Sociological imagination
As suggested by C.W. Mills, sociological imagination refers to the process of making a connection and how various situations interrelate. (Hayden 2015). This explains how personal challenges and large social issues relate to each other. For instance, when an individual is in debt, that correlates with a larger social problem such as lack of employment. This makes an individual think outside the box and look for alternative solutions that could cater to the other needs that may arise from unemployment. This theory eludes that there exists a relationship between society and the events in their personal lives. Human beings need to understand that their current biography is related to some of the historical processes and how they occur within a larger social context. It also explains that the various outcomes that human beings experience are based on what we do. For instance, to pass exams, a student needs to read. The events of passing examinations are a result of working hard and putting extra work into the studies. The motives, social actions, the norms of the society and the social context and how they interrelate with one another. This imagination explains that the situations shape the activities we engage in we get ourselves in, the various values we possess, and how the people around us act or react to those situations. This imagination helps people to help think away from their daily routines and look at them with a new perspective. The sociological imagination helps in offering the skills and concepts needed to expose and respond to the social injustices that human beings experience daily. The lack of sociological imaginations can make people less contact with their humanity, thus leading to accepting wrongs done in society. It can also lead to immoral acts, which tend to disorient an individual from the set goals and objectives of life. For instance, the success of a country is directly proportional to the relationship between the people and the system of governance in the country. If the design of management is a mess, then the country and its people will suffer. (Pyyhtinen 2016).
Coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong
The coronavirus pandemic was first confirmed to have spread on the 23rd of January 2020. The pandemic is believed to have been caused by a severe acute respiratory coronavirus. As of the 20th of April, the country had confirmed eleven thousand, seven hundred and four cases. The land was unscathed by the first time the outbreak struck. Hong Kong has had the most flutter curve than most of the places in the world. With its nearness to the china republic, if measures were not taken to help curb the situation, then the country would be vulnerable to the covid pandemic. The flatter curve was attributed to wearing masks in public since the onset of the SARS epidemic in 2003. This led to the introduction of wearing a show every time in public since then. This has helped a lot in reducing the rate of infection in the country. by the beginning of April, the conditions were at eight hundred and forty-five with the fatality of four people. The people in Hong Kong attributed this to the containment measures put in place to help curb the spread of the virus in the country. The containment measures included quarantine and the isolation of people who had been in contact with individuals with the virus or were exhibiting signs and symptoms of the virus, the increase in border restrictions that helped people in staying indoors. The cessation of the movement helped reduce the spread of the virus to other regions, and the mass wearing of mask led to the decline of the reach of the virus. This was until a second wave hit the country. This wave was attributed to the movement of other people returning to the government to beat a mandatory quarantine initiated to stop the spread of the pandemic. The increase in the number of the covid cases increased due to the imported circumstances that were occurring from aircrew members who had flown to other areas of the world where covid was rampant, the sea crew who were also travelling to various parts of the word and the different essential workers who worked at multiple points to ensure that the system was running smoothly. However, this led to the introduction of other containment that led to the decline of the virus. This was due to the suspension of physical learning to help curb the spread of the virus to the learners. There was also a free mass vaccination in the country. This was helpful as everyone got a chance to work while getting the vaccine and instead reduced the spread of the virus. There also existed a partial lockdown in all the areas with the virus till all people were tested. This has enabled the virus to be contained in the country and adapt to living with the virus. (Wu Chen & Chan 2020).
Covid 19 as a social issue.
The goal pandemic has been affected by several issues in the country. The connection between the personal challenges and the larger cases have played a huge role in the state of the coronavirus in Hong Kong. The health care system has received several challenges as a result of the covid pandemic. This is because most systems have failed, and the cessation of movements has led to these major challenges. One of the biggest challenges facing the health care system is the lack of hospitals. This has led to many services being halted in the country. The halting of the health care system has shown to many people getting affected by the virus and its impact simply because they cannot access the hospitals nearest to them. Another challenge facing the health care system. The quarantine measure put in place has been a challenge to the health system. This is because of the money allocated to sustain the quarantine measures to curb the spread. While thinking of how the spread of covid and socialization is related, the quarantine measures put in place are helpful as they help reduce the spread. However, it requires a lot of room to conduct every process and fit every patient in the hospital, challenging the healthcare system. The lack of case definition systems in the hospitals for the classification of cases is also a challenge. This is because the absence of these systems in the hospitals lead to an increase in the cases of covid in the o=country. The smaller events lead to a huge crisis in the country. There is an interrelationship between the lack of materials to help and the spread of the virus. This is because the lack of materials to a great extent contribute to the spread of the virus.
After all, there is no guidance on how to help the situation best. Another challenge is the involvement of telehealth. This is because there is some uncertainty in the length by which the process goes for. This is because everything was done manually. The introduction of telehealth has slowed down everything happening in the health system. This has affected the log in of information and how this information affects the greater public health. The suspension of non-emergency and non-essential healthcare has led to the quick spread of the pandemic. The challenges facing the health care system has contributed to the spread of covid 19. Therefore, the country should implement ways in which the health care system works hand in hand to develop solutions to the covid 19 pandemic. ( Giannopoulou & Tsobanoglou (2020).
References.
Giannopoulou, I., & Tsobanoglou, G. O. (2020). COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities for the Greek health care system. Irish Journal of psychological medicine, 37(3), 226-230.
Hayden, T. (2015). Radical Nomad: C. Wright Mills and his times. Routledge.
Lai, T. H., Tang, E. W., Chau, S. K., Fung, K. S., & Li, K. K. (2020). Stepping up infection control measures in ophthalmology during the novel coronavirus outbreak: an experience from Hong Kong. Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 258(5), 1049-1055.
Pyyhtinen, O. (2016). More-than-human sociology: A new sociological imagination. Springer.
Wu, Y. C., Chen, C. S., & Chan, Y. J. (2020). The outbreak of COVID-19: an overview. Journal of the Chinese medical association, 83(3), 217.