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This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Many people are doing good to combat the fearand isolation of the coronavirus

Image 1. Jodi Beder plays music on her cello from her front porch in Mount Rainier, Maryland, March 25, 2020. Beder is a member of thegroup A Musical Heart, which plays music to hospice patients. Photo: Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post

After her performance ended, and the strains of Bach, Randy Newman and an old Klezmer songfaded from 34th Street, Jodi Beder sat on her front porch with her cello and blew a kiss to her fanson the sidewalk.

People clapped and yelled "Thank you Jodi!" from across the street. They said they needed it andBeder said she needed it too. Beder normally plays her cello for people in hospice care.

Many are in need of care, she said.

"I think we need it enormously," Beder said. "I'm administering treatment."

Beder's daily 30-minute cello concert in Mount Rainier, Maryland, is one of hundreds of kindgestures being made by people across the nation to combat the dislocation and isolation broughton by the novel coronavirus.

By Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff on 04.02.20Word Count 1,455Level MAX

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Teachers have been staging car parades in communities across the country where theirhomebound students live.

In one Maryland neighborhood, teachers from a neighborhood school staged a 25-vehicle parade.

"They sent us the route and info in advance," said Stephanie Batchelor, whose two children attendWayside Elementary School in Potomac, Maryland.

"The local families stood outside waving and cheering greetings to their favorite teachers,"Batchelor said in an email. "It had us . . . a little choked up too to see how happy our childrenwere."

"It was such a bright spot in an otherwise difficult time," she said.

Similar scenes have played out in Texas, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and many other places.

Restaurants have given away food to employees and passersby, volunteers are making freedeliveries and sewing and quilting experts have been cranking out dozens of cotton medical masksfor hospitals.

Elizabeth D'Antonio, a retired nurse practitioner and costume maker for the Annapolis Opera inMaryland, enlisted a group of 15 people - "one guy and fourteen women" - to make masks for theAnne Arundel Medical Center.

Many already had fabric, she said, and a woman in the quilting guild had just ordered 144 yards ofelastic. "She didn't even really know why," D'Antonio said. "It was kind of inspired."

"I used to work [in intensive care units] and I understand how important it is to be protected,"D'Antonio said. She said she texted a local doctor she knew and asked if the hospital neededmasks.

She said he replied: "Absolutely. Yes. When can you have some for us? Can you have any?"

"That was Saturday," she said. "Sunday night I picked up 54." The night of March 24, her teamproduced 205 more, and by March 26, another 260. The masks are gathered at her house, andtaken to the hospital by her friend, Kent Krejci.

She said she has heard that some medical people are reusing masks. "The CDC said just this pastweek [to] use a bandanna. It's like, 'Come on guys!'"

"It feels good to be able to do something," D'Antonio said. "Because you feel helpless in this wholething."

Shilagh A. Mirgain, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, described this as "the 'tend andbefriend' response, which we are seeing happening around the world."

"We're living in unprecedented times," Mirgain said March 26. "There's a lot of fear, anxiety andoverwhelm and heartache."

The normal stress response of flight or fight doesn't quite work in this case, she said, but peoplecan tap into their natural "tend and befriend" impulse.

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

"It can actually help us cultivate well-being in themidst of this pandemic," Mirgain said. "It also spreadshope. There's so much we can't control . . . But the onething we can control is to . . . help somebody or offersome kindness or compassion."

"That is what the virus hasn't touched, these innatecapacities we have as humans," she said.

Aryn Myers left gift bags and thank you notes for herrefuse collectors in her Washington, D.C.,neighborhood in which she included toilet paper, candy and a VISA gift card.

"They're as much [on the] front line on keeping us hygienic as a lot of first responders," she said.

In an Arlington, Virginia, hardware store, a half dozen customers reportedly launched into anuplifting version of R&B star Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay."

In Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle, residents of an apartment building have posted noticesvolunteering to run errands for high-risk people, offering to fetch groceries and other supplies.

Kitson Jazynka, a volunteer at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and a writer forthe hospital's foundation, made a video of herself reading a children's book to send to theyoungsters stuck in the hospital.

Unable to volunteer in person because of the virus, she took steps to do so virtually.

"Having visited kids at their bedside . . . I just have a tiny bit of insight as to what it's like," Jazynkasaid. "It's hard . . . on the best day . . . It kind of makes me sad to think of those kids not having theextra attention . . . from the volunteers."

So she recorded herself reading "Sally Goes to the Vet," about a dog visiting a veterinarian.

In many places, people have been propping teddy bears in their front windows for theentertainment of children on "teddy bear hunts."

Residents of one D.C. community have displayed inspirational homemade banners, according toPetworth News.

"Everything Will Be OK," said one. "May the Force Be with You," said another. "Don't Give Up,"urged another.

Back on 34th Street in Mount Rainier, Beder, 69 years old, said she started her mini-concerts aweek ago, with a cello made around 1870 in Prague. "It's not that old for a cello," she said.

She is a member of a group called A Musical Heart that provides music for hospice patients."People who are in any kind of extreme need, music is normally quite a big help," Beder said.

Now the community is in distress, she said as she sat with her cello on her porch March 24. "Forme, some of this, playing here, is coming from that," she said. "We just need all the help we canget."

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

She also needed the routine back in her life, "to do something positive, and not just tear my hairout."

"One of the main things that I'm trying to do here . . . is break through some of the isolation," shesaid. "I . . . am isolated. We're all isolated."

