media advertisement. The pandemic has had the effect of driving down ad rates globally, alongside a decline in engagement with ad campaigns.

Muslim people in India have been the target of brutal attacks, after the Indian Health Ministry blamed the spread of covid-19 in India on the Muslims. People of Islamic faith prior to this virus were already racially and religiously persecuted in India, and this claim is making it even worst. The fact of the matter is that the Health Ministry's claim wasn't wrong. The spread of coronavirus in India can be traced back to one Islamic Seminary. Once they began being attacked and broken up, that group of Islamic worshipers fled all throughout the country, spreading the deadly virus. In an already Muslim-hating country, the prejudice and violence is growing even stronger because of this coronavirus claim.

The screenshot is of a Twiiter post which features a group of friends sitting several feet apart from each other in their neighborhood. It shows us the change the pandemic has made on our relationships with each other and how we communicate and socialize.

This article does a great job detailing how religious leaders in Christianity and Judaism are aware of the major problem of Covid-19. They have shut down their temples for prayer, but they will still get their message of unity and faith across to the community. The article also details the major changes to usual rituals in churches and temples.

Hi, my name is Anastasiia. Today is the 46th day of quarantine, which has been introduced by Ukraine due to the world coronavirus pandemic. Self-isolation means restriction or even exception of social contacts to pause the virus spread. To my opinion, these precautions are logical, because humanity has no vaccine, and we will not have it at an early date. But, I need to say, that quarantine is just formality in my country. People go out to walk and drink alcohol in the yards, they throng in hypermarkets, they even make B-B-Q in parks. I’ve heard, that even some restaurants receive rich guests. Ok, we understand, that there is no quarantine for oligarchs and their escort. BUT, EASTER, APRIL 19! IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME. About 130 000 of believers rushed to churches and temples to lick pope’s hands and get some “saint water”. Bravo, guys. This entailed an extension of quarantine until May 11. And something tells me, this is not the end. Everybody understands that world wasn’t ready for this shitty disaster. Ukraine’s economy is beggar, so am I. I’ve worked about 6 years in the food service industry. And I realize, quarantine hit all of spheres of life, but restaurants/cafes/cinemas/shops/beauty salons suffer the most of all. So yeah, I’m 24 and I’m unemployed. Of course, there are a lot of vacancies on the remote, but, to be honest, I don’t wanna to masturbate on the camera or sale rubbish that nobody needs. My subjective opinion is this home imprisonment is a kind of free time to overestimate priorities. I’ll explain. As for me, I always chased money. I could work in two different cafes without weekends. I worked abroad hard for money only, and so on. AND NOW I HAVE NO JOB! I AM USELESS. I HAVE NO MONEY. I WILL DIE! No wonder I got depressed. I needed about 3 weeks, a couple of sessions with my psychotherapist and psychiatrist to understand what should I do to stay afloat. I must make great efforts to shift focus from money to spiritual values. It turns out I have friends. It turns out I can embroider, cycle a fixed-gear, cook delicious dishes. Shit, even my acne disappeared. I’m imprisoned with my boyfriend in the one-room apartment we’ve recently rented. AND GOD I HATE EVERY MILIMETER OF THIS FUCKING SMALL FLAT! Every your day is like Groundhog Day (like in the movie). Huh, smth about my boyfriend. The first self-isolation month was very hard. We argued every fucking day. Even if I have warm and bright feelings to this awesome guy, sometimes I just wanted TO KILL HIM WHY HE DIDN’T WASH THE DISHES OR WHY DIDN’T HE READ MY MIND TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WANT THE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, NOT THE STRAWBERRY ONE!!! Do you understand? Yeah, I was really scared when he took his bike and ran away from me in the midst of our quarrel. In two days he came back, of course. But now I really realize when I should shut the fuck up. I know, there’re a lot of couples, who break up or get divorced in this period of quarantine. But yeah, we’re lucky with each other. We’re just trying to find a compromise. Now I’m not scared of virus. I’m afraid to stay unemployed and to starve to death. Oh yeah, I’ll die on the street, because we will be kicked out of the apartment for non-payment. Millions of Ukrainians are scared. By the way, about the work. I’ve decided to start the QA-engineering career, so I have to study during all the day. BUT, my laziness and anxious brain blocks every attempts to remember smth new, and I feel guilty. Multiply this guilt by the success cult we hear from every iron about – HELLO DEPRESSION !!! We all are tired and scared. All this is wrong. The world will not stay the same. Only those who can adapt to the quick changes will survive. So now I need to receive am I that adaptable person.

