Collected Item: “The Importance of Understanding”
Give your story a title.
The Importance of Understanding
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
This is a picture of a woman’s Instagram post I screenshotted on my phone.
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.
My experience with Covid-19 and quarantine has consisted of me being anxious and confused most days. It has been a stressful, heavy burden on my mind due to the many ongoing, worldly events. This is especially true because I am an American citizen. To me, this post speaks very heavily about the message that needs to be heard by all Americans. Many people are not taking Covid-19 seriously enough and are only thinking about how Covid could affect their health and not others’ wellbeing. This screenshotted post is important to me because I believe the reason America is having such a hard time fighting this virus is because people are only thinking about themselves and how the virus affects them versus how it could affect others with different immune responses to Covid.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#Instagram, #Online, #Quarantine, #Empowered, #Hopeful, #Anxious, #Stressed, #Message, #Importance
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
The creator's name is Taylor Brune, and her Instagram username is “heartsinbloomhealth.” I (Linnea Alsted) took the screenshot of Taylor's post.
Give this story a date.
2020-08-01