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James Dewitz
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2020-03-20T22:13:00A man with an empty boxing ring in a stadium with no guests.
On Friday March 3, I set out to find optimism in the face of COVID-19. I did not find it. Instead, I found quet stories of despair and defeat. Friday nights, this boxing stadium is the busiest place in town. With Covid-19, the entire economy has collapsed -
2020-03-20T22:54:00A security guard sits at a desk at temple, child sleeping next to him. With no tourists, there is nothing to guard.
On Friday night, I went looking to find optimistic stories and found none. Shop owners without customers, Tuk tuk drivers without fares, a boxing stadium without any visitors, security guards with nothing to guard. -
2020-02-20T23:00:00A shop owner stands outside his restaraunt in Chinag Mai's Night Bazaar: There are no customers for him to serve.
On Friday night, I went looking to find optimistic stories and found none. Shop owners without customers, Tuk tuk drivers without fares, a boxing stadium without any visitors, security guards with nothing to guard. -
2020-03-19Akha 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.