The article discuses how Covid-19 has been ignored and not taken seriously by some of the Christian Pastors and leaders within the relgion by not dismantling all social gatherings. The article explains how for some Christian leaders, they have been disobeying orders given by their states to no longer hold any more social gatherings until further notice which have resulted in arrestment. These leaders are/were trying to convince the masses that through more intensive Christianity practices, those who participate will become immune and from a global scale, the virus can be defeated.

My window opens into the backyard with rose bushes and drying up on the April’s sun neighbors’ bed sheets. As I go out to buy some meal I feel sunkisses on my face. How precious they are. No changes, the same pleasure as it was the last spring. No changes, the same regret, but now it became the kind of war fear that women used to have. Is he alright there? I don’t even know. No more opportunity to see him, even less than earlier. He’s in Poland, I’m in France and we are legislatively separated. True love is such a natural thing. It’s not artificial in other words, what literally means it can flourish without people’s help. You can have it inside you, and if you don’t, then your tree is supposed to grow later. Like rose bushes in front of my window, they are beautiful on their own. So us taught the quarantine, some real things as nature are going to overcome alone. And so is my love. It is such a good sign, no? Why then people often consider love as a weakness? I don’t know, I’m just going to go through as I always did. I keep hoping one day I will meet again the man I love the most and he will see that girl he loved since adolescence. But now I’m sitting here alone one more evening and writing him a letter: ‘ Heavy rain has stopped and the sun came out again but this time dressed up in its sunset attire in pastel tones. It smelled sweet and it smelled like freedom. Breathing became so easy that one moment it has got clear – happiness is there where you can breathe easily. What strangles us that keeps us tense that keeps us without a will. Do you want the happiness all life long? Then find it anywhere you can. If the happiness is just a moment then you shouldn’t forget that our time is weaved by them.’

There was no plague whatsoever. The hospitals and clinics were closed and empty. In my city (Rostov-on-Don) we had some dozens of registered infected people, virtually noone was in a severe condition. Tests were 60% precise at most, so multiple tests were necessary, like 3. So that you will get a false positive result for sure. People were scared, 70% wore masks nd gloves. Citizens were forbidden to leave home, but we did not abide those rule, because everyone saw that they were unnecessary. I repeat one more time: no plague in South-Western Russia.

This article is about twelve states which have allowed public religious gatherings during the current COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. The twelve states listed to the left have deemed religious gatherings essential and have created adaptations to maintain distance between members. These gathers are highly criticized and have been sourced as the cause of several outbreaks across the country, including in Sacramento, California.

This article discusses how some countries in the Middle East view the religious restrictions such as the closure of Shia shrines in Iraq and Iran and the cancelation of the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia as a form of violation of religious practices and repression of religious minorities. It is said that these restrictions will negatively impact how people view their government leaders.

This article goes into detail on how many “Chaplains” are keeping faith/ religiosity alive during the Corona Virus pandemic. Many individuals in the hospital who are ailing or have the Corona Virus are unable to have access to their religions, or any type of contact with religiosity. There are a select handful of individuals who will go into the hospitals infected with the coronavirus and bring religiosity to the sickly. Not only the sickly, but also bringing religiosity and faith to medical professionals or anyone who takes care of the sickly in the hospitals. This article outlines some of the work done by these people in the hospitals and what it means to them, and the people they are providing help for.

Though nearly every religion has used online streaming to connect with their congregations during the pandemic, preachers and parishioners alike are missing the personal contact that comes with in-person services.

This article speaks to the actions that major religious groups are doing around the world. We see how Christiany had to change up a lot of touching and huging to stop the spread. They also had to do more onlice services as well. We go to Islam and see how they closed down the Kaaba and stopping people from other countries from coming into Mecca and Medina. We look at the Hindus and how they still do Holi but they are asked to take more steps to be careful like wearing masking. Finally we see how Judaism trys to stop kissing and touch many things in order to slow the spread.

This article by Brooks says, how during the coronavirus is great time to make arts and crafts. In time religion have always encouraged the pursuit of happiness and well being along with science books. Brooks tells that in three equations is a formula to help oneself to contrast their life into an art form. Then magnify what we draw from the activity to help us see and think from a subjective view. This activity worth thinking about during the bad times we are all going through (Brooks,2020).

This article addresses some of the issues faced by various religious communities across the United States of America in the wake of restrictions due to COVID-19. It mentions some ways in which organizations are adapting services to comply with social distancing restrictions, and it provides more examples of organizations that have actively opposed these restrictions. It also incorporates the thoughts about compliance versus noncompliance from others across different religious traditions. The article points out that, for many of the religious traditions addressed, the measures being taken in response to the pandemic, such as social distancing, are in line with the central principles of their beliefs. The article closes by addressing some of the issues that communities face in their attempts to adapt services to these restrictions.

