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  2023-03-15

  Kit Heintzman Oral History, 2023/03/15

  Kit Heintzman is a recovering academic currently residing in Lenapehoking, who was trained in the medical humanities with a special interest in queer theory, animals, and the history of nationalism. Kit has developed a singular collection of oral histories of the pandemic for A Journal of the Plague Year, collected from a range of individuals with widely diverse experiences. That collection addresses significant silences surrounding the pandemic broadly and within JOTPY more narrowly. In this item Kit is interviewed by Angelica and Erin, both with Arizona State University, about Kits collection process.
• 2020-05-28

  Covid 19- The First Wave

  Schools were shut down, business were closing. My parents stood outside my living room waving as they dropped off Easter baskets for my children. The monotonous routine of my husband coming home from his shift as a police officer and bagging his uniform in a garbage bag in the garage so I could immediately wash them for fear he had brought home Covid. Two months passed of this until that dreadful day when neither of us could smell or taste anything. He had brought home Covid. At first, it felt just like a cold with the exception of the loss of taste and smell. But a few days into our positive results, my husband's symptoms became more severe. He began having trouble breathing at night. We had medicines and took precautions to get him through those nights. I was scared because we had two young children at home and they began to show signs of Covid as well. I didn't feel like I had anywhere to turn. In the beginning, you were told only to come to an ER if it was absolutely necessary and even then, the people who were checking into the hospitals were not checking out. It felt like a death trap to bring in my husband. Days passed and symptoms improved. We were lucky, it had passed. We had long-lasting effects when it came to rapid heart rates and regaining our taste and smell, but feel very lucky we eventually recovered.
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  04/25/2021

  Lou Fraise Oral History, 2021/04/25

  Dr. Lewis Fraise details his service as a geriatric doctor during the Korean War and Vietnam War. He mentions his service in both Washington D.C. and Korea and continues to break down how the Coronavirus actually infects one's body and the response of the government as the pandemic ensued. Dr. Fraise criticizes the actions of Donald Trump and states that the spread of more medically-accurate information would have led to a better outcome in terms of the early stages of the pandemic.
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  05/26/2020

  Anonymous Physician's Assistant Oral History, 2020/05/26

  An anonymous oral history interview with a recently graduated physician's assistant. The interviewee discusses their first job in the field during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, how the hospital learned what medicines and interventions worked with patients, the mental health of themself and other hospital workers, worries about their own family, and how physician assistants have made a positive impact on the pandemic.
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  09/24/2020

  Christina Lefebvre and Lynne Goltra Oral History, 2020/09/24

  An interview with a Massachusetts General Hospital OBGYN detailing the struggles of COVID and how the medical community has responded to the pandemic.
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  2021-09-07

  The Possibility of COVID-19 after Vaccination: Breakthrough Infections

  COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing infection, serious illness, and death. Most people who get COVID-19 are unvaccinated. However, since vaccines are not 100% effective at preventing infection, some people who are fully vaccinated will still get COVID-19. An infection of a fully vaccinated person is referred to as a “vaccine breakthrough infection.”
• 2021-08-06

  Bruh Momo

  The start of Covid really hitting was about February of 2020. We all went in cheerful for the new year but all it brought was plague. Covid only started a little before 2020 I think, my dad, friends, and myself all ended up getting sick around the end of 2019, probably about December or sooner when it was starting to get cold. The first things they did was give me medicine for pink eye, from my eyes being pink and veiny. Besides for that I didn´t really feel bad at all, i just had a cough that would kick in every so often, usually after activities. That all ended about two weeks into taking medicine and nasal drops.
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  2021-05-21

  Personal Pandemic History Project Of Jaisey Rindlisbacher

  This is about the COVID-19 pandemic. It shares my moms personal experience, and it is important to me because I spent a ton of time on it. Also because this was one of our final projects in school.
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  2021-04-01

  #JOTPYFuture from Doris Morgan Rueda High voltage sign

  #JOTPYFuture Hoping for a more science and medicine literate future! Public health impacts all of us, everywhere Microbe
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  2021-04-09

