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Same Country Two Seperate Lives
Title (Dublin Core)
Same Country Two Seperate Lives
Description (Dublin Core)
This tweet is a great example of how different the pandemic was handled in Florida. This was tweeted on May 4th, 2020. It was the first day that Florida opened back up after shutting down for the month of April. This is significant in my experience of the pandemic because I have friends and family down here in Florida with me, where the pandemic isn’t taken as seriously. I also have friends and family up north in Wisconsin where the pandemic is handled completely different. For instance, Wisconsin didn’t open back up until late June. Since I live in Florida where stores and beaches opened up quickly, I was able to spend a lot of time outside swimming and relaxing by the beach before I went back to school in fall. This made the whole “quarantine” less miserable for me whereas I know people up north that struggled immensely as they were stuck in a shut down. The cold, gloomy weather in Wisconsin doesn’t help their case either. Additionally, my mom was able to get a job down here in Florida because she’s a teacher and schools are open and have in person learning. On the contrary, my brother who just graduated college in spring of 2020 and lives in Wisconsin still hasn’t found a job. It is now February 24th, 2021. Many companies have lost revenue by having to shut down for a few months and as a result, they let many employees go and are not looking to hire anyone else. The only potential new opportunity risen from this pandemic is that some jobs are all online now. This allows my brother to apply for jobs outside of Wisconsin if he is desperate enough. Overall, as a college student here in Florida, my life has not changed significantly. I still go to class, I still go to the beaches, and I still go shopping as long as I have my mask.
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Type (Dublin Core)
image
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Twitter
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Emotion
English
Labor
English
Social Issues
English
Social Distance
English
Social Media (including Memes)
English
Business & Industry
English
Education--Universities
English
Government State
English
Health & Wellness
English
Home & Family Life
English
Online Learning
English
Parks
English
Politics
English
Recreation & Leisure
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Travel
English
Public Space
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Collection (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
02/24/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/08/2021
07/01/2021
05/11/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
02/21/2021
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This item was submitted on February 24, 2021 by [anonymous user] 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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