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2020-03-28
Saturdays are for "toilet paper jokes"
A comic strip about Covid-19 -
2020-03-28
What to do when stuck at home
Once the world shut down and everyone had to quarantine, I found that I had a lot of new found free time to deal with. Over the first few days I thought it was awesome, because I was able to relax at home and basically do nothing. After those beginning days, things started to get boring. I didn’t know what to do with myself. It took me a few days, but I began to look for more things I could do with my life. As a music major, I practice my instrument about 3-4 hours every day. I took advantage of my free time by putting in a lot of work on the horn which greatly helped my development. I have also been very interested in learning new languages. I decided to start learning German. So far I’ve been studying German everyday on my own since then. It has been very fun to read stories and news articles in German. I have also found a great podcast and YouTube channel that does an awesome job teaching German. I had also begun to exercise more during the pandemic. My friends and I would go on runs outside together. It was a great way to meet up with friends and be healthy. The pandemic was a very difficult time when it first broke out. Most people did not know what to do with themselves. There was a lot of sitting at home, watching television, or playing video games. I didn’t want to remember the time of the pandemic as a time where I didn’t improve as a person. I had decided to make these changes or improvements to better myself for when the pandemic was over. It has been a great lesson for me as the pandemic is still going on today. I have learned how to deal with difficult situations and also how to make the most out of them -
2020-03-28
Catch a Jesus Virus and Let it be Contagious
My boyfriend and I found this church's billboard during the first week of shutdown in March 2020. We were driving around with nothing to do since everything was closed and found this sign too funny to not stop and take a picture. -
2020-03-28
Five years took for granted
Five. This was the number of years that I was able to spend with one of the most important people in my life, my uncle. From the moment I moved here in Brooklyn, he was one of the few that made me feel welcomed. He loved me, took care of me and supported me as if we'd know each other our entire lives. He stood as a second father figure to me, and he truly always managed to put a smile on everyone's face. But, on March 28th, 2020 COVID-19 got the best of him and unfortunately passed away. I was devastated and so heartbroken. Despite how painful his death was, it taught me many valuable lessons. But, I believe the most important one is to not take each day we get to spend with our families for granted. -
2020-03-28
Life During A Pandemic
Personal experience during the Covid-19 -
2020-03-28
Staying Connected: Battling Isolation During a Global Pandemic
This music note is the logo for Tik-Tok, the reigning social media outlet that allows account holders to both create and view content in the form of 15-120 second videos. As of 2020, there are an estimated 65.9 million monthly active Tik-Tok users in the United States alone (Statista). Although the app was created in 2016, it skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic and saw a 75% increase in weekly average users from January to September of 2020 (Forbes). I, among millions of others, joined those figures when I created my Tik-Tok account in late March of 2020. When school closed indefinitely earlier that month and my job followed a few weeks after, my meticulously structured daily routine was thrown into a state of disarray. As mounting uncertainty grew over whether it was safe to leave our homes at all, the four walls of my bedroom transformed into a prison. I was perpetually shackled to my bed, spending every day in a continuous cycle of sleep that lacked a beginning or an end. That was until I discovered Tik-Tok. Suddenly, I had a reason to wake up in the morning, anticipating the stream of new videos that would appear on my carefully crafted “for you page”. I spent hours glued to my phone screen, fascinated by the small glimpses into the lives of people who were just as bored as I was. I appreciate Tik-Tok for the fleeting but much needed moments of laughter and distraction it supplied me with throughout the pandemic, but the app holds value to me because it showed me that I was not alone. In the early weeks of quarantine, I spent countless nights in pure distress over what I believed was “wasted time”, and it felt as if I was on the fast track to loosing years of my life. However, Tik-Tok showed me that these feelings did not belong to me alone. Countless other people felt the same way I did, and this knowledge put into perspective the importance of staying connected. My cycle of isolation left me alone with my feelings in a vacuum, but once I opened myself up to the outside world through Tik-Tok, I found solace in the online community of people who shared the same sentiments I did but chose joy and laughter instead of sorrow and despair. Tik-Tok provided me with the support I needed by allowing me to witness the happiness of others, eventually prompting me to create my own. -
2020-03-28
Moving Out of My First Apartment
During the 2019-2020, I was living at Vista Del Sol, the apartment style housing available to upper division Barrett students at Arizona State University. I was fortunate to share my apartment with three close friends, and over the course of the school year, we had often gotten together with some of our other friends to hang out and enjoy the college lifestyle in our apartment. After we all returned from spring break, we discussed how uncertain our futures would be with the pandemic, and with so little information or precedent available to us, we all faced uncertain circumstances. Three of us were from Tucson, but our fourth roommate was an out of state student, but we all wanted to remain in our room until the conclusion of the semester (when we were sure the whole situation would be over). However, with added stress from our parents, we found out over the course of a week, that all of our parents expected us to return home, where they presumed we'd be safer and better monitored, instead of leaving us to our own devices. Packing and spending those moments together were heartbreaking, and would only be amplified in the coming months as we were unable to see each other and spend time together, even for special occasions such as birthdays or other events. As a last hurrah, the weekend before our first roommate moved out, we threw ourselves a little goodbye party, with a roommates photoshoot that we reference even now, a year later. -