  Clinical Trials for HIV Vaccine has been Overwhelming Success due to the help of COVID-19 Vaccine

  Clinical trials for HIV vaccines have been overwhelmingly successful with a 97% success rate at stimulating the production of rare immune cells which could lead to vaccines in the future. The COVID-19 vaccine has led to the increased development of m-RNA dosed vaccine which is also found in many other vaccines. By producing the COVID-19 vaccine has led to much more funding and research into the mRNA vaccine field which will bring about new changes in medicine in the future.
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  2021-03-22T08:10

  HB-1475, Florida

  An Anti-Trans sports bill preventing transgender women from participating in women's sports in high school. Whether or not you agree with the prospect of transgender women in female sports, this line from the bill seems to be overstepping the boundaries as the possible requirement for high school sports if the student in question seems "suspicious" about what gender they were assigned at birth: "The health care provider may verify the student's biological sex as part of a routine sports physical examination by relying only on one or more of the following: 1. The student's reproductive anatomy; 2. The student's genetic makeup; or 3. The student's normal endogenously produced testosterone levels." (Lines 59 to 66 of the Bill) The fact that a minor, a child may need an examination of their genitals or an invasive test of their endocrine functions or their karyotype (chromosomal makeup) is a horrible thought as it would cause many other sects of people who aren't even transgender, to begin with, to be harmed by this bill. People who are either Intersex (about a 2 in 100 occurrences) or have high testosterone (which cannot be controlled by anyone naturally) could be barred from sports out of fear for the imbalance of sports would just overall cause school sports to be more stress and trouble for students and faculty alike. Plus that is not even to mention the moderate amount of Intersex people who don't even know they are intersex due to phenotypical biological sex not always equating to the genotypical karyotypes people possess and the high amount of genital mutilation of Intersex children at birth, it would cause much more than what people would want from this sort of bill and cause a lot more harm than good.
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  2021-03-31

  Indigenous Peoples and Vaccine's

  One of the reasons Indigenous people aged 55+ were included in the initial COVID vaccine protocols is that is our average life expectancy. Compare this to ages 75+ for non-Indigenous people. After 154 years of Western medicine, we live half of what we did at the time of Contact.
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  2020-06-23

  Covid-19 and Tibetan Medicine: An Awakening Tradition in a New Era of Global Health Crisis

  This article visits historic and traditional eastern medicine. During the time of the pandemic, more people have been interested in traditional Tibetan medicine and the Chinese government has been investing more heavily into this form of medicine. The article also speaks of Tibetan Buddhist monks the role that meditation is playing in the research for neuroscience.
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  2021-02-08

  Recognize Their Courage and Sacrifices

  Evaluating the financial impact of the pandemic on the country, House representatives are asking the government to remember and acknowledge those working on the frontlines and their families. The Bloc Québécois demands the government "significantly and sustainably increase Canada health transfers before the end of 2020."
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  2020-12-09

  Indigenous communities to sit tight and wait for vaccine roll out

  Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the vaccine by the end of the month. This will vaccinate up to 124,500 people as a person has to take two doses for it to be effective. However, it's up to the provinces and territories to determine how the doses will be distributed. Indigenous communities are on the priority list but they will have to patient, since there aren't enough vaccines and there are difficulties in distributing it to communities who do not have the proper facilities to store it. Most Indigenous communities are disproportionally affected by the disease. First Nations people in Manitoba living off reserve make up 65 per cent of the overall First Nations COVID cases in the province.
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  2020

  Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19

  The University of Toronto has developed a free course entitled Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19, in order to equip Canadians with tools to manage our mental health, before it manages you. The course is designed to teach students about anxiety as it presents itself throughout our daily life, from the consumption of news, to the way it is discussed with our children. Understanding how our brains react to crises, students would be more prepared to manage their own mental health.
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  2020-03

  Putting On PPE

  A guide to properly putting on PPE
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  2020-09-19

