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0023-10-12
Happy Mother's Day 2021
In May of 2021, after nearly eighteen months of being apart, I was finally able to visit my mom and dad in Spokane, Washington. After driving five hours across Washington state, I finally arrived at my parents house. To say the least it was a very emotional greeting. When I arrived we greeted each other with many hugs and tears. Throughout the day we would just give each other random hugs, happy to be together again. My parents live in a retirement community that was very careful and followed the Covid recommendations to keep the residents safe. I was considered an essential worker as a grocery store worker. I didn't want to take the chance of exposing them to the virus since I worked closely with the public until I received the first vaccine. I also have two sisters that live in Spokane and were able to see them too. We still had to wear masks in most areas but that did not matter. Getting the family together, after such a long time, was all my mom could ask for on her special day. Happy Mother's Day. -
2020-05-02
On A Knee
The photo highlights a peaceful protest that involved the participation of medical faculty. The health care workers included in this photograph included doctors, nurses, admin, security guards and handful of maintenance. This was demonstration to support the Black Lives Matter Movement after the killing of a George Floyd at the hands of a police officer. The individuals in this photo can all be seen taking a knee similar to the protest method used by Colin Kaepernick. National Football League, player Colin Kaepernick took his first knee on September 1, 2016. The taking of the knee went against the tradition of standing during the signing of the National Anthem. Kaepernick said at the time: “I am not going up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color”. The people in this picture felt the same exact sentiments as Kaepernick. I chose this source because I wanted historians to understand the impact of the pandemic and the unity it created amongst individuals of different races. As a health care worker, I faced the challenges of Covid-19 directly. The fear of transmitting COVID-19 led to months of isolation from my loved ones. This feeling of loneliness contributed to the decline of mental health for me and many of my co-workers. On May 25, 2021, when George was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer over a suspicion of a counterfeit $20 bill my feeling of loneliness grew tremendously. Being an African American man in the united states was now just as dangerous as the virus killing thousands in New York. When the members of my staff came up the idea of protesting for the rights of African Americans, my feeling of loneliness begin to fade. Kneeling on the ground next to coworkers of all different races reminded of the inclusiveness and unity that we all needed in life. This was a moment in a history that will never be forgotten. -
2021-01-28
pandemic life (group, santi, aj)
you will see inside of it. -
2020-12-23
HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 87
Biden affair- "plausible deniability" -
2020-03
Healthcare workers who support Wuhan
These are some of the healthcare workers who went to Wuhan in February as volunteers to help out. The Dalian city government posted their pictures as a way of praising and appreciation. These healthcare workers are treated as hero’s, they can enjoy free transportations, restaurants invited them to have meals for free with identifications, etc. -
2020-09-25
Reflections on COVID-19 - A Certified Pharmacy Technicians Perspective
A letter written by me to describe my experience with COVID-19 -
2020-07-07
A Moment in Time
When the pandemic started effecting businesses that is when I saw things really start to shift. Family members, coworkers, and friends were losing their jobs or being converted to working remotely. For majority of the adults in my life, I remember feeling their worry of their future and their children's futures as well. Most jobs were unpredictible and there were still bills to pay. Kids were no longer attending school in person so this added another layer of stress. Worksheets needed to be printed out daily as well as the constant back and forth with teachers via email to enter the virtual classrooms through zoom links and passwords. In my home things were a bit all over the place. We are a big family of eight so things tend to be this way. A typical day in quarantine was as follows, I was considered an essential worker so I would leave to work before anyone woke up and when I came home I would take over the household so my parents could finally be able to work. My parents had to work remotely while simultaneously managing my five siblings that are all under the age of 12. Three of the five children were attending school remotely which meant preparing all the necessary worksheets, tablets/computers, and zoom links. The remaining two children are under the age of two and require a lot more hands on attention throughout the day. Luckily, we were able to have a fulltime babysitter before the pandemic hit but once the numbers of cases went up my family couldn't risk having anyone come into the home. At the time, nobody knew when the shutdown would end or what would have to change for everyone to feel safe leaving their homes but it was definitely an opportunity to really connect and grow as a family. It is rare that a family has an experience as a whole and I am glad we were all able to work together and make the most of this time. Regardless of age, this pandemic has effected us all incredibly and I will definitely look back at this strange time and appreciate the quality time I was able to have with my family. -
