This is an article about how people are unable to access unemployment services during this social and economic crisis. It exposes the faults of the current unemployment system in the U.S.

I was walking through Highland Park when I noticed a mask on the ground. It seemed oddly poetic in this social climate; A dirty, discarded mask in a beautiful park.

All New Jersey county and state parks have been closed to ensure the public safety. Due to the park closures it has been hard for us to go out for walks and to play.

In order to stay safe during these COVID-19 times, it is recommended that we maintain a 6 feet distance at all times.

Going out to eat out in restaurants has become so difficult due to the virus that to keep us safe restaurants have contactless delivery.

I was ordering masks on Amazon for my family and I saw this message. I noticed while shopping that there were either massive delays or that there was none in stock.

I was walking through Princeton University area and near the old movie theater I saw this poster. I thought that this would be a great thing to share on WhatsApp to help keep my friends and family safe during this time.

Due to quarantine, the Chinese government have pretty much shut down the borders. In order to stay in touch with family and friends, this app is the only source to communicate with them. Although there are apps that are accessible for Chinese International students to get in touch with their friends, there are many harsh requirements in order to use it. Due to the relationship between China and the U.S., the app is no longer available for people in the U.S to use. You must have a VPN to bypass your ip address back to China in order to use it. During times like this, I hope both countries can put down any conflict they have and provide a better source for their citizens to access.

Due to the significant increase in the Covid-19 cases, the Chinese government have announced the new boarder law. Everyone who intends to enter China will now needs to self-quarantine at a nearby hotel for 15 days. However, you must pay with your own money. Due to the new law the Chinese government have announced, the number of flights to China significantly decreased, which caused costs to skyrocket for airfare. Many overseas Chinese students who had hoped to return to their hometown during this time were not able to do it, due to the significant amount of cost.

During quarantine, all the cities are shut down in China. At my hometown, it’s only an hour away from Wuhan, you are limited with what you can do. You can not leave the community, and you can only shop during a limited time, which you also must get a pass in order to shop.The quarantine has brought us many inconveniences: we are no longer able to hang out or simply having a dinner date. However, quarantine is needed in order to prevent a larger spread in the world. If everyone were able to quarantine themselves for a certain amount of time, it will be faster for everyone to return back to their regular daily routines.

This picture shows us the potential amount of victim under different amount of control measure. Right now, the country is already under some controls hoping in the decrease of victims. The paper gives a broadview of how severe the virus might spread if there’s no control, some control, and severe control. Currently, the country is suffering form severe spreading, but the government have taken progress in controlling the virus. Statistic have shown us that the number of new victims have started to become stable. There ishope in the new future that the virus will be controlled.

During spring break, RIT have decided to shift the courses from physical meeting to online meeting. The shift from meeting course to online course is huge. After the shift, my sleep schedule tends to be a complete mess. The motivation for me to study is become less, and less impactful, as now, I tend to skip more online session. Instead, I will look more into Zoom recap, or simply Zoom records. Even my grade is still fine, I sill hope for an in-class meeting for my personal motivation.

Uptown music collective continues their lesson online for their students

This is a video about life in quarantine and how it has affected our lives.

This is a sign at a CT bakery reminding everyone to practice social distancing.

These are some of the testing tents at one of the many hospitals that have them.

This is a sign outside of a home in Derby, CT that is meant to boost moral during COVID-19.

In this recording, I talk about an experience I had a couple of weeks ago when I was looking for a bathroom on a road trip. The manager of a closed IHOP allowed me to use their restroom when no other places would let me because of COVID-19 concerns. I was so grateful that I returned the next day so I could give the restaurant some business. This experience was very meaningful to me; it was a moment of shared gratitude during a challenging time.

This sign in the infant and toddler clothing section depicts the temporary policy at a Target in North Wales, Pennsylvania that asks customers to not try on clothing and not touch displays.

I have to wear a facemask if I leave my house. Philadelphia and its suburbs are fining people who do not wear masks in public.

Shop-Rite of Hatfield, PA has placed visible markings on the floor to illustrate how far shoppers and their carts should be from each other. This was done to help encourage social distancing.

GameStops across the state of Pennsylvania had their business license revoked by Governor Tom Wolf after the corporation did not abide by state closure orders.