  Why contact tracing remains a hurdle for Quebec in containing COVID-19

  Tracking the spread of COVID-19 is reported to be difficult in Quebec because the people are not aware of when they come in contact with the virus. Many don't answer their phones when health officials call to inform them. Up to 30 percent of people contacted due to potential exposure to a COVID-19 case do not answer the call.
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  2020-05-13

  Mme Benoit fête ses 92 ans au CUSM - Mrs. Benoit celebrates her 92nd birthday at the MUHC

  Pierrette Benoit celebrated her 92nd birthday while in hospital recovering from COVID-19. The staff on C8 at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the MUHC ensured her day was special by presenting her with a cake and singing her Happy Birthday. Gestures like these are just an example of how MUHC staff go above and beyond for their patients.
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  2020

  Chief Public Health Officer Orders

  Orders from the Chief Public Health Officer or Nunavut and video to remind the public to take care of themselves, adapt, and stay safe.
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  2020-07

  Mental Health in Canada: Covid-19 and Beyond

  Mental health is health, this report shows the pandemic is both magnifying and contributing to Canada's mental health crisis. COVID-19 took a toll on the populations mental health, and we are expecting long term mental health effects to burden Canadians. The CAMH demands the government and policy makers step up and make mental health a priority by investing in long-term, system wide response.
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  2020-12-08

  Drive-Thru Testing in P.E.I.

  Despite showing symptoms or not, residents between the ages of 20 to 29 were asked to get tested in Charlottetown, P.E.I.. Responding to the provinces demands many showed up to drive-thru testing clinics causing long lines and wait times. During this time, P.E.I tested 2,000 people. All results were negative.
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  2020-12-13

  How it Feels to Get Tested for COVID-19

  Local Halloween decoration humorously depicts how it feels to be tested with a nasal swab. This test is uncomfortable as the swab is inserted through your nasal cavity and brushed against the back of your throat. The irritating sensation causes your eyes to water but it should not feel painful.
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  2020-09-15

  University of Western Ontario Student Outbreak

  Three University of Western Ontario students test positive for COVID-19. Sadly, their movement around the city, visiting downtown bars and restaurants, and with students in neighbouring housing units, has led to a large outbreak.
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  2020-09-10

  North West Territories Unique Tracing Method

  An article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the use of wastewater monitoring systems to detect outbreaks of COVID-19
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  2020-03-23

  Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions Demands for worker protections

  A document describing the official position of the CFNU on reasonable precautions that should be put into place to prevent nurses and other healthcare workers getting Covid-19
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  2020-05-26

  Accessible Testing

  In response to Premier Doug Ford's disappointment about the number of tests being done in Ontario, the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service is mobilizing to offer drive-thru clinics for anybody in the county who wants to be tested for COVID-19 in order to keep up with the provinces' testing demands. Dr. Theresa Tam and chief public health officer of Canada says, "This is a wonderful example of the health-care system coming together to ensure that no one is left behind and it highlights the important role paramedics play in linking communities to health-care settings".
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  2020-11-19

  Qikiqtani Inuit Association announces $1.8M for mental wellness during the pandemic

  The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says that it will distribute $1.8 million in federal funding to support the work of the Ilisaqsivik Society, the YWCA Agvik, the Uqutaq Society, the Tukisigiarvik Society, Qikiqtani hamlet recreation departments and the previously announced Qikiqtani Family Support Initiative. (Image courtesy of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association)
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  2020-04-03

  COVID-19 & Mental Health

  Tips from the Edmonton Canadian Mental Health Association on how to manage our mental wellness at this time of uncertainty.
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  2020

  Coalition Poids - COVID-19

  The Québec organization Coalition des Poids is dedicated to creating environments that facilitate healthy life choices. Aware of the potential negative impacts the government lockdown would have on our health, this company produced graphics to inform and help the public maintain their health during the pandemic. The illustrations encourage Canadians to take care of their physical health through proper nourishment, physical activity, and sleep.
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  2020

