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Cover Up

Title (Dublin Core)

Cover Up

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Description (Dublin Core)

HIST30060. When masks became mandatory, my family, like many others I assumed, scrambled to get some in time. Our first lot was made from fabric scraps by a clothing brand my mum liked, our second batch was made by a family friend before it was mandatory, and then from that point they came from all different places. I got some from my partner who had bought a few, my brother got one from school with "Class of 2020" when he finished his year 12 classes, my mum got some from work which are surprisingly soft. Masks seem to be a touchy subject among people and though I am not a very confrontative person, I will glare and stare at anyone not wearing a mask or wearing one incorrectly. They can be a bit constraining yes and if one has to wear it all day it would most likely be tiring and probably sweaty. I'm somewhat thankful that we had our lockdown largely during winter, when people weren't as itching to get outside as they are now that it's becoming warmer. If COVID-19 was at it's height during summer, I imagine a lot more people would have suffered, cause who would want to wear a stifling mask on 40 degree day. I don't know if masks will become a staple of winter times in Australia as they are in countries like Japan whenever cold season begins again, but I'm curious to see if all these masks were just for a pandemic people will only care about the next time a similar one occurs.

Date (Dublin Core)

November 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Meg Bate

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Meg Bate

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph of My Family's Masks in Victoria, Australia.

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Clothing & Accessories
English Health & Wellness
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

mask
touchy subject
constrain
mandatory
wear properly

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

mask
family
stifle
#Covidiots
Victoria
Australia
lockdown
mandatory

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

2020/11/03

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

2020/11/04
02/17/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

2020/11/04

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This item was submitted on November 3, 2020 by Meg Bate 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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