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03/18/2020A Von's store in Redondo Beach with nearly empty shelves at the beginning of California's lockdown.
On a trip to the grocery store at the beginning of California's lockdown, the dairy section in a local Von's is almost wiped out. The majority of the store looked similar to this with empty shelves everywhere and slim pickings for essentials available. #HST580 #Arizona State University -
03/18/2020Charmin Farmin
Toilet paper became very hard to find as the pandemic set it to the US. This meme was very humorous when it came across my Facebook feed. -
03/18/2020King County Field Hospital
An article from the digital version of the Seattle Times discussing the building of a 200 bed field hospital on a local soccer field. -
03/18/2020Can I come into the out?
The phrase, "can I come into the out," is from a movie that was released in 2015. The movie was about an alien, the one pictured in the freezer, that came to Earth and was learning about the world. In this scene he visits a convenience store and climbs into a refrigerator and then asks his human friend "can I come into the out now?" This meme was particularly funny when everyone was staying home to avoid exposure. -
03/18/2020Order take out food, get free toilet paper
As it became increasingly clear the coronavirus was going to effect the United States people began stockpiling food and other supplies, especially toilet paper. It quickly resulted in no store, online or brick and mortar, had toilet paper in stock. As restaurants tried to quickly shift to pick up and deliver as their only options for remaining open many got inventive with how to attract customers. This restaurant, on the square in Georgetown, Texas, like many others, offered customers a free roll of toilet paper with their take out order. -
03/18/2020Stay Home for Us
This image shows hospital workers expressing their wish for the public to stay home to lessen the number of people that would contract covid and become their patients. Basically asking people to "flatten the curve". This was the phrase that became the tag line for the second half of March. -
03/18/2020Doctor 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. -
03/18/2020I can only hope
The image makes fun of how many some Americans overreacted to the news of toilet paper shortages and that they were stupid for doing so. It also shows that not all important events will make good movies. -
03/18/2020San Juan church to livestream services in effort to slow COVID-19 spread
This article describes the response of a San Juan, TX church to Hidalgo County's recent disaster declaration. Leaders of the church are now live streaming their service onto social media and very much encourage other congregations to follow and assist in containing the spread of COVID-19. -
03/18/2020The Garden is closed through April 30
Notifying public that all gardens, grounds, and buildings are closed, as well as all programs, classes, and events scheduled through April 30 are cancelled. -
03/18/2020Coronavirus is Strong But We Are Stronger
A message taped to a neighborhood mailbox encountered while out on a walk with my son.