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2021

Tens of millions of American's are out of work.

Tens of millions of American's are out of work. Half our people are living paycheck to paycheck.

This is a picture taken of a sign in front of a person's house. The sign reads: "This family has been here 300 plus days and counting...... Escaped to our rooms. Tell our Nola fam, the world, and our front line workers everywhere...... WE LOVE YOU ALL!" 28 tally marks are drawn at the bottom of the sign.

2021-02-13

Coronaland -- “Cast Away COVID Island”

With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world.“Cast Away COVID Island” on Vallette St. in Algiers Point shows all the craziness we put up with this past year.

This is a picture taken of a person's fence, which has been decorated with multiple graphics relating to viral memes that were popular during the pandemic. A blue and black sign reads "winner takes all", with many brightly colored decorations covering the fence.

2021-02-08

Coronaland -- “2021 -- Here We Go Again!”

With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. “2021 -- Here We Go Again!” on St. Charles used ABBA songs and a "Mamma Mia!" theme to send up a variety of things related to the pandemic.

A social media post asking people to add to the Journal of the Plague Year archive.

2020-06-23

I Want You to Share Your Story with JOTPY - Meme

I am a graduate fellow for A Journal of the Plague Year from Arizona State University and I have been sharing a link on social media to promote the Share Your Story page. This is a meme I created and posted to Facebook to ask people to contribute their stories.

2020-03-20

COVID-19 Tip

During March, there was fear of food shortages. This person posted “tip” that if food runs out, go to a Bernie Sanders supporter’s house, as they will not have a gun to defend themselves. This demonstrates how early into the pandemic, there as already politicization. This was shared on http://reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook, but someone who referred to it as an “insane tip.”

2020-04-08

COVID 19 Journal: 04/08/2020

COVID 19 Journal by Kaitlin Whalen written 04/08/2020

03/15/2020

CNN sets the podiums 6 feet apart in accordance to CDC guidelines, prior to the Sunday Democratic primary debate between Biden and Sanders

Measures are being taken as the CoVid-19 is impacting even the 2020 presidential election cycle

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