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The New Pandemic Flash Point: Your Vacation

Title (Dublin Core)

The New Pandemic Flash Point: Your Vacation

Description (Dublin Core)

This story explores the question of whether or not there is an acceptable form of travel in the midst of Covid. It is an opinion piece focusing on a man who travels regardless of regulations and shut downs. He tells his story of the backlash he is receiving from both his professional and personal life. He is skeptical about the severity of the pandemic and does not realize the impact this traveling could cause. This is an important piece because is shows the world through the eyes of a traveling skeptic. Someone who may be spreading the virus while being asymptomatic. This article explores the realms of acceptability in travel and asks the reader if there is any form of travel that is acceptable these days.
This is a text story, found on the website of the New York Times

Date (Dublin Core)

August 25, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Tariro Mzezewa

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Angelica Ramos

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

News article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

The New York Times

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Travel
English Recreation & Leisure
English Pandemic Skeptics

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

vacation
skeptic
flying
international

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

#Pandemicsummer
New York Times

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/27/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

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Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/25/2020

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This item was submitted on August 27, 2020 by Angelica Ramos using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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