This article explains that a pastor from Virginia named Gerald Glenn still held in-person services at his church. The governor of the state ordered that all non-essential businesses and gatherings of more than 10 people are prohibited. However, the pastor continued with his in-person services. According to him, his God and preachings needed to continue because they're bigger than the virus. On Saturday, April 11, the pastor passed away due to coronavirus. His wife also tested positive with COVID 19.

News report about nightly howling in Colorado

Image of two young people sitting on a park bench, one smirking at the camera and the other sprawled across their friend's lap, legs in the air.

COVID-19 has forced widespread closure of one of the most bedrock American institutions: school. Three words on the marquee outside Eastern Senior High School in Washington, DC, capture the uncertainty facing children, teachers, and broader communities.

As a result of the pandemic, mask-wearing has become a norm in Hong Kong.

YouTube parody of "Just a Spoonful of Sugar" based on President Trump's suggestion that household disinfectants could be used to treat COVID-19.

Gennady Khodov provides reflections on the quarantine in their home

Gennady Khodov provides his reflections on quarantine

I want to tell you about my expiriense of covid-19 isolation. I'm a little man, 26 age, programmer, introvert, therefore, I endure isolation almost painlessly. At my student times I sat at home during weeks which served as a good preparation for the present situation. I almost don't suffer from a lack of live communication, becouse I have a lot of friends at web, and we can call to eachouthers every day and spend our time by playing computer games. But anyway I have one big problem via covid-19. It is a bigest procrastination. I want to change my job, and thereby need learn a lot of materials, but all this decadent atmosphere making me lost my time and procrastinating. This is horrible. Looks like this pandemic situation indulges to my lazy demons, becouse all people don't do nothing, therefore, I do the same. >_< . Or maybe I justify my laziness in this way. Any way, I know, that all this problems end, and life will return to it's course again. This pandemic don't scared me, but I learned that I must be ready to meet face to face situations, which I can’t influence in any way.

Описал за 20 минут мои ощущения об эпидемии и разместил их в архиве для будущего поколения. Такое маленькое поле для описание столь глобальной проблемы, как CORVID19-20. Пишу данный текст на русском, ибо нехватка знаний английского. Прочитавшие это славяни из будущего будут приятно удивлены. Мне 26 лет, без трёх дней 27. На моём веку происходило разное, сейчас же глобальная эпидемия. Попробую описать её влияние на меня. В связи с опасностью для здоровья мир вынужден сидеть на самоизоляции, делать покупки онлайн, кушать ресторанные блюда из коробочек и сушить свои руки спиртовыми антисептикаи. Последнее очень сушит кожу рук, так что кокосовое масло стоит на прикроватной тумбе, ещё томик Антона Чехова скрашивая мысли о великом иронией и колким словцом. Моя самоизоляция проходит за городом в кругу родных, благо у нас большой дом и пересекаться постоянно нет надобности. В это время я прочувствовал свою интровертность ещё лучше, мне хорошо одному, как бы современные учёные не говорили о важности коммуникации. Я человек своего времени, постоянное общение онлайн и тонны информации не дают мне оставаться наедине с собой. Отличное время: я учусь не спешить, работаю над самодисциплиной, много читаю (Чехова в частности). Время когда всё остановилось, когда у людей появились новые возможности, но и новые проблемы и чего больше пока не ясно. Территориально я в Украине, город Днепр. Небольшой город до миллиона жителе, с огромной еврейской общиной. Шаббат Шалом, ребята!) Кстати ведь можно провести параллель между этой традицией и происходящим сейчас, когда ты сидишь дома, ничего не делаешь и только молишься. Молитвами в данной ситуации думаю не поможешь. Ситуация в моей стране не критичная, смертей не много, люди ещё не обозлены, государство принимает минимальные меры, которых я думаю должно хватить для прекращения и старта привычного ритма жизни. Вопрос, будет ли эта жизнь привычной? Неизвестно. Мы же существа легко адаптируемые, если открыты и готовы принимать настоящие каким оно является. Да, читаю немного философии, что собственно и влияет на такие вопросы и мыли. Кстати, рекомендую Кришнамурти - это для вас из будущего. Он будет актуален и при вашем времени. Буду ли я в нём, непонятно. В целом ситуация не выбила меня из колеи, я её принял и стараюсь работать с ней, не скучать и унывать. Вдруг, это кто-то прочтёт, хочу сказать что мы такие же как и вы в вашем сейчас. Те же люди, ведь мы не меняемся уже тысячи лет. На просто становится больше. Сейчас чуть больше семи миллиардов. Интересно, если вас там меньше. :) В целом современный мир отлично справляется с эпидемией такого уровня, мы сильные и умные существа. И такая злая мысль, пусть это будет естественный отбор, в мире, которому и без нас хорошо - стало лучше в этом спокойствие. Животные размножаются, природа восстанавливается. Так что из страшного, это невозможность сходить в бар с друзьями, если у вас есть такие. Спасибо, если прочли. Обнял! Всем любви и улыбок. Двигайтесь, не забывайте об этом.