"I wanted to be in the physical space of my neighbors," Beder said. "My purpose is to connect toother porches and backyards and people on the street, some of whom I know and some of whom Idon't."

There is traffic noise.

"I don't mind it," she said. "Some of the traffic, people roll down their windows, so that's a plus."

As she spoke, a homemade sign taped to the porch railing read: "Cello Music Daily @ 4 PMWeather permitting or 11 AM if too hot."

A native of New York City, Beder has been playing the cello since she was 11 years old. She worksas a musician and a copy editor for book publishers.

People began to arrive before she began playing Randy Newman's song "Old Man."

"I'm a Randy Newman fanatic," Beder said.

Her audience is not huge — about a dozen people stopped by on March 24.

Neighbors Alex Martin, a jazz guitarist, and his wife, Leslie Brice, showed up. "I love it," Martinsaid. "This is what musicians need to do . . . We need it just a little bit less than we need air andfood . . . Especially now."

Lee Hicks, and her children, Beatrice and Hudson, stationed themselves across the street. "I thinkthe idea that she's brought music and culture to us in this chaotic state is kind," Hicks said.

Nearby a woman and her dog sat down by a telephone pole. It was mostly quiet, except for thebirds and the traffic.

Beder played Bach.

"I always play some Bach, because we're cellists, and we do that," she said. "Bach is one of the onlycomposers who wrote for unaccompanied cello."

She played the romantic Mexican classic, "Besame Mucho," a lot.

"How is everybody?" she asked her audience at one point. "Really. Is there anybody here who's inparticular need of some music, like a special need?"

No one spoke up.

So she finished up with the traditional Klezmer tune "Gasn Nign."

As people drifted away, they thanked her, as if for a gift.

She waved from the porch. "It's what I have to give," Beder said.

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Quiz

1 Read the conclusion below.

Ordinary citizens are using their skills to help health care providers avoid equipment shortagesduring the coronavirus outbreak.

Which sentence from the article provides the BEST support for the conclusion above?

(A) Many already had fabric, she said, and a woman in the quilting guild had just ordered 144 yards ofelastic.

(B) The night of March 24, her team produced 205 more, and by March 26, another 260.

(C) So she recorded herself reading "Sally Goes to the Vet," about a dog visiting a veterinarian.

(D) "I think the idea that she's brought music and culture to us in this chaotic state is kind," Hicks said.

2 Which selection from the article shows Jodi Beder's MAIN opinion about playing music during the coronavirus outbreak?

(A) "That is what the virus hasn't touched, these innate capacities we have as humans," she said.

(B) "People who are in any kind of extreme need, music is normally quite a big help," Beder said.

(C) "One of the main things that I'm trying to do here ... is break through some of the isolation," she said.

(D) "I always play some Bach, because we're cellists, and we do that," she said.

3 Which answer choice accurately characterizes Alex Martin's reaction to Jodi Beder's cello performances?

(A) As a fellow musician, he understands why she feels the need to play music for others.

(B) He does not appreciate that her daily performances draw a crowd on their street.

(C) He hopes that he will be able to accompany her on his guitar one day soon.

(D) As a fellow musician he appreciates her skill, but he does not enjoy her choice of music.

4 Read the following selection.

The normal stress response of flight or fight doesn't quite work in this case, she said, but peoplecan tap into their natural "tend and befriend" impulse.

WHY did the author include this idea?

(A) to explain why many people are feeling anxious and isolated during the coronavirus pandemic

(B) to illustrate that most people have not been able to leave their homes because of the coronavirus

(C) to explain the difference between the coronavirus crisis and other past emergencies

(D) to illustrate that caring and cooperative behaviors are essential human traits

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Answer Key

1 Read the conclusion below.

Ordinary citizens are using their skills to help health care providers avoid equipment shortagesduring the coronavirus outbreak.

Which sentence from the article provides the BEST support for the conclusion above?

(A) Many already had fabric, she said, and a woman in the quilting guild had just ordered 144 yards ofelastic.

(B) The night of March 24, her team produced 205 more, and by March 26, another 260.

(C) So she recorded herself reading "Sally Goes to the Vet," about a dog visiting a veterinarian.

(D) "I think the idea that she's brought music and culture to us in this chaotic state is kind," Hicks said.

2 Which selection from the article shows Jodi Beder's MAIN opinion about playing music during the coronavirus outbreak?

(A) "That is what the virus hasn't touched, these innate capacities we have as humans," she said.

(B) "People who are in any kind of extreme need, music is normally quite a big help," Beder said.

(C) "One of the main things that I'm trying to do here ... is break through some of the isolation," she said.

(D) "I always play some Bach, because we're cellists, and we do that," she said.

3 Which answer choice accurately characterizes Alex Martin's reaction to Jodi Beder's cello performances?

(A) As a fellow musician, he understands why she feels the need to play music for others.

(B) He does not appreciate that her daily performances draw a crowd on their street.

(C) He hopes that he will be able to accompany her on his guitar one day soon.

(D) As a fellow musician he appreciates her skill, but he does not enjoy her choice of music.

4 Read the following selection.

The normal stress response of flight or fight doesn't quite work in this case, she said, but peoplecan tap into their natural "tend and befriend" impulse.

WHY did the author include this idea?

(A) to explain why many people are feeling anxious and isolated during the coronavirus pandemic

(B) to illustrate that most people have not been able to leave their homes because of the coronavirus

(C) to explain the difference between the coronavirus crisis and other past emergencies

(D) to illustrate that caring and cooperative behaviors are essential human traits

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