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  2020-04-07

  At Least Wear Facemasks

  A J-Cast News article on a campaign by Taketomi Island, a small island in southern Japan, to encourage tourists/visitors to at least wear facemasks if they're going to visit the island. This article highlights the difficult position so many places and businesses are in - they need tourists for their economic well-being, but they also need to block the spread of the virus. A dilemma. While many islands are discouraging tourism altogether, Taketomi has apparently decided it's too vital for the economy of the tiny community.
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  2020-04-25

  Okinawa: Sorry We Are Closed

  One of a series of digital posters produced by the Save Okinawa Project, depicting sites in Okinawa and encouraging people to not visit the islands right now. It reads: おきなわ、休業中 Sorry, We Are Closed 今や人口100万人に対する感染率は全国14位（2020年4月24日現在）。県民も感染防止のために外出を控えたり、休業して頑張っています。沖縄旅行は、今は控えてほしい。お互いに健康になってから、シマを一緒に満喫しましょう。 今、沖縄を満喫できない３つの理由 1）観光施設やビーチが閉まっている ２）娯楽施設が閉まっている ３）医療施設がキャパオーバー（病床数40程度：入院患者数112人） Okinawa, closed for business right now. Right now, our infection rate per 1 million people is 14th in the country (as of 2020/4/24). Residents of the prefecture are also refraining from going out, shutting down operations, trying hard to prevent the spread of infection. Right now, we want you to refrain from Okinawa travel. Once we both are well, let's fully enjoy the islands. Three reasons you cannot fully enjoy Okinawa right now: 1) tourist sites and beaches are closed 2) entertainment venues are closed 3) medical facilities are over-capacity (112 hospitalized patients for each 40 hospital beds)
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  2020-04-09

  Compilation of Remote Islands' Requests to Refrain from Visiting

  Ritô Keizai Shinbun article compiling requests from various remote islands around Japan for visitors/travelers to avoid coming to the island. Many islands around Japan, and around the world, are trying to restrict or discourage entry into the island, as epidemic spread on small islands could quickly overwhelm limited medical capability on the island.
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  05/20/2020

  ‘Don’t Come’: Hawaii Enforces Strict Lockdown Measures

  Bloomberg news article on tight lockdown measures in Hawai'i, aimed at protecting the islands from infection by incoming visitors.
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  2020-05-08

  KNPR Paper

  In this KNPR episode, Andre Carrier discusses ways on how to bring up the economy in the face of the pandemic.
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  2020-03-09

  KNPR essay COVID19

  A paper by UNLV student Joe Schonenmann about a KNPR segment on different political stances on how Las Vegas, Nevada should respond to the pandemic.
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  2020-05-16

  College Political Science Assignment

  Colleges were forced to go online in a short amount of time. One assignment was intended to be about a topic on a radio that covers the dynamics of Nevadan politics. As COVID-19 occupied the mental space of the world, the radio show quickly become focused on how Nevada was handling the crisis on a political level.
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  05/11/2020

  Empty beach on Pewaukee Lake

  It shows the social impact of the pandemic on a lakefront community, with safer at home orders keeping people from enjoying the lake.
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  2020-04-29

  Tourism drops in Arizona due to COVID-19

  Due to the coronavirus people are not allowed to travel which as hurt the tourism market
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  2020-03-04

  Life in Japan feat. Coronavirus

  A video to show what it was like in Tokyo Japan during late February and early March 2020
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  2020-03-19

  Akha Ama coffee gently requesting that visitors use hand gel before entering their shop.

  Thailand has seen a recent spike in coronavirus infections. Unlike other countries, regular citizens taking this threat very seriously- a single infection from Coronavirus kicked off a complete near-failure of the tourism economy. In a place like Chiang Mai where the livelihood of nearly a million people hangs in the balance, no one wants to own the shop where Covid-19 spread.