Reading the news earlier this year, I came across information that people in China got coronavirus, and some even died because of it. When I read the news, I thought it would pass soon and thought the virus wouldn't reach our country. But I was too naive. After a while, the situation in the world was getting worse and the virus had gotten into many countries. At that time, I was beginning to realize that it was all very serious and that the virus was very dangerous to human civilization. In many countries, the authorities took strict measures to protect people from infection. In mid-March, a state of emergency was declared in Kazakhstan. People were in panic. Many people went to shops and bought a lot of food. I had the impression that the apocalypse was coming. But I was calm about the situation and did not buy a lot of groceries. Then I started monitoring the situation and reading the news about the coronavirus almost every day. There was a shortage of masks and antiseptics in our city and the prices of these things were very much up. People started to lose their jobs and I was afraid that I would lose my job too. I was working in another city, and I lived far away from work and in the city where my father and grandmother lived. And now I've been quarantined in many cities in our country. I didn't know what to do when they quarantined me. I couldn't go to another city for my work. I got depressed. I was afraid I would be left without money and all my clothes and documents were left with my grandmother in another city. I couldn't get my stuff to my girlfriend's. My girlfriend is pregnant. And I was also afraid for her. She's about to have a baby, and I lost my income. At that moment I was even thinking about suicide. How can I provide for the girl, myself and the future child in this situation?) These thoughts have tormented and tormented me until now. I got another job, but they don't pay me much here. And this money will probably not be enough, and the baby will be born this summer. Cases of coronavirus are only growing and I understand that the quarantine will last a long time and I will not see my grandmother and father soon. But for now, I'm trying to stay strong and keep my spirits up. I hope for the best... But I don't know what's gonna happen next... Uncertainty is a little scary. And I want to finish my small text with a quote from Arthur Schopenhauer: The world is definitely bad in every respect: it is aesthetically like a caricature, intellectually - like a madhouse, morally - like a fraudulent brothel, and in general - like prison. (Translated the text with a translator. Thank you for reading it...)

Как бы это удивительно ни звучало, но моя жизнь никогда не была столь разнообразной. Хотя первые несколько недель новости о изоляции и вирусе повергали меня в уныние, хотелось лежать, смотреть сериалы и унывать. Но потом я поняла, что это надолго и я трачу время, которое стоило бы тратить на развитие. Раньше я много путешествовала и работала, дома только ночевала. Моим любимым занятием был макияж и подбор наряда каждое утро. Теперь же я всего этого лишилась и постоянно хожу в пижаме. Идея собираться и сидеть так дома, якобы это помогает настроиться на рабочий лад, явно не для меня. Когда ко мне пришло понимание того, что моя жизнь это теперь вот так (последняя из стадий принятия неизбежного), я смогла начать работать, писать диплом с невиданной доселе концентрацией. Более того, в освободившееся время я наконец-то начала читать образовательную литературу, рисовать, ухаживать за телом. Словом всё то на что не хватало времени раньше. Вернула домашние тренировки. Сделала квартиру уютным домом. Много готовлю и у меня это начало получаться, хотя раньше - никогда.

The pandemic disconnected me and the person I got acquainted with just before the lockdown in Moscow, but I know the meeting was crucial for both of us and was the beginning of something great in the future. The disease is stealing the time and the chances we could use to finally change our lives. But the worst part is that I have no opportunity to contact him and simply tell to be careful and stay home. Whatever I did to reach him, whenever I sent emails or whoever asked to tell him the thing, I got nothing. All my messages were ignored or made fun of and sent to trash bins. Probably good intentions are never good enough to be heard? It’s feeling like a glass cage-in the internet and globalisation century you can’t provide a person with a care, at least it could change things for the better for him? I wish I was aware if he is okay because no one knows when the pandemic will end and no one can be sure he will survive until it does. There was no day I didn’t recalled our meeting, feels like it wasn’t 4 months but just few hours ago. I was so eager to meet him again and discuss so many things we both like, I’m sure we’re meant for each other and finally our paths crossed. Now all I pray for is not to see his death on the news one day. I know that probably he even doesn’t remember me already but I don’t care. Imagine you cannot care of a beloved person and have no idea how he’s feeling and never do the same mistakes humanity is doing right now. If you’re the person who is able to help someone for good or have an ability to connect somebody, please, forget arrogance and disregard and help. Sometimes it’s not this difficult and doesn’t require too much effort from you, but could save life. Be kind.

