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Collected Item: “Covid journal, 2020-2023”

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Covid journal, 2020-2023

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Text diary

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

From the beginning, I was aware that this was a world historical event and I wanted to be very attentive to how it played out, both in the news and in my personal life. I read that diaries were scarce in the aftermath of the 1917 pandemic, so it could be useful to scholars to create one this time. I reviewed it before submission, and it reminded me of many things I had already forgotten. Once I started in February 2020, I wrote every day until mid-2021, when entries began to thin out.

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#journal #NewJersey #history #diary

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

self

Give this story a date.

2020-02-25
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