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  2020-05-15

  Covid Playground

  This is a photo I took while out for a walk at a park that I grew up by. It was a park I had been going to all my life, and a playground that saw me as a 3 year old. Never in my life have I seen it closed. But on that day, I saw a sign that declared it closed until further notice, to stop the spread of the virus. It was straight out of fiction to me, because I had never seen anything like it. I was shocked, and had another of the (too common nowadays) moments of "wow, this is really happening."
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  2020-05-15

  The Bank

  This is a photo I took in line at the bank, when I had to deposit a paycheck. I took this photo because of all the stories I herd about during the depression, when people would line up at the bank, demanding their money back. Was this the case on that day? Maybe, but probably not. Is this another great depression. I sure hope not. *Original text in "Contributor:" Matthew Paluzzi, Fordham University, SOCI4421
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  2020-05-15

  Mobile Palm Sunday

  This was a funny story. We were walking around for a bit in my grandmother's neighborhood, when we saw a priest in a car while we were crossing the street. My dad gave him a bowing gesture, and in return, the priest gave him a sign of the cross. But then, once we had crossed the street, the car pulled over to us, and offered to give us our Palm Sunday palms. He told us they had been sanitized, and blessed, and that he had a whole box of them he had been giving out. He told us that he had been going around all day giving palms and blessing to people. It was quite the uplifting experience, as we hadn't at all expected to get anything Palm Sunday related this year.
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  A Troubled Case

  This scene happened outside my house in the early days of the pandemic. My brother noticed a was car parked outside of our house for multiple hours, and was starting to get suspicious. I thought nothing of it, until two police cars pulled up beside it. After talking for a while, 3 more police cars and an ambulance showed up. It was quite the scene. After more talking, the man in the vehicle was eventually arrested and taken away. It turns out that the man inside was certain he had the Covid virus, and did not want to go home to his family. He had nowhere else to go, and it was a cold night, so he tried to park his car on our street and sleep there. It seemed like a valiant thing to do in my opinion. But, for whatever reason (there was probably more details we were not told), he was arrested, and his car was towed. It made me think: should he have been allowed to just sleep there? Was he doing anything wrong? I can't even imagine being too scared of yourself harming someone that you can't even go home. It was certainly a night to remember.
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  2020-03-09

  Corona Party

  I cannot believe how badly this picture aged. This was taken the day that Fordham cancelled classes due to COVID-19. We all gathered on the green and threw a party to celebrate being out of school. Now all we do it sit at home and be sad about it. In a way it was a nice happy way to say goodbye, but in another way it was very ignorant to the reality of the situation.
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  2020-04-27

  Grandma's Cookies (from a safe distance)

  My grandmother still makes sure to give us the cookies she makes when we visit, but from a safe distance. We put them in the "no man's land" on a table between us, and take from the table one at a time. Of course it's not the same, but it's the best she can do.
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  2020-04-24

  Amuleto Take Out

  This restaurant in my town clearly was not ready to become take out only, and it seemed this crude sign was their only option.
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  2020-04-24

  Remembering my Bubbe

  Shortly after my grandmother passed, we all gathered to remember her. Not during a funeral, but on Zoom, the only place to host a funeral these days.
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  2020-04-05

  Route 93 - Boston

  Snapped this picture while in the passenger seat on the highway. It captured for me for the the real dystoptian feeling hanging over our heads these days.