Tag: coronavirus
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Essential workers step up during pandemic
By Christian Villegas Pulse Staff Reporter I quit working fast food after I never got a raise, and I’ve been working for Walmart for going on a year. I am a cart pusher, and my job is to collect all shopping carts from the cart corral. Before the virus hit, my hours were 20 to 25…
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World pauses as pandemic expands
By Nadia Martinez Pulse Staff Reporter Consistency is changing before our eyes, introducing the unknown world of what-ifs and whens. This pandemic is causing emptiness in the streets, chaos in our lives, and panic in our stores. Many people are struggling day to day, filing for unemployment and hoping our employers will help us during this…
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People struggle to stay safe during corona
By Tara RinasPulse Staff Reporter The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has caused many job losses, financial problems and 302,322 deaths worldwide, including 86,599 in the United States and 1,232 in Texas as of May 14, 2020. The current virus pandemic has impacted me personally in more ways than one. My 87-year-old grandparents reside in…
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COVID-19 gains control one sneeze at a time
By Juanita Medrano Pulse Staff Reporter It seems like the year 2020 couldn’t get any worse with the tragic events of COVID-19. All of this reminds me of that movie “Contagion” that came out in 2011, and it seems like we are going through that today all over the world. First, wildfires engulfed nearly an…