2020-04-08
Garage Art: Thank You Essential Workers
A family in Walnut Creek is using their garage door to send various messages during the COVID-19 pandemic. This message reads "Thank You Essential Workers." The art has been a source of community, inspiration and hope for Walnut Creek residents. -
April 16, 2020
Evansville IN Lincoln Av McDonald's Sign of Thanks
These photographs were taken to document some of what people in Evansville and its Tri-State region saw and experienced as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic came to the area in the spring of 2020. Many of these images represent literal signs of the time, while others figuratively depict signs of the pandemic. -
2020-04-17
Life In Isolation: The Coronavirus... Amber Gowen 2
An instacart screenshot seems most apt as I navigate how to figure out how to get the largest amount of needed items in the fewest outings with limited contact with people this pay period. Trying to stay safe and healthy against and invisible enemy that seems tailor made to target your weaknesses and living with people who are still required to go into work is a feeling unprecedented anxiety and vulnerability. -
04/29/2020
Anna Vouros Oral History, 2020/04/29
Christina Lefebrve conducts an Oral History with Dr. Anna Vouros, a doctor as Massachusetts General. -
2020-06-12
"Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19"
From the article: "Public health specialist and physician Camara Phyllis Jones talks about ways that jobs, communities and health care leave Black Americans more exposed and less protected" -
2020-07-03
Coronaland
WE ❤️ ESSENTIAL WORKERS made out of paper and plastic cups in the fence surrounding Haynes Academy -
2020-04-08
Frontline Heroes
When the community quarantine kicked in, our outdoor media partner, HDI Admix, had a problem. They had all these massive LEDs as part of their inventory, but there's no one to see them with everyone staying home. What we did was reinvent a mass media touchpoint and turn it into a highly targeted one. We used the massive LEDs as a platform to share a message of strength to the only ones who'll be able to see the LEDs, the frontliners. We reimagined them as modern day superheroes fighting the battle against this pandemic. And these short videos aired in over 20 LED sites in Metro Manila for the remainder of ECQ, aside from being shared on social media. -
2020-05-30
San Francisco Street Photographer Captures Essential Workers in Masks
Street photographer, Alex Stemplewski, is working to capture photographs of essential fast food and retail workers across San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic. These TikTok videos show Alex visiting a variety of fast food and retail stores in San Francisco and capturing stunning images of the people he encountered at each location. -
2020-03-28
Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health Orders: March 28 - April 2, 2020
These public health orders primarily address long-term care and assisted living facilities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Specifically, they expand the number of medical personnel permitted to administer rescue inhalers and epinephrine injections in community programs, address the transfer/discharge of patients from long-term care facilities, while expanding the pool of nurses qualified to work in assisted living programs. Moreover, the orders give the Department of Public Health the authority to run criminal background checks on volunteers for MAResponds. Orders such as these detail the different ways that state governments, like Massachusetts, attempted to reinforce their healthcare system in the face of the pandemic. -
2020-03-24
Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health Orders: March 24 - March 26 2020
Because of the coronavirus's potential to overwhelm the healthcare system at virtually every level, the Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner issued these orders to address the maintenance of adequate hospital staffing, the need for more medical personnel to perform a greater range of functions, and the steps grocery stores and pharmacies need to take to ensure customer safety. While providing a look into COVID-19's effects upon the public health system, these orders also render a snapshot into how the "new normal" began to take shape in Massachusetts. -
2020-04-16
Humans of Covid-19 AU: Clementine Ford
“Like a lot of people, I began isolation in quite a heightened state of anxiety, wary of how long this might go on for. Initially it was difficult, but I’m adjusting to this slower pace of life. I have been indulging in things that have traditionally been seen as frivolous, especially when women do them, but are actually deeply enjoyable: cooking, baking, playing with my hair, creating new makeup looks. When my son was in childcare, I was regretting all the time that I wasn’t spending with him. I could foresee a moment in the future when I would look back and think I missed out. At least now I have all this time, with memories I otherwise wouldn't have had. Women are on the front line at the moment: nurses, health care workers, child care workers, teachers. Interestingly, this has really exposed exactly who the essential workers are in our society. They’re not the CEOS, but the women out there who are taking care of their communities. What has become transparently obvious from this pandemic is that the only thing holding us back from significant social change is political and social will power. We are highly malleable and adaptable as a species. We have the choice to build the kind of society that we want to live in. It's just about whether we want to do it.” Instagram post on Clementine Ford, writer & host of the Big Sister Hotline podcast, and her experience during the pandemic, which was created by a psychology student living in Melbourne who was interested to hear about how COVID-19 was impacting on different peoples’ lives. -
