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  2023-03-25

  Lockdown Story from A Different Perpective

  “During the lockdown, it seems that everyone took on a small hobby to keep themselves busy. For me, I took on a couple to keep me busy. One of them included going for daily walks and taking photos of the scenery around me. I’ve taken walks even before COVID, but this was the only time where I really took my time and payed attention to my surroundings. I normally don’t bring my phone as that time is my 20 to 30 minutes away from technically, however I started to bring it along with me to take photographs of the trees blooming in spring and everything starting to grow and looking amazing. For the remainder of 2020, I kept to my hobby of taking photos and made sure to capture scenery I thought looked interesting. I especially made sure to snap photos in the same spots to capture what they look like in each one of the seasons. Luckily with it snowing weeks before Christmas that year, I was able to get a photo of one street during each one of the seasons. To me, they looked really cool!” Photo by Kyle Collesano, April 19th, 2020 #lockdownstatenisland
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  2021-09-15

  CT and LG Oral History, 2021/09/15

  Two college students recall how their final years of high school were changed by COVID-19, discussing how sports were cancelled and classes went online.
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  2021-03-14

  Ostara on a Budget

  for Ostara this year, many of us will need to adjust our celebrations due to Covid-19. Many are feeling the loss of jobs, incomes, or stability this year. Lidia Pradas shares some inexpensive ideas to celebrate Ostara and welcome the new season.
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  2020-03-03

  Postponed season

  Our spring soccer season was cancelled because of being sent home as a result of the pandemic, so we had workouts etc. that were to be done at home. I am a keeper so this is a small clip of me doing a training exercise at my house.
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  2020-09-13

  New England Patriots

  The NFL has proposed harsh guidelines to allow for continued play during the COVID epidemic. First, the players can opt out of the season and still collect some pay ($350,000 if they are high risk or $150,00 if they are not). The New England Patriots had a league high of eight players opt out of the season, four of whom were projected starters for the team, which is a huge loss. The NFL also imposed a rule that if the state guidelines allow it, they can have some fans come to the home games. The Patriots being in part of the USA that was hit the worst were not allowed to have fans, so they could play sounds of fans into the stadium. For stadiums that allow for fans they cannot have tailgating and cannot sell food. Fans also must stay in their designated “pods,” or rows of seats which are distanced from other family’s pods. For the players who are playing, they are tested every day and if they test positive, they must be removed for two weeks from the team. The Patriots suffered from this week four when some of their players tested positive for COVID. The big name was their starting quarterback Cam Newton. This caused him to sit out week four vs. their toughest opponent and had the Patriots’ next game postponed after more positive scares. With only seven more weeks of the regular season left the NFL will continue to be affected by the virus.
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  2020

  COVID-19 and its Effect on Physical Activity

  Before the outbreak began I was a three season athlete, training for Cross Country and Track. I ran every day and pushed myself on every workout as a distance runner. Then COVID-19 hit and the country went on lockdown. It was the end of my senior year, and I would be missing my final spring tack season. When it first started I tried to continue to train and do track workouts, but it wasn't the same doing them alone. I didn't have my teammates and friends to motivate and push me through the difficult parts of runs. It became extremely hard to train on my own, and I started to feel myself losing fitness. When the spring season was officially canceled I lost all of my motivation to continue. I started running recreationally, and not every day anymore. Before, I was considering trying out for my college team, but with events canceled and the increased difficulty of running alone, I couldn't keep myself in top racing condition. It is now towards the end of my first semester in college, and while I am still running, I still wonder if i will ever find the motivation to train hard and compete again.
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  2020-11-10

  It's done: The NBA comes back on Dec. 22, a 72-game season

  The NBA restart date is set Dec 22. The NBA playoff bubble was the most successful example of a sports handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. They shut down quickly and then created a lockdown bubble to handle the playoffs. I wonder if the NBA will be able to handle a whole season as effectively as they handled the playoffs.
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  2020-07-20

  High school fall sports throughout California postponed due to COVID-19

  I was not able to play sports because of Covid-19.
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  2020-04-16

  Humans of Covid-19 AU: Campbell Walker

  “What has changed the most is definitely not going to football. The season would have just started and I guess not having that big commitment. We’re still supposed to be doing a little bit of running and weights as best we can, with the equipment that we have. I actually quite miss it to be honest. I enjoy a break at the end of each year, but not at this time of year, purely because we’ve done a lot of hard training over the summer. The timing is what it is, but I do miss it a little bit. I'm going to really appreciate, and not take for granted, seeing my girlfriend properly. At the moment we have decided that keeping the 1.5m gap is the best decision for us. Like we’re still going for a few walks and that, but in terms of actually giving her a big hug when I see her. It’s only been a couple of weeks since we’ve decided to do that, but it’s still pretty rough. I wont take that for granted, and I’ll definitely appreciate that, when the restrictions lift and we’re able to do that again.” Instagram post on Campbell Walker, VFL player & landscaper, and his 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.
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  05/09/2020

  High School Baseball cut short!

  High School Senior, High School Coach and Freshman showing appreciation for High School Senior for their contribution to the school and baseball program. The season a was cut short due to Pandamic. ##cshsecon
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  2020-04-01

  The Beach today

  My photos yesterday while walking