Measure A Jump

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Measure A Jump

How should you respond to a crisis

Crises are sometimes hard to predict, but once it happens as in COVID-19, some measures need to be put in place to curb the spread or prevent the number of cases to arise.  In the article, Dave Eggers wrote the response deployed to ensure Adam does not commit suicide on the hospital bed, the doctor Chucker, provided that someone alongside his hospital bed was watching Adam. Fish also confirmed that the bags Adam had no harmful things packed in. he had to check and repack only good stuff, so when he gets out of the hospital, he will be set to start a new life(Eggers, 2021). Crises situations need you to understand them well, have broad knowledge and respond appropriately like on the pandemic of COVID-19; wearing a mask, washing hands, keeping social distance, and creating awareness are ways of responding.

Are crises a destructive force or an opportunity for renewal?

Crises can be looked at into two dimensions, one they can be destructive, like, for example, COVID-19. Businesses of many nations were closed down to curb the spread of disease. This resulted to having many people being jobless and economies become unstable. The impact created is not positive at all. On the other hand, the COVID-19 crisis presented an excellent opportunity for researchers to put more detail into finding the vaccine, selling masks and detergents to ensure the measures to curb the pandemic are put in place. This was a job opportunity that presented itself.The crisis also provides good lesson plans to nations and individuals to be predictable and plan well if such a situation occurs again.

How much should I give (risk?) in a crisis like those you have faced during your...