2020-03-28
B.I.G Changes
During Quarantine, I began my online small business. I took this opportunity to share my art with the world and make it accessible to people who are looking to buy. I started with this painting that was immediately sold and that is what made me start my own art page. -
2020-03-28
Future History Teachers
I am hoping to become a high school history teacher and this meme rang true for me. I cannot wait to teach 2020 to future students, it will probably be a class in itself! -
2020-03-28
Bass Coast: Beaches Closed
For part of the pandemic I spent time living in the Bass Coast Shire in South Gippsland. My friends and I often like to go for walks on the beach or go swimming. When the first announcement was made on March 28, we were still allowed to do these things. However, by the time Easter came, the shire was worried about visitors and social distancing, so they closed the beaches to all people for every purpose. As much as I understood the necessity of these actions, to me the beach is a good way to get some exercise and take care of my mental health. So, naturally I was quite disappointed when the beaches were closed. HIST30060 -
2020-03-28
Cleaning The Climbing Frame
This image shows workers in Mexico cleaning playgrounds to stop the spread of Covid-19. -
2020-03-28
Penn Station
The photo was taken when I went back to Brooklyn. The number of travelers was fewer than 10 people. Lots of homeless people were staying inside. Most of the exits were closes. Very empty inside the train station. -
2020-03-28
My Experience with Sickness, Quarantines and the Prison’s Healthcare System
The author of this article is a former inmate at San Quentin Prison in California. These days he focuses on justice reform through an organization he helped bring into being, Restore Justice. In this article he explains the medical system inside of prisons and his experience with lockdowns and solitary confinement as a place of quarantine during non-covid times. -
2020-03-28
Grocery Shopping in a Pandemic
My son and I grocery shopping at Trader Joe's in Castro Valley - everyone knows the drill, you find the marker on the ground to tell you where to stand so you're 6 feet behind the person in front of you. You wear your mask. The line goes fairly quickly, and I've never heard anyone act entitled or complain. (note: I submitted this but I think the photo didn't attach) -
2020-03-28
Plague Journal, Day 15: Rank competence
I'm keeping a Covid-19 journal. Here's the latest entry, including our applause for New York City's health workers and first responders: -
2020-03-28
Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health Orders: March 28 - April 2, 2020
These public health orders primarily address long-term care and assisted living facilities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Specifically, they expand the number of medical personnel permitted to administer rescue inhalers and epinephrine injections in community programs, address the transfer/discharge of patients from long-term care facilities, while expanding the pool of nurses qualified to work in assisted living programs. Moreover, the orders give the Department of Public Health the authority to run criminal background checks on volunteers for MAResponds. Orders such as these detail the different ways that state governments, like Massachusetts, attempted to reinforce their healthcare system in the face of the pandemic. -
2020-03-28
Lost my dream work
I passed the interview and was about to do the job starting March. I really wanted to take this job since I want to be a therapist in the future, and I think I can a lot from this job. However, due to pandemic, the center was shut down, and I could not work. That also interrupted my plan about working for a year and going to study my master degree, Right now, I don't know what I am going to do in the next year. -
2020-03-28
COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan, China
I collect images, memes, articles and screenshot to show how people live under the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Poeple are forced to wear mask when outside, including children. The pandemics cause many troubles for people, but the most impressive thing is that doctors work on the front line when the first case was reported. Thousands of volunteers went to Wuhan and help people prevent the pandemic. -
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. -
2020-03-28
Trash Can
Each day during the height of the horror of living in the epicenter I'd allow myself 1 walk, strategically timed to avoid as many people as possible. No matter how abstract the imagery the pandemic seems to intrude, in this photograph in the from of an out of focus figure in a mask. -
2020-03-28
Social distancing in line at Trader Joe's - Boston, MA
Photograph of a line stretching down the street and around the corner due to social distancing at Trader Joe's grocery store in Boston, MA. -
2020-03-28
Woman wearing a protective mask during the Covid19 outbreak - Boston, MA
Photograph of a woman on Commonwealth Ave. in Boston wearing a protective face mask during the Covid19 outbreak. -
2020-03-28
Empty street during Covid19 outbreak - Boston, MA
Photograph of St. James St. in Boston, MA, empty during the Covid19 outbreak. -
2020-03-28
Empty street during Covid19 quarantine - Boston, MA
Photograph of St. James Street, empty during the Covid19 quarantine in Boston, MA. -
2020-03-28