2020-03-17
Massachusetts Executive Order Regarding the Registration of Health Care Professionals
With an urgent need for health care professionals to be on hand to combat the coronavirus, Governor Charlie Baker signed this executive order extending/validating the license registration of all essential medical professionals whose license was about to expire for a period of no less than 90 days after the termination of the state's health emergency. This reflects the impending stress that the virus would place upon Massachusetts's health system, thus necessitating the need for all medical personnel to be available. -
2020-05-20
Essential Worker Exhaustion
A sign taped up in an unknown store window expressing the staff's frustration and asking for kindness following incidents in which customers were rude to already overworked staff. -
2020-01-20
Cleaner from Tongliao, Inner Mongolia
In the ward, patient Sun Yingcun always pays attention to personal hygiene. Every day, he tries to collect the domestic garbage for the convenience of cleaning by the cleaner. Every time the cleaner comes to clean up, he will say "thank you" every time. He also asked the cleaner how many patients would say "thank you" and pick up the living garbage for cleaning? An uncle from Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, said: almost half of it. -
2020-06-02
Daycare declines to take Ottawa nurse's son over other parents' COVID-19 fears
News story about a nurse's struggle to find daycare for her young son. Her son's previous daycare closed, perhaps permanently, he is far down the waiting list for emergency daycare for the children of frontline workers, and then a spot she did find him fell through when the parents of other children in the daycare, two of whom had weak immune systems and asked the carer not to take the child on as they feared he would carry covid19 to daycare from his mother's work at a hospital. She has not been able to work due to the unavailability of care, during a time when nurses are in high demand. However, the article also mentions that after a story on the situation was aired on the nightly television news, the nurse received numerous calls offering to watch the child for her. -
2020-04-29
For All of the Essential Workers Out There
While many businesses and employees were forced to hunker down during the "stay-at-home" orders, others were deemed essential to maintain day-to-day operations in the city. This sign praises the healthcare workers, first responders, waste collection services, and grocery store employees, to name a few, who remained on the job. -
2020-05-21
A flyer shared on the Los Angeles subreddit stating their area is high risk for COVID-19.
This is a flyer that seems to have been passed out in the Westlake and Pico Union neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Currently these neighborhoods have the highest death counts for LA County. Many of these people are lower socioeconomic status and non-white. Many of them have front lines jobs that cannot be done from home and live in more crowded neighborhoods. -
05/18/2020
Community Says Thank You to Local Healthcare Workers, First Responders, and Essential Workers Through Signs
The local community of Blanchard, Oklahoma offers their gratitude to the local healthcare workers, first responders, and essential workers through thank you signs. These signs were spotted in front of dozens of locations including businesses, churches, homes, and even government offices. The collage only represents a selection of three that were of a different design. Personal story submitted for the #ruralvoices collection. Contributed by Clinton P. Roberts, curatorial intern for Arizona State University, HST 580. -
2020-05-11
Essential Workers Meme
This meme sheds light on the essential workers needing to still go into work everyday. Even in a pandemic, the people who work at grocery stores, public transportation, etc. still are required to go to work, and some even still need the money to. Work is both a burden and a luxury in this chaotic and stressful time. -
2020-05-01
Notes From an Essential Worker
The COVID-19 virus disrupts life, particularly our relationships with those we love. But, relationships are flexible and adapt to circumstance. My brother's economics professor has not posted his final grade, yet. Remote learning creates many opportunities for students to violate the academic integrity policies of their schools, and my brother's class was no exception. Due to several perceived violations on the final exam, his professor delayed the posting of all final grades. In other words, although he did not cheat, he had to sweat it out with everyone else. My mother knew he was worried and wanted to leave him with some encouragement in the morning, so she left this note on his laptop before she left for work. We don't see her in the morning anymore, but my mom is always there for us. #FordhamUniversity #VART3030 -
05/04/2020
Treatment of Essential Workers: Amazon VP Resigns and Makes Statement about Workers
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing The resignation of the VP of Amazon and also detailing a statement he made about Amazon firing workers who had protested their poor treatment during the pandemic. -
2020-04-20
Treatment of Essential Workers: Amazon Skip Day
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing A nationwide protest of Amazon workers where they are going to refuse to go into work, as a protest for the still poor working conditions and lacking benefits for the workers. -
2020-04-18
Treatment of Essential Workers: Pandemic Premium Pay Increase
