Steemit Enagement Challenge || Season2, Week #3 ||Steemit and Covid-19||How did Steemit play a useful role in improving your life during Covid-19? by @temitopef

Good day dear Steemians, today starts the third week of the Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 2 and I would be writing my first post here in this community. We all know how Covid-19 disease disturbed and cost many people their jobs, good life, movement restrictions, and good health. I will be explaining what covid-19 is, the difficulties I encountered during the heat of Covid-19, and how Steemit Blockchain blogging platform helped me.

Covid-19 or Coronavirus disease is an infectious disease that was caused by SARS - CoV -2 Virus. This Virus was discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, the People's Republic of China. The virus causes respiratory illness which ranges from mild, moderate, or severe depending on age, immune response, and whether the person is suffering from any underlying disease.

According to the World Health Organization (W.H.O), about 80% of the patients infected by Coronavirus disease recovered without any hospital treatments, 15% became seriously sick and needs oxygen while the remaining 5% cases are very severe and need intensive care. Patients with underlying diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, chronic respiratory disease, or cancer were mostly affected when infected with covid-19 and some of the patients died.

Common symptoms of Covid-19 are Fever, Fatigue, Dry cough, Loss of smell or taste, Loss of appetite, Nasal congestion, Headache, Sore throat, Nausea or vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, tiredness, while the patient those suffering from severe cases experienced Convulsion, High temperature, Shortness of Breath, Persistent pressure or pain in the chest, Anxiety, Sleep disorder and Depression.

Covid-19 can be contacted between people of close range, which when people breathe in air that was contaminated by air-borne particles or droplets of infected people, such people too will be infected with the Covid-19 virus.

This virus can survive for days on a surface depending on the type of surface, temperature, and relative humidity. About 500 million people were infected with Covid-19 virus throughout the whole world in which over 6 million people were confirmed dead. To protect oneself from Covid-19 disease, some precautions must be taken which includes wearing a nose mask, avoiding crowds or public places, washing hands, and rubbing hands with alcohol-based sanitizer frequently.

I worked in a private hospital, and during this terrible Covid-19 pandemic, we didn't have patients when compared to what it's used to be before, as most patients were afraid of coming to the hospital because they think they would be diagnosed with Covid-19 disease, while some thinks coming to the hospital for treatment gives them a high risk of being infected.

In March 2020, some of my co-workers were sacked and that period was so tough on me because no hospital was employing me then, later my colleague that remained employed in our hospital called me and said he wanted both of us to be working and we will be sharing his salary because he cannot be working for the whole day and also he understands how much I need my job, he too was collecting 70% of his salary, so he resolves into sharing it with me.

I started working again and I was collecting only #13,000 (108 Steem) salary every month. Things were not easy with me and my family, we only managed. Furthermore, working in a hospital is tough as we faced many patients with different health conditions, in which some were infected with the Covid-19 virus.

I never heard of Steemit during the pandemic period of Covid-19 in 2020. I joined Steemit in January 2021 when things has not yet changed and I was having a hard time. However, Steemit has so helped me since I joined, It helped in liberating me financially, I paid my house rent, provide for my sister's school fees when she gained admission into the university and I was able to help my family and friends.

Nobody in my household was affected by Covid-19, as a medical practitioner I understand what Covid-19 is and its implications on one's health, so I explained everything to my family, telling them that Covid-19 is real and not a scam as many people from my place were saying, I gave them proper orientation on what to do and how to prevent oneself. Also, I hardly traveled home during the Covid-19 period, because I know there are chances of me contacting Covid-19. After all, I work in a hospital, and going home every time seems like I'm risking the health of my people. We all took to the Covid-19 precautions and with the help of God, none of us contacted it.

As I said earlier, I was not informed about Steemit during this period, so during the lockdown, I was not a Steemit member.

Yes, I sold my Steemit earning and it helped me solve some problems I was facing financially. My first withdrawal was like after a month that I joined, I was able to use the money to buy some foodstuffs for myself, I sent money to my family and gave myself a treat. After like 4 months I was able to pay my house rent with it and have some little savings.

I will say yes to this because through my earnings on the Steemit platform, I was able to help my neighbor and sent some money to my co-worker that was sacked during Covid-19 and did not have anything to do. Without Steemit I don't think I may be able to help them with the little I had then.

When I joined Steemit, and I was able to withdraw some amount of money, I informed some of my co-workers that were sacked and one of my friends that needed money too about Steemit and gave them the testimony of how it has helped me financially, but most of them did not have passion for writing and when my friend saw my Steemit page and realized that the rewards I got mostly came from Crypto Academy homework tasks, she was discouraged because she has no idea about cryptocurrency, I explained to her that if she is consistent she can make money from other posts too but she was not convinced.

As I said, things were tough for me when I joined Steemit, my salary was not enough to take care of my responsibility. Remembering my sister's closing to the university admission then does caused me to panic because I don't even have 40% of the money she will need, and I was able to save the one I earned by starving myself most time. When I joined Steemit, I started posting and getting rewards, I was able to eat good food and saved enough money for my sister's school. With part of my salary and Steemit earnings I paid my house rent, likewise, I was able to help by sending some money to my co-worker leaving in another city and my neighbor when she needed financial assistance.

Covid-19 disease is a terrible disease that has caused some people their life, while some people experienced setbacks because they lost their jobs. Steemit Blockchain blogging platform has helped many individuals during Covid-19 by keeping them busy during the lockdown period and also liberating them financially. I also enjoyed Steemit's financial liberation since I joined and I will forever be grateful because it has helped me in a way that I can never forget. This is where I will be stopping for today. Thank you for reading.

I invite @patience90, @samuel20, and @davehanny to join this contest.