Street art on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall - Boston, MA
Photograph of a drawing on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, depicting a protester throwing a roll of toilet paper. -
2020-03-28
Empty financial office during quarantine - Boston, MA
Photograph of an abandoned desk at an unnamed financial office after two weeks of quarantine, with a vase of dead flowers and an ironically cheerful post-it note. -
2020-03-28
Beach Closed
This is a local beach in southern Tasmania that was closed by the Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) in an effort to curb non-essential travel and enforce social distancing restrictions. The image and the actions taken by the PWS indicates the extent to which COVID-19 impacted various facets of society and everyday life. -
2020-03-28
James Boag's poignant press ad
I saw this ad in our local paper on the first Saturday after the toughest social distancing restrictions were announced with gatherings in public of more than two people prohibited. I felt this was a very poignant press ad placed by a well-known, sturdy, enduring, local brand. It empathised with the public as well as encouraging support for the distancing measures. -
2020-03-28
My last flight as a Flight Attendant had two passengers. This was the sunset during that flight. #REL101
Empty Planes -
2020-03-28
Songs from a Pandemic
Songs from a Pandemic is an attempt to chronicle what SC artists are writing as a response to these strange and difficult times. (More below.) Let me know if you have a song for the playlist(s). Stay safe everyone! And keep making your music! :) Why am I collecting Songs from a Pandemic? About the middle of March, 2020, as Americans were moving toward stay-at-home orders, I started to see more songs posted that referenced the pandemic, whether using the term pandemic or terms like coronavirus, COVID-19, quarantine, self-isolation, etc. I thought it would be interesting to take note, so I started the playlist Songs from a Pandemic in early April to catalog songs written and posted during this time. Once I saw some artists posting multiple songs related to the pandemic I created More Songs from a Pandemic. The main playlist features a single song from an artist writing on the theme. When an artist on the main playlist posts another song related to the pandemic I am placing those songs on the More Songs playlist. I'm interested in the number of artists who are expressing themselves to others by naming their song after our current situation or writing lyrics about life during the pandemic. I don't know how many artists will do so. We're all affected by the pandemic, so if we're producing art right now it is likely to have been influenced by our times in some way or another. But since I can't capture every song in a playlist, I am collecting the works where an artist has a sent a clear message in the form of a song title or tags or description or in lyrics. Finally, I thought the SC communities would be interested to have a historical document of these times, how musicians expressed themselves. We're mostly create-at-home artists as it is, so I think we're seeing more activity among musicians because of the pandemic. And of course more songs about privation, isolation, anxiety and stir-craziness. And what does all that sound like? We're learning more every day. What qualifies for these lists and how are the songs picked? First, there are 2 playlists. Songs from a Pandemic and More Songs from a Pandemic. The criteria for adding a song are almost identical. But the main playlist features only one song per artist. The second playlist includes additional works by those artists and which fit the criteria below. In both cases, these are songs that have been written roughly after February 1, 2020. The lists are not based on things I personally prefer or genres I most enjoy. I'm trying to be as comprehensive as I can. The songs surface mostly as reposts that appear on the SC Stream. I scroll through the stream about 4 times a day and I try to review every notification every day. I'm looking for evidence that a song reflects the pandemic (e.g., coronavirus or COVID-19) or how our lives have been affected. How do I know this is the case? It's not easy since I'm not sending artists messages asking about their songs. Instead, I'm looking at 5 things. If any one of those things is clear and obvious, I'll add the song to a playlist. Or, if in combination these things suggest a connection, I'll add the song to a playlist. 1. Track title 2. Track description including lyrics 3. Tags 4. Cover art 5. Artist replies to comments I may look at all of these in an effort to find a connection to the pandemic. I am quite sure I have overlooked many pieces that the writer intended to reflect life in the pandemic but which was not obvious in the five factors I noted. E.g,, a track called Loneliness could very well relate to the pandemic, but with no additional clues besides a track title there's no way to be sure it is relevant. Such a title could just as easily refer to something else. Your feedback is welcome if you want to send a message. I'll do my best to be fair and consistent in building a record of how the artists on SC lived their lives in the shadow of this pandemic. -
2020-03-28
Chive On
Listen to Chive On. Gary Rees is collecting Songs from a Pandemic on SoundCloud. Chive On is Rees' personal addition to the collection, which he describes as follows: "Songs from a Pandemic is an attempt to chronicle what SC artists are writing as a response to these strange and difficult times. (More below.) Let me know if you have a song for the playlist(s). Stay safe everyone! And keep making your music! :)". Link to Chive On: https://soundcloud.com/gary-rees-since-87/chive-on?in=gary-rees-since-87/sets/songs-from-a-pandemicRees' tags Chive on with #HanginThere, #GetMorePlays, #COVID-19, #Pandemic, #Pandemusic, and #Coronavirus -
2020-03-28
"The Hermit Herald" vol. 1 Issue 5
People fleeing NYC; Insurance increases; $2 Trillion USG Proposal; close down tightens in FL; Ukraine corruption. -
2020-03-28
When crisis arise, the community comes together.
