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Confusion on the Plains
Title (Dublin Core)
Confusion on the Plains
Description (Dublin Core)
These screenshots of the Kansas Health Secretary's Twitter account highlight the mixed messages that have come to characterize the efforts to combat the coronavirus in the summer of 2020. Just days before, the virus had been "gaining speed," and Kansas was "heading in the wrong direction," but by July 26th, the state's infection rate appeared to be "leveling off a bit." Although he presses Kansans to adhere strictly to all mitigation practices, these messages reflect the jarring effects of instantaneous communication and data analysis as medical professionals and ordinary citizens alike struggle to accurately comprehend the real-time scope and spread of COVID-19; a disease that had been completely unknown just a year before.
Date (Dublin Core)
July 27, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Dr. Lee Norman, MD, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Aaron Peterka
Partner (Dublin Core)
Northeastern University
Type (Dublin Core)
Screenshot
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Twitter
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government State
English
Healthcare
English
Health & Wellness
English
Technology
English
Science
English
Social Media (including Memes)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Twitter
data analysis
technology
Collection (Dublin Core)
Environment
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/27/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/09/2020
11/03/2020
1/26/2021
2/2/2021
Item sets
This item was submitted on July 27, 2020 by Aaron Peterka using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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