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing A proposed plan by the Senate Democrats which would increase the pay of essential workers who are more exposed to the virus during this pandemic -
2020-04-14
Treatment of Essential Workers: Amazon Employee Terminations
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing The firing of Amazon workers who have been fired for speaking out against unfair treatment of workers during the pandemic. -
2020-04-08
Treatment of Essential Workers: Monitoring Capacity
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is a picture my friend took outside of the store during her shift at a grocery store. It is very early in the morning, but there are still cars that can be seen in the parking lot and her job is to limit the amount of people in the store so that social distancing can be practiced, as well as making sure only one member per household is allowed in the store at one time so that more people are able to get groceries. -
2020-04-09
Treatment of Essential Workers: Fast Food Strike
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing how fast food workers are outraged at the lack of benefits and protection of the virus that they are getting. This comes during a time when many other companies are providing pay for workers who can no longer go to work, while the workers considered essential are not given the same benefits but are at a higher risk to be exposed to the virus. -
2020-04-07
Treatment of Essential Workers: “Insulting Rewards”
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This image captures the headline of an article describing workers outrage at the “rewards” they are being given, such as free lunches. My friend works at a grocery store and has experienced this firsthand. No promise of bonuses, or sick leave, or extra protections for working during a pandemic, many are insulted that companies believe a free lunch may make up for the health risks these workers take everyday. -
2020-04-07
Treatment of Essential Workers: Target Walkout
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This image captures the headline of an article describing the frustration from the workers at Target not being given basic protective measures and planning a walkout in protest of the unfair conditions. -
2020-04-06
Treatment of Essential Workers: FedEx Workers
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This image captures the headline of an article describing the conflicting reports of treatment of the FedEx workers drawing attention to possibly unfair treatment during this pandemic. -
2020-05-06
Initial Findings on Covid-19 in New York: Staying home may be putting people at risk.
The source includes testimony of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding the present statistics of Covid-19 in New York. The evidence is shocking because as the government tries to determine how the virus is spreading, they uncover most of the hospitalized population to be those who were quarantined at home and non-essential. The homeless. the jailed, the essential workers, and even the users of public transportation were of the lowest percentage of hospitalized people. The early data begs the question: Is staying at home the best way to fight the pandemic? #CSUS #HIST15H -
2020-05-05
"In clamor to reopen, many black people feel overlooked"
"Black people are dying in disproportionate numbers from COVID-19 in the United States, in part because they are more likely to hold many of the jobs that were deemed essential." -
2020-04-03
Jefferson Parish President Thanks Healthcare Workers, Jefferson Parish, LA
LCMC shares Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng message of thanks and support to all the healthcare workers for their hard work and dedication during the pandemic. -
2020-04-03
East Jefferson General Hospital CEO Thanks Hospital Staff and Community, Metairie, LA
East Jefferson General Hospital CEO Gerald Parton thanks hospital staff on social media. The post reads: "I want to personally thank all the doctors, nurses, EMS, EVS, techs, Building Services, Food & Nutrition workers and others who have helped EJGH rise to the occasion against coronavirus... and everyone doing their part in the community. There are many ways to be a hero." -
2020-04-09
Notes From an Essential Worker Series #2
The COVID-19 virus disrupts life, particularly our relationships with those we love. But, relationships are flexible and adapt to circumstance. Due to the stress the virus puts on her non-profit organization, my mom must leave earlier for work and cannot see my dad in the morning. So, in addition to leaving notes for my brothers and I, she leaves a few for him. Most of these notes offer him encouragement, as working remotely is a stressful change for most people. Next to her note, she leaves a coffee filter filled with coffee grinds, so he can make his cup of morning joe. Although my mom cannot do these things in person anymore, she still lets my dad know shes there for him. #FordhamUniversity #VART3030 -
2020-04-25
"The romanticization of the quarantine is a class privilege" Social Media Post
Part political cartoon turned social justice post, this artwork has been reposted on social media forums to draw attention to the way in which class privilege shapes experience during the pandemic. -
2020-03-31
Living Alone
I work in a hospital, and I am scared of bringing COVID home to my husband. I am sleeping in the bedroom while he sleeps on the couch. I am only using the basement entrance to our apartment. We are sharing the bathroom and bleaching it a lot. I am not entering the rest of our living space. I can’t get into the kitchen or living room. We are not coming any closer than 6 feet from each other. I miss him.