Shortly after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the United State's National Guard made an announcement for volunteers to come forward and help at the emergency food banks who were in need of serving a higher number of people due to the crisis. This picture was taken at St. Mary's Food Bank. -
2020-03-28
COVID 19 Journal: 03/28/2020
COVID 19 Journal by Kaitlin Whalen written 03/28/2020. -
2020-03-28
The Coronavirus May Hit Rural America Later
Rural communities and how Coronavirus will affect them -
2020-03-28
Suffolk’s Sawyer Library moves resources online as students learn remotely
The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University's student run newspaper, reports on Suffolk's decisions around campus during the pandemic. -
2020-03-28
Time is Meaningless When Working from Home
When a high teacher and university director begin working from the same week their elementary school children begin having school from home, it becomes clear the middle of the night is the best time to get work done. *Original video, posted on Instagram Stories -
2020-03-28
COVID-19 Brings Out Al the Usual Zombies
Opinion piece on why virus denial resembles climate denial. -
2020-03-28
America is Not In Service
This picture was taken by me on March 28, 2020, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. It shows the empty baggage claim due to a lack of travelers from Coronavirus. -
2020-03-28
Challenge of the Mundane
Description of walking trails being more crowded during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-03-28
COVID-19 Archive Alternative Final Assignment, History of Public Health, NJIT
This is an alternate final assignment created for the course HIST 380: History of Public Health, an upper level history course at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Given the challenges of transitioning to online-only instruction, the upheaval of the pandemic, and the reframing of the course to address historical precedents of COVID-19 more explicitly, students were given the option of creating content for this archive. -
2020-03-28
Grocery store limits
Note by rice at the grocery store indicating a limit on number customers can purchase, due to shortages. -
3/28/20
Creamed Soup Now A Food
Two weeks ago, I noticed that many aisles were depleted and most of the soups were gone The "cream of" soups were all still there, which made me laugh. Now, they're gone, too. Can't decide whether this is funny. -
2020-03-28
Axiom Town Hall Covid-19
This is a video Town Hall of oncologists who specialize in lung cancer to allow them to discuss their best strategies for contending with the COVID-19 outbreak and providing care for their patients. The most compelling and important testimony is provided by Dr. Marina Garassino of Milan, Italy. She focuses on the importance of a strategy for dividing hospitals into COVID-positive and COVID-negative sections and for allowing some cancer patients to stay at home because they do not require intensive care. She also focuses on problem in Italy of only testing symptomatic individuals for the virus. This is a problem being repeated in the U.S. at this time. -
2020-03-28
6 feet away
people waiting for the bus keeping 6 ft distance from each other, they are following safety precautions. -
2020-03-28
Spanish princess becomes first royal to die of coronavirus at age 86
Spanish princess becomes first royal to die of coronavirus at age 86, from People magazine article. -
03/28/2020
Article from China Daily: "Unite to Fight"
An article from China Daily expressing desire for the People's Republic of China and the United States of America to work together to fight this pandemic. -
2020-03-28
Athletic trainers step up: App aids overworked hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic
Due to sports seasons being canceled and schools getting shut down, athletic trainers are changing their schedules to help clinics and hospitals out. The National Athletic Trainers Association created an app for trainers and health care providers to find help during this pandemic. -
2020-03-28
Let's shop smart, Please stay 6 feet apart.
My local Grocery store - Publix at 3521 Thomasville Rd Tallahassee, FL 32309-7134, put up this rhyme to encourage people to practice social distancing. It mostly work - but not completely - inside -
2020-03-28
Information before you enter the grocery store
When I went to the grocery store on 3/28/2020 at Publix 3521 Thomasville Rd Tallahassee, FL 32309-7134, they had placed a large number of informational signs outside the store