I was prepared for this for all entire life. All the day playing videogames, and watching tv series. Stop complaining, you maggot!! The whole world have a vacation.

This is me and my friends watching a movie together via special website. Though we weren’t together physically, we still were there for each other and had fun. *Me

*Wanted to share my experience with the whole world

I decided to help people in game dev find each other and help them collborate and make their projects together. I'm studying for websites making, so it will be good practice. Who knows, maybe even I finally will find help with my own gameved project on my own site

When a high teacher and university director begin working from the same week their elementary school children begin having school from home, it becomes clear the middle of the night is the best time to get work done. *Original video, posted on Instagram Stories

My kids, being unable to attend the yearly Easter festivities and egg hunt at their church, hunt for eggs hidden as a scavenger hunt throughout their house. Their church's children's minister, wearing gloves and a mask, left a bag of stuffed eggs, toys for Easter baskets, Peeps and other things for families to use on the doorsteps of each of the families that were part of the church to make it easier for families to be able to celebrate the holiday with their kids at home. *Personal video

On April 1, the UC schools announced their plan to accept pass/fail grades and AP scores from Spring 2020, as well as make the SAT/ACT optional for students applying to the UCs in Fall 2020. With many rumors still circulating, Bryan Jue of UCI Admissions made an informal video for Kathryn Jue's high school students explaining to them the updates. *Original video shared on Instagram

Early into stay at home, Quarantine Challenges began circulating social media, with the push up challenge being especially popular. Users were encouraged to "do 10 and tag 10," meaning post yourself doing 10 push ups and tag 10 more people to continue the challenge.

Kathryn Jue and Ellen Galindo, both teachers, were planning to celebrate their high school students' acceptance and commitments to college. However, with schools closed, this could not happen in person. This captures the moment their student Tran submitted her SIR to UC Berkeley, with both her teachers, and her classmate Albert, online with her virtually to celebrate the moment.

In March, the College Board announced all AP exams would be at home, online, 45 minute tests. April 3, they released the details of each exam. Attempting to present the redesigned rubric in a way more engaging than just explaining the new rubric, Kathryn Jue made a Tik Tok explaining the changes for her 11th grade AP US History students.

The Chinese Embassy is allocating 500,000 "health kits" to overseas Chinese students. Each "health kit" contains 20 disposable medical masks, 2 KN95 masks, disinfection wipes, 2 Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, and a handbook. The capsule in the "health kits" is a Chinese medicine that has an inhibitory effect on respiratory infection and it works for infected persons with mild symptoms. The Chinese government provides epidemic prevention materials for overseas Chinese students to protect their health and safety.

I used to hate baths. The tub too shallow, the water lukewarm. But my husband fixed the hot water heater so I could immerse my body into steaming water, sweat out the impurities of fear and indecision, lethargy and tears for what has been lost. It's a new Ritual. Day 30 of coronavirus lockdown in Aurora, Colorado

I didn’t want to waste gloves that Health workers might need. We were all getting inventive about protective gear.

Everyone in the street invited to hang artworks about life in shutdown

In Young Street Annerley we started a Facebook group 'They Young Ones’ and shared garden edibles, books and art materials.

Print on paper, ink and oil pastel, created in my home studio during lockdown.

Print on paper, ink and oil pastel, created in my home studio during lockdown.

This meme is based on the level of boredom everyone is experiencing during quarantine. It is a lighted hearted form of humor that emphasizes the useless purchases we are all making.

This picture is a perfect depiction of the unnecessarily extreme measures some Americans are taking during grocery shopping, i.e. covering up abundantly, stocking up on toilet paper, etc. This humor is more targeted at making fun of the ignorance of some people.

This meme explores the interesting dynamic quarantine creates between extreme productivity and extreme laziness. There has been a mental healthy struggle to not drown oneself in trying to be productive with all of the extra time everyone has.

This image comedically explores how in North Korea there was a man who tested positive for Corona Virus and the leader of North Korea Ordered him to be shot and he was killed. This is a more detached form of humor because the post is American, but we truly only know what North Korea wants us to know about them.

This meme plays up the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic lasting into the summer. It light-heartedly explores a way to still do a summer activity, like tanning. It highlights the human condition of still wanting to try regardless of circumstance. #VART3030