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Collected Item: “Daily life changes due to Covid”

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Daily life changes due to Covid

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Tweet

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Here we have a tweet discussing one of the may daily life changes that have taken place since covid and lockdown began. In this case, the user talks about how bus travel has changed since lockdown in Berlin. Bus divers in Berlin are now behind plastic sheets and the front doors of buses are no longer used in order to protect drivers. Many bus drivers have gotten sick and died due to the large public interaction their job has.

I wanted to put this into the archive because it is a simple example of how covid has altered society and daily life. Here we have an example of public transportation being altered, likely permanently, in Berlin due to the virus. Between all the headlines and stats are the real life changes everyone sees, and this is one example. I also took note of the fact that Europe is still in their first lockdown, while we here in America are wondering if there will be a second lockdown since the first one has essentially over for weeks.

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#hst, #485, #berlin, #bus, #publictransportation

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https://twitter.com/Susanna_Forrest/status/1276428429014061056?s=20

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@susanna_forrest

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2020-06-25
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