I sprained both of my wrists from the increased amount of work and typing I am doing on the computer after all of my classes were moved online. Of the open stores, there was one wrist brace available. I wear it on the wrist that hurts more.

Betsy Garthwaite, facilities manager at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Midtown Kingston, NY, puts a positive message about the coronavirus outbreak on the marquee outside the theater. Amidst the turmoil and uncertainties facing the world, this uplifting message reminds community members that they are not alone.

An Indian student wears a self-made mask during class in Hyderabad, India, on Wednesday. The country has reported at least 29 cases of the virus.

The grassy, open areas of New York City’s Central Park are being turned into makeshift field hospitals to accommodate the growing number of people diagnosed with Coronavirus.

This photo shows employees eating during a lunch break at Dongfeng Honda, an automobile plant in Wuhan, China. The employees are separated by lines on the floor as a way to “social distance” themselves from each other.

Two intensive care professionals comfort each other in the halls of an ICU in a hospital in Cremona, Italy.

Of many ways in which the coronavirus has changed American life, people are panicked and started to go shopping. Food producers, distributors, and warehouse operators say supplies are plentiful, so long as stores can be restocked. People are panicked and their buying patterns reflects how this coronavirus affect their lives.

In recent weeks, Americans’ shopping patterns reflects how the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve and affect daily lives. From hand sanitizer, disinfectants and toilet paper, now to hair clippers and hair dye are flying off shelves.

Italy councilor Matteo Remzi being laugh at wearing a mask in the meeting. When it was Renzi’s turn to speak, he argued that he had been to three affected areas and wore a mask for the safety of everyone. “If you are smart, you should wear it early.” said by Matteo, and then he throws the microphone.

On March 18, 2020, the Swiss female live streamer has official announced that she has been infected with the coronavirus, and has been isolated treatment. More than ten days, she has been trying to infect the coronavirus. After ten days of efforts, she finally fulfilled her goal.

Police in Germany were attacked with stones and iron bars while enforcing coronavirus social distance to a large group that had gathered outside in Frankfurt late Friday in violation of lockdown orders meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

I saw some videos on YouTube. A heartwarming new way of celebrating birthdays that self-isolation wasn’t going to stop the kids from feeling the love. Their neighbor and friends decorate their cars with balloons and banners, and drive by the birthday boy or girl’s home, honking and celebrating from a safe distance.

Due to the COVID-19, we didn't go out. Every time we did, we had to do lots of preparation, such as using disinfection spray, taking shower when we come back, wearing mask and gloves. COVID-19 had a great impact on my world. To keep distancing, I never go out, and even staying at home, we will wash our hands frequently.

The photo was taken when I went back to Brooklyn. The number of travelers was fewer than 10 people. Lots of homeless people were staying inside. Most of the exits were closes. Very empty inside the train station.

Changing courses to online had a significant change to my life. Everything is reorganized. I have to be careful with time management. It is very easy to forget to do homework or to prepare for the exam date. I have to spend more time outside of the class on school work because I have to understand the materials by myself. Need more self-control.

Living in such close quarters is bound to cause arguments among couples. This causes an uptick in divorces at the end of COVID-19. The more anxious we feel may cause us to take that out on the person that’s nearest to us because there is probably no one else we can take it out on. My neighbor has this problem. Sometime I will hear them arguing about their children's problems. For me, I don't think it is a big deal, but they will argue it a lot.

This email was sent the same day I took a walk around the campus (March 23, 2020). It is both a surprise and shocking to me to know there is a case in RIT. Even though no one (expect these two students) is affected on campus as far as I know, it still makes me understand how dangerous this virus can be, especially since I am on campus.

After the number of people that are affected by COVID-19 goes to zero (nationally) in China, both Chinese government and Chinese begin to limit affected cases from overseas, such as returning international students and other foreigners. However, when I look through Twitter, Americans interpret this method differently. They interpreted this as racism against any foreigners. I do not agree or disagree with any of these posts about COVID-19. From my pointof view, both Chinese and Americans are judging each other from incomplete reports, news, or even just some gossip: Chinese believes other countries are not taking this epidemic seriously and suffer heavily, and in order to avoid outside cases coming in, China should restrict foreigners until they are safe. On the other hand, Amercians believe China and the Chinese are responsible for this epidemic, and that every Chinese is racist and deserves to be discriminated against.