  Wellness Support Line

  The demands of the pandemic are having a serious impact on the emotional, psychological and physical wellbeing of healthcare workers across the country. The Canadian Medical Association wishes to support frontline workers by providing them with access to a Wellness Support Line to ensure they have high-quality and tailored mental health services for all their needs.
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  2020-12

  COVID-19 and Indigenous Health and Wellness: Our Strength is in our Stories

  This Report, “COVID-19 and Indigenous Health and Wellness: Our Strength is in our Stories” is written as a collection of stories. Indigenous scholars, practitioners and learners, offer this writing to support an improved understanding about how COVID-19 is impacting the health and wellness of Indigenous peoples.
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  2020

  How to stay active at home during COVID-19

  Recommendations from Dr. Linda Li, Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada sharing the best way to exercise in new environment. The importance of exercising during COVID.
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  2020

  How effective is Quebec's contact tracing?

  Public health PhD Carl-Etienne Juneau speaks about difficulties of contact tracing in Quebec.
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  2020-07-04

  Suivre la trace du coronavirus dans les égouts

  In anticipation of a second wave of COVID-19, Canadian scientists are currently working to set up a detection system based on organic waste that ends up in sewers.
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  2020

  COVID-19: Impact on Canada's pharmaceutical and retail pharmacy industry

  The coronavirus pandemic has affected Canada’s pharmaceutical and retail pharmacy industry across four main areas: product sourcing and procurement, product launch and distribution, acquisition and access, and treatment and care management. Based on challenges in these areas, this report offers a perspective on potential solutions and considerations.
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  2020-06

  Restoring Trust: COVID-19 and The Future of Long-Term Care

  Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The report begins by reviewing the research context and policy environment in Canada’s long-term care sector before the arrival of COVID-19. It summarizes the existing knowledge base for far-sighted and integrated solutions to challenges in the long-term care sector. The report then outlines profound, long-standing deficiencies in the long-term care sector that contributed to the magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis.
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  2020

  COVID Alert App

  The Government of Canada created the COVID Alert App to breaking the cycle of infection. This app can let app users know of possible exposures to the virus before any symptoms can appear. Thanks to this app, we can reduce the spread of infection, take care of ourselves and protect our communities.
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  2020

  Indigenous Wellbeing in the Times of COVID-19: Four Directions Virtual Support Hub

  A group of Indigenous women adapted the Medicine Wheel to promoted healthy strategies to cope with the pandemic to the public. This rendition is a holistic approach, inspired by the sacred teaching of their ancestors and the Seven Fire Prophecies, designed to enhance the wellness of the body, spirit, heart, and mind.
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  2020-12-12

  COVID-19 in Quebec

  This is a regional breakdown of COVID-19 cases across Quebec.
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  2020-12-11

  Vaseline Advertisement from 1918 to 2020

  Analyzing a Vaseline advertisement and its connection to COVID-19
• 2020-05-01

  Group of Risk

  I have epilepsy and I take medicine for it, this medicine lowers my immune system, so I am considered a group of risk for convid, my life got very limited because of that, also because of my seizures I can't have a drivers license, so I was the only one in my family that couldn't get out for the small chance I would catch convid in the uber passenger seat, or in my way to the tabaco store, I stayed 5 months in my house without being able to go outside. The depression was horrible, but when things got a little better I could TAKE MY DOG FOR A WALK.
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  2020-11-12

  Working in Health Care During a Pandemic

  Back in March when we all went into quarantine as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, I immediately got a call from work saying that they needed people to work because the elder staff had called out. I work as a Pharmacy Technician at a family-owned local pharmacy called Keyes Drug. I have been working here for almost four years, but at the time I had stopped because of living in the city at my college dorm. Once we got sent home, it was all the more reason to step up and work. So I started working at the pharmacy again almost full time every day when this craziness was going on. I got used to the routine of cleansing and wearing a mask, and the life of an essential worker during a pandemic. It was an absolute nightmare. We had no staff and I had to manage three people’s jobs. People were rude and angry all the time, but it wasn’t surprising considering they were stuck at home for weeks that would turn into months. I wasn’t able to take breaks most days, which caused me to lose a lot of weight in 3-4 months. At the end of the day, I knew I was doing service for the people of my community by providing them with medical care and their prescriptions. On the bright side, I was making money while my mom was unemployed, so I was able to help out a little. In times like these, we young people have to step up and take responsibility when the elderly can’t.
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  2020-07-23

