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• 2021-08-02

  From lockdown to Europe

  Traveling to another country has its difficulties and differences, especially when it happens after a worldwide lockdown. Seeing the way other countries operated in the wake of Covid-19 and the contrast of our own gave me a much larger point of view on how I process and see the entire world. Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands. These places were just as impacted by Covid-19 just as much as the United States of America, yet they seemed to handle things remarkably different. A year or so before Covid hit, my family and I planned a cross country road trip spanning the brunt of Europe, which then would amalgamate into a 2 week cruise to see even more places. Long story short, it was a dream trip. Yet, Covid hit, and we feared we would not even get the chance to go. Luckily, lockdowns cleared up a few months before our trip, though people across the world were still wary of the virus. Going on the trip meant masks everywhere, which we were prepared for. Everywhere we went, everyone was polite, kind, kept their masks on and their own personal space, as did we. Now, this was not the first time I'd visited some of these places, but seeing them in the wake of a worldwide contagion left me with a new perspective and outlook.
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  2022-05-15

  Bahamas 2022 - First Trip Post-Covid

  My first trip in the post-covid era was to the Bahamas in May 2022. It had been years since I was last out of the country. The family of one of my close friends has a timeshare and I was invited to spend a week down there with a handful of friends. Heading into the 2022 trip, I was nervous about international travel, especially to a place I had never been before. The fact that I was with my friends made things a little more comfortable for me, but I still didn’t know what to expect or if I would even be able to make it to the Bahamas and back home. See, at the time the Bahamas still required a negative covid test to enter the country as part of their “covid visa” protocol. The country also required a negative test to leave the country. The friends I was with were very cavalier when it came to covid and covid restrictions. I was nervous, and I was and am considered high risk due to the nature of my asthma, but I was still determined to have a good time with my friends… and it ended up being one of the greatest trips I ever went on. New experiences, new food, a break from my life (which had become aggressively difficult to deal with), that trip was everything I had hoped it would be. I always kept a mask in my pocket just in case, but the nature of the negative covid test at least gave me some peace of mind that I’d be okay. The picture I included is of a smaller part of the group - 5 guys having a time on a lazy river. I remember laughing hysterically with each lap we did. That was the first time post-covid where I finally felt free and relaxed.
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  2021-03-18

  The next frontier in air travel: Digital passports as proof of vaccination or testing

  With vaccines rolling out, there have been talks of digital passports. These passports would allow for international travelers to upload proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or negative test. However, concerns of human rights and privacy violations have been raised. These fears stem from the possibility of the passports causing inequality due to vaccine accessibility.
• 2020

  How I first Found out about the New Plague

  I first found out about COVID was from my former science teacher. We had been talking about viruses and someone had mentioned the word "coronavirus" well all thought this would just be another virus that would just come and go. We were told that covid initially came from a snake in China and it would never travel to the US and we would be fine. Now my knowledge from what we learned I really don't trust any government with heir telling of the story because each one if different. This experience really has changed me and a person and who I really trust in many things.
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  2020-01-23

  Facial masks sold out in Japan at the beginning of COVID-19

  I was in traveling in Japan when the pandemic broke out in China. I found out that almost all the facial masks were sold out even though it didn't break out in Japan yet. It shows that Chinese people bought up the facial masks in Japan.
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  2020-04-18

  Quarantine

  Because of the COVID-19, our university makes the lectures online, and then I went back to China. But according to the regulation for everyone's good. Publics who come from abroad need to stay in the assigned hotel for 14 days for quarantine. And I did that, it was so long for me to stay in a single room for almost half a month.
• 2020-03-26

  Vigilance

  During the pandemic I was the one that people hated the most: I traveled between China and the State because of my international student status. I luckily had my chance to go back to China before things went down in the states, meanwhile things were alleviated greatly on the other side. And as I was waiting for the plane in the airport, I saw people wearing not only face masks, but also protective suits and safety googles. Considering that this is before the coming out of face-covering requirement in California, I feel the fear everywhere around me. Yet, I was not surprised to see these protections. When many people said that Covid-19 is a scam and wearing face masks took away human rights, these people showed the world what does real protection mean.
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  2020-03-28

  Quaratine Breakfast in Quaratine Hotel

  In order to prevent the spread of COVID19, China requires all people who enter China to do quarantine in assigned hotels, and I did mine quarantine in Guangdong in March. This is a breakfast the hotel sent for all the people who lived in hotel doing quarantine at the time. The breakfast is actually really delicious.
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  2020-03-23T10:38

  Guangdong China

  Due to the pandemic outbreak in US, my parents want me go back to China ASAP. This is when I arrived in Guangdong, China and waiting to do the test for coronavirus and entering the quarantine hotel to do quarantine for 14 days.
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  2020-04-06

  Travel restriction due to COVID-19

  With spread of COVID-19, many schools are now closed and those who originally lived on campus have no place to live. The students have to their home countries. However, many countries are reducing air travel today to prevent coronavirus and reduce cross-infection on airplanes.It's very difficult for these students to get back, not only do they have to accept expensive plane tickets but they also have to continue learning under the pressure of COVID-19. Therefore COVID-19 cause many damages to students.
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  2020-01-02

  International Students on their way to home

  My friends posted this picture on the WeChat group. This picture accurately describes the circumstances that international student in America.
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  2020-04-02

  American Physician Locked Down in Mumbai

  A journal of one physician's experience under Covid19 lockdown standed in a foreign country