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  2022-04-30

  Amazon workers won’t get paid for Covid leave anymore

  This is a news story from CNBC News by Jessica Bursztynsky. Amazon is cutting pay for frontline workers that test positive for COVID. The new policy is that workers who test positive will now be given five days of unpaid, excused leave. Amazon added that workers waiting for Covid test results will no longer have time off excused since rapid tests are now widely available. This decision has sparked backlash from pro-union workers who are arguing for better working conditions.
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  2020-06-04

  Educator Layoffs

  I am worried about layoffs next year. I recently moved to a new school and the potential for layoff is high.
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  2020-06-05

  Reopening and Social Distancing/ California

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms, campgrounds and professional sports to begin reopening with modifications starting next Friday.
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  2020-06-04

  Children and Covid-19

  Many falsely believe that the Corona virus will not harm children. However, it it becoming clearer that while not statistically likely, Covid-19 can be deadly to children.
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  2020-03-26

  Quentin Quarantino's Accomplishments in Quarantine

  This meme voices the envisioned goals many of us possessed if we “only had the time.” When quarantine hit, all of a sudden we DID have the time, however, our lofty goals of learning a new language, taking up guitar, or writing that great American novel seemed to fall by the wayside as we dissolved into napping, watching Netflix (one of our entertainment services that has movies, TV shows, etc. to amuse us), snacking, and if we were very ambitious, baking. We seem to not be living up to Newton’s or Shakespeare’s accomplishments while THEY were in isolation. All this guy (and so many of us) has managed to accomplish is multiple posts to Instagram. Oh! And he forged an alias for himself.
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  2020-06-10

  Drone Book Drop

  Montgomery County Public Schools in Virginia is one of the most diverse school districts in VA. They are often looking for new ways to reach their diverse student population. They were one of the first districts on the east coast to close when COVID-19 hit. They were able to do this because all of their students already have devices in their hands every day. They repurposed bus drivers to deliver lunches, pick up student devices for tech work, and to redistribute student devices when they were fixed and ready to go. Now, as they look into an uncertain fall semester they have teamed up with a tech organization to drop books to students via drones. While educators understand the important role that technology can play in the learning process it's important to remember that reading books is priceless.
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  2020-04-19

  Prison in the Time of Coronavirus

  This video, produced by CBS Sunday Morning, illustrates the unique problems created by coronavirus inside America's jails and prisons. The US currently has 2.3 million people incarcerated. Many of them are in jail awaiting trial and remain there only because they cannot pay their bail. They have not yet been convicted of a crime. As they point out in the video it is easy for the public to ignore the correctional facilities across the country, but the spread of the virus has changed this. An outbreak in prison can lead to an outbreak outside the prison. While prisons have internal medical facilities there are no ICU beds, which are often needed to treat severe cases of coronavirus. Instead severely ill prisoners are taken outside of the prison to the local hospital. In non-severe cases some prisoners are placed in solitary confinement as a way to quarantine them. This video, almost eight minutes long, mentions Rikers Island Jail in New York, San Quinton Prison in San Francisco, Marion Correctional Institute in Ohio, a Tampa man released early who is charged with murdering someone the following day, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas, Orange is the New Black (book and TV show), and the podcast Ear Hustle. HST580, ASU
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  2020-05-20

  Quarantine Barbie

  This photograph of quarantine barbie perfectly describes the struggle when all routine is taken away. I personally have looked just like quarantine barbie every single day this week.
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  2020-03-27

  Burchfield Primary School Parent Club Flower Hunt

  Parents of local schoolchildren invited city residents to hang paper flowers in their front windows to provide local students at home the opportunity to go on a scavenger hunt while on walks or drives. Similar projects featuring hearts, rainbows, and signs of encouragement were completed around the world.
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  2020-04-07

  Chain Email of Covid Jokes

  Text copied from a chain email received from my aunt in Winnipeg which is simply a list of one line jokes about covid and the pandemic.
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  2020-04-23

  Park and Playground Closure

  A photograph of a bilingual sign from the City of Ottawa zip tied to a play structure at Calzavara Family Park declaring the park closed and you are only allowed to walk through it.
• 2020-05-22

  Desolation

  A school graduation is supposed to be unforgettable - people from all over coming together to celebrate a moment that most students cherish for the rest of their lives. Now with the pandemic, we are forced to graduate within the comforts of our home, yet we feel more disconnected than ever. This picture represents the great memories we made in high school, the great experiences we lost, and the great friends and family that surround and propel us in life. To the class of 2020, these are not easy times, but we will get through them. With your leadership and spirit, the world will be stronger than ever. The object is a photograph, and I took this picture at my high school.
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  2020-04-29

  Living through Covid-19: 04/29/2020

  This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc.
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  04/28/2020

  Living through Covid-19: 04/28/2020

  This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc.