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03/18/2020
Doctor asking us to stay home
This image, and others like it, began circulating my social media feeds around mid March in reaction to people not wanting to stay home. The doctors were putting their lives on the line to save those that became ill and the least we could do was stay home. The theory being that if we all stayed home then there would be less people infected and the rush of covid patients would be slowed. I personally took the stay at home order/ask very seriously. *This image appeared in my Facebook feed. It shows a doctor holding a sign asking everyone to stay home. -
2020-05-09
KNPR Paper
This an article based of the pandemic *I created to paper for one of my classes *Email -
2020-04-28
The Plywood Project NOLA
This is part of the art springing up in New Orleans on the wood covering the windows of closed stores in the shopping district on Magazine Street in the Irish Channel (70115) -
2020-04-20
The Great Indoors
Poem attempting to capture the mood of stay at home orders and social distancing. -
2020-05-08
NC Department of Health and Human Services: Corona Virus Guidance for Persons Under Investigation.
I am a young Asthmatic woman and I was was sent to the emergency room today to be tested for COVID-19. This image is a photograph of paperwork I was given upon discharge from the ER. The paperwork itself was written by the NC Department of Health and Human Services on March 16, 2020. It was put in my hands on 5/8/2020 -
2020-04-20
Tipping Point diagram, rebound
People are frustrated with those who will not take the pandemic seriously or refuse to follow safety guidelines. Most want to make sure the numbers match the decision to reopen America. However, many believe us to be opening too soon and fear a rebound in cases and ultimately an increase in deaths. Full text of post included here: So - this is the least stupid picture I can find to illustrate what I think is about to happen. This process is called a lot of things, and often, in this context, it is called "will power fatigue." Focused, intentional action for primates is often a short-lived thing. It is very costly in terms of overall energy expenditure and - evolutionarily speaking - we MOST often can get through MOST threats in just a few minutes (oh fuck its a tiger) to a few weeks (oh fuck its tiger season). Occasionally the thing we need to have intentional action to defeat has a much longer half-life than our own personal or community will. Human will is less matter of strength of character or any other such waspy bootstrappy Enlightenment nonsense: It is more a matter of biology and statistics. Intentionality is energetically expensive. Habit is cheap as fuck. We can usually only easily do really hard, non-intuitive things for 3 - 6 weeks at the very mostest. And then our pre-frontal cortex (=PFC=the thinky smartypants part of our brain) just says, well, there you go! Gave it our best shot. Did what we could. Cheerio! Back to tea and biscuits. This part of our brain is simply not designed for the protracted, complex cognitive and social labor required for things like, say...a pandemic. This is when even very determined people most often relapse after quitting whatever is really plesaurable (booze, porn, cat videos, twizzlers, playing tiddlywinks, or - er...being a social human). This is when our determined career of trying to fix depression through yoga fizzles. This is when you stop responding to your duolingo alerts about your Tagalog lessons. This is when....social distancing falls apart. Watch for it. I suspect we will see our first resurgent C19 "wave" very soon as many of us lose our ardor for staying alive and for keeping everyone else alive by giving up the things that we love and that come instinctually to us. Like interacting with the rest of our primate troupe. Giving up these things has taken a great deal of intentional will power. And the system is becoming fatigued. And yeah - it is not a surprise that the first surge of this behavior is from a bunch of white guys that have never had any practice managing their own selfish desires. (Take note - do not be like these numbskulls.) And none of us are immune, but yes - looking more toward what we care about and noticing our increased desire to do what we want or crave (often connection)...this can help keep our intentional selves online long enough not to kill any more John Prines. The trick is to notice that it is really hard, And still do the right thing. Please. Stay the fuck home. The main thing that keeps the PFC online and functioning - even when it is fatigued - is values. What we believe in. We can push the system a little if we decide to act on something other than what we WANT, but rather, what we think is MEANINGFUL. The better we are at keeping that super smart, ethically-driven, complex-thinking, empathic, compassionate and thoughtful part of our mind on line despite stress and fatigue, the fewer people we kill. STAY THE FUCK HOME. These next few weeks are going to be way way way harder than the first few. Stick with it. Maximize your virtual interconnections, your exercise, good food, self care, help of others, sleep, reruns of Friends, whatever it takes...these self-kindnesses will all help the will power fatigue from eating your brain. Stay. The. Fuck. Home. #HST643 -many locations in the us opening up. facebook post-creator of diagram unknown. posted to the profile of a friend of the Contributor. *graph added as an illustration to a social mediapost -
2020-04-12
Easter Sunday on Zoom
Danielle Gonzalez celebrated Easter with her family through a Zoom call. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was unable to see her family for this holiday. Even though they couldn't be there physically, they still saw each other virtually and that was enough. The Zoom call was full of laughter and love! -
2020-04-30
live entertainment, stay-at-home edition
Every time the garbage truck comes, my son, Carter, 5, rushes to watch the action from the living room window. He comments on the bin order, and asks questions about how the truck’s “arms” work and where the garbage is going. It reminds me of when I was a kid, and how during hockey intermissions, with no action on the ice, my dad would entertain me by having us each pick a zambonie and see whose would win the “race” to clean the ice first. -
2020-04-28
REL_Life During a Pandemic
This is a short story about how my life has been effected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. -
2020-04-25
"Keep That Chin Up" Street Art, New Orleans, LA
"Keep that chin up, this too shall pass" spray-painted on boarded-up doors of Frenchmen Street in New Orleans in April 2020 during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. Businesses along Frenchmen and throughout the French Quarter boarded up their doors and windows at the beginning of the COVID-19 stay-at-home-order. -
2020-04-25
James Booker Street Art, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans musician James Booker spray-painted on boarded-up doors of Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. Booker wears a mask along with his iconic starred eye patch and holds a sign reminded folks to stay six feet apart from one another during the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses along Frenchmen and throughout the French Quarter boarded up their doors and windows at the beginning of the COVID-19 stay-at-home-order. -
2020-04-25
Louis Armstrong with Gloves and Mask Street Art, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans trumpeter Louis Armstrong spray-painted on boarded-up doors of Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. Armstrong is wearing gloves and a mask covers the bell of his horn as he plays. Businesses along Frenchmen and throughout the French Quarter boarded up their doors and windows at the beginning of the COVID-19 stay-at-home-order. -
2020-04-28
A Sign at Our Lady of the Cross Parish in Holyoke, Massachusetts
This sign, located at Our Lady of the Cross Parish in Holyoke, Massachusetts, informs parishioners that mass is cancelled indefinitely. In an a directive dated March 16, 2020, Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski closed all churches and chapels within the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. -
2020-03-16
Corona Clap by Dee-1, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans rapper Dee-1 released the song "Corona Clap," a remix of the New Orleans classic "Nolia Clap" by UTP (rappers Juvenile, Wacko and Skip) in March 2020. Lyrics include references to handwashing, cheap flights, NBA cancellations, school and church closures, and toilet paper shortages. The song includes a sound bite from New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell. -
2020-04-26
Corona Virus Summer Meme
This meme plays up the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic lasting into the summer. It light-heartedly explores a way to still do a summer activity, like tanning. It highlights the human condition of still wanting to try regardless of circumstance. #VART3030 -
2020-04-25
Looking for a Cure
As the strict quarantine in Madrid extends to its 40th day, many residents are looking for cures or other possible fixes so that they may return to their normal life. Conspiracy theories are particularly rife, and 5g has been a popular target. After the destruction of cell towers in the U.K., it remains to be seen if that kind of action will immigrate to Spain as well. -
2020-04-07
Sede in Domo Tua
It's a drawing of a horse with words (Sede in domo tua, lava manus) which I take to be "stay home, wash your hands" in Latin. There's a simple caduceus, the words "COVID 19," and a few other symbols. -
2020-04-01
Alaskan Natives Ask for Solidarity by Staying Home
"Stay Home. For our elders, for our tribes, for our culture, for our future...in solidarity we stand together." #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-20
A New Normal
Thoughts on a a new normal -
04/18/2020
Masks Reveal the Struggle Ahead
I added this because, as frustrated as I am about the continued practice of physical distancing and because I am concerned about the economy, the science surrounding the virus is clear: too easily transmitted, not enough tests, and widespread ignorance. This photo and post spoke to me. From the post that goes with it: "Here’s what I can tell you after 5 days of taking care of COVID19 patients sick enough to need the hospital but not sick enough to need the ICU: this is the weirdest fucking virus I have ever seen (except maybe HIV). The constellation of symptoms that we see is honestly mind boggling. The people who seem fine and the crash. The people who I think will crash but are fine. The people who have absolutely none of the most common symptoms. The people who check every box on the symptom list. At this point everyone has it until proven otherwise (twice). The surge is on, and we are holding steady. It is *just* manageable. We are doing it but with stress to the teams and the system. If you think the country is ready for business as usual, I disagree. We aren’t there yet. We need tests (yes. We stillllllll can’t test everyone). We need a vaccine. And we need effective medication. We are working our asses of. We need more time. Thank you so much for staying home!!!" -
2020-04-12
You must stay home this Easter
Australian Government poster advises people to stay at home over the Easter weekend unless shopping for essentials, exercising, getting medical care, or travelling to work -
2020-03-27
If you can stay home, you must stay home. If you don't, people will die.
I have the VicEmergency app on my phone to warn for bushfires. Around mid March, I started getting daily warning alerts from the app, initially for contagious disease in my area, and then for pandemic in my area. The alerts usually come between 5-6pm and provide information on the latest public health advice and restrictions. On Friday 27 March the alert from the app was particularly striking. One of the instructions, highlighted in bold, told people "If you can stay home, you must stay home. If you don't, people will die." This felt like very dire warning from what is otherwise rather a dry app with very practical instructions. -
2020-03-15
Call of Duty
The image reminds us that our small sacrifice of staying home is nothing compared to what others have been called for.