At the beginning of close down in RIT, I was taking a walk around the campus to see if there is any place open. It feels extremely weird to see such an empty walkway during Monday with only a few international students, where normally there will be hundreds of students walking through to get to their classes or other building at this time. Plus, it was rainy that day, which made the whole scene feel more sad.

After I heard from my parents and few relatives back in China about Wuhan’s lock down ended and other provinces in China began to resume normal life, I was interested in how American news will react. Most of the news I found were irrational. This one, however (AP News, wrote by Sam McNeil on April 7, 2020) both recognizes the success of lockdown by Chinese government, and still maintains its critical views in a certain way.For these past few weeks, it is so frustrating to hear and see many arguments from both Americans and Chineses about how bad each other is, and still maintain a neutral position as a Chinese student in the U.S. Sometimes I always feel relieved to see news from the U.S. like this, which agrees with the Chinese method rather than keep insulting each other on who is right or wrong.

I always look through different social media to be aware of anything that might affect me as an international student from China. Donald Trump’s Twitter is one of them, and there are multiple posts from him using the term “Chinese Virus” which worry me. For clarification, I do not agree or disagree with this post from Donald Trump. It is only educational and worrying for me to see following arguments from different people around the world, including U.S. and China. Both sides are attacking and insulting each other over who should be responsible and extend to political/cultural/social issues, disregarding the reliability of these issues.

A drone shot taken above an abandoned Los Angeles. A sight no one ever thought they would see. Eerily post apocalyptic.

The Jewish side of my family gathered together on Zoom to celebrate Passover. It was disorganized, and chaotic. The grandmas had no clue what buttons to press, people kept muting themselves, my call crashed every 5 minutes. But in the end, it was about as chaotic as a normal Passover. However, the plagues were modified to include Corona and the final prayer ended “Next year in person” instead of the usual “Next year in Jerusalem.”

This was the last day we spent on the same campus. At the time we didn’t know it was going to be goodbye. We were all trying to stock up on what we needed for a couple weeks to spend some dining dollars [on campus cash equivalency]. Clearly as RIT students we had our priorities in order. One of my friends had a basket full of Monster Energy Drinks, and the other had armfuls of boxed pasta.

A photo taken behind the Liberal Arts hall at RIT on a walk home from the only open post office on campus. The chairs were positioned in a circle by an unknown person. All but one of the chairs is cast in the shadow of the building. There was no one in the area, or on the campus for that matter, not that I saw. I do not know how long the chairs were positioned like that. I took this photo because I thought it was a powerful image that needed to be captured. The circle of chairs indicating a social gathering on a sunny afternoon juxtaposed with the completely empty campus.

The video description is “We as a species, are losing our minds.” This short video opens to four eggs in cups, with the audio “I Want To Break Free” by Queen. When the line “I want to break free” plays, a man pops his head up to sing along, revealing that there were only three eggs in cups, and the fourth egg was actually the man's bald head. I feel this video in my soul, it resonates with me so deeply. It shows the fragility of the human mind and the tendency of our species to use human as a coping mechanism when facing down trauma.

I have been ordering more from Amazon and instead of two day shipping there have been delays up to two weeks.

Governor Charles Baker issued this executive order making 14-day quarantines for out-of-state travelers mandatory on July 24, 2020, in a departure from the advisory "order" declared in March asking travelers to either quarantine or avoid the commonwealth all together. This order exempts seven Northeastern states whose COVID levels had been deemed "low-risk," but required all out-of-state travelers from the remaining 43 states, and returning residents, to self-isolate or obtain a negative test result 72 hours prior to arrival. Failure to meet these guidelines carried with it a penalty of a $500/day fine; a feature that was absent from the earlier travel advisory guidelines. With Massachusetts having seen improvement from the springtime surge that left tens of thousands of residents infected and over 8,000 dead, the Commonwealth sought to stay ahead of the virus curve and squelch an expected resurgence, as tens of thousands of returning students from across the country prepared to descend upon greater Boston colleges and universities in the fall.