  COVID-19 Contact Tracing Notice - Healthcare Worker

  This was an email sent to my brother, who is a third year Doctor of Optometry student at the University of Melbourne. One of his classmates had tested positive for Covid-19, and he had been in the same lab room doing practicals together during this time. His whole class was asked to self-isolate for a two-week period, and his exams for the semester were pushed back as well. Although he does no directly deal with Covid-19 related patients, as a healthcare worker, he must come in close contact with people on a greater basis than almost any other profession. He isolated for the required period and was tested twice, thankfully with a negative result both times. Each test required 1-2 days turnaround. This object shows the steps organisations are taking to ensure proper contact tracing and in taking care both their patients and students. It also shows how healthcare workers, who come in close physical contact with others, are inherently at high risk and need to be extra careful not to catch or spread diseases. HIST30060.
• 2020-10-02

  UCSF testing promising new treatment that could lessen COVID-19 symptoms

  This article by the San Francisco Chronicles is about how the UCSF Hospital has promised a new treatment that could lessen COVID-19 symptoms. I chose this article because it stood out to me as a reader, and I knew it would stand out to everyone else during this pandemic. If this new treatment does what UCSF says it could do to COVID-19 symptoms, it will be a turning point for this awful pandemic. I recommend reading this article because it’s important to keep updated on the most concerning issue that’s spreading around the world. The media has the responsibility to share recent updates and information that is important to the pandemic. Sharing any information about the pandemic is useful for everyone whether it’s good or bad news.
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  2020-07-30

  Institutional Fatphobia

  This post shared publically through Instagram discusses the issues that fat people face when seeing a doctor. This was shared in response to not only the weight bias spurred on by the pandemic but to highlight the institutionalization of fatphobia in the medicine. The media and health experts have been having a field day pointing the finger at obesity for death rates and complications for months. All while toting the advice to lose weight and their preferred diets to do so. Despite the fact diets fail 90% of the time no matter how dedicated the individual or that obesity is not a condition but a symptom of conditions that put people at a higher risk from COVID-19 complications such as other health issues, poverty, access to medical care, access to nutritional foods, access to sick pay and sick leave, and so on.
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  2020-07-22

  Bay Area Hospitals Say Remdesivir is in Short Supply

  According to Bay Area health officials, the only drug that is currently effective in treating COVID-19, Remdesivir, is short supply. This is incredibly concerning. While Bay Area counties are on the California state watch list, health dashboards do not indicate an outbreak. If there is already a shortage of this drug, what happens if there is indeed an outbreak? Concerns from ICU headroom and staffing have been highly publicized. But even without an outbreak, we may run out of the drug needed to effectively treat this virus. As restrictions ease up across the state, I hope people are mindful of the horrific realities that await us all if people are not abiding by the social distancing and mask mandates.
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  2020-06

  INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN MEDICINE INTO NICARAGUA'S HEALTH SYSTEMS

  "In Nicaragua and specifically in our autonomous region, we have organized a family and communal-based model of a health system."
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  2020-06-10

  Rising Coronavirus Concerns in Arizona

  @45isalier Retweeted an Arizona ER Physician describing the increases that are occurring in hospital bed usage in the state. It shows a worrying increase over the past several days as the state continues to reopen. Coming from someone who works in the ER and deals with the real effects of the coronavirus, it seems as though This item was added with TAGS v6.1.9.1. The initial search was made using #Arizona and this item was added to the collection because of its medical importance and contradicts the narrative that reopening now is appropriate.
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  2020-05-20

  Traditional healers help doctors reach patients in Sierra Leone

  "In a country where most people visit healers, some are stepping in to bridge the trust gap between the old and the new."