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2020-04-04
Family Quarantine
When I think of COVID-19, I think of all the wonderful quality time I got to spend with my family. I was lucky enough to have moved back in with my parents at the beginning of the pandemic for what I thought was going to be a short time, but turned into a year and a half long party. My family and I would spend our days doing homework, working, and driving each other crazy. Coming from an Italian family, we tend to all be loud and annoy one another easily (with love of course). At night, we would have themed dinners, dressing up like we were going to the Grammys, making fresh pina coladas and hanging out by the pool. At the time, I was annoyed. Annoyed to be finally 21 and have to spend the whole summer stuck at home with my parents and younger siblings. Annoyed that I was unable to go back to school, or see any of my friends. Looking back now, I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to drive my family nuts. Now, in 2023, life is returning to “normal.” I see my parents once a week, my brother lives outside of LA, and my sister is busy with her own life. I miss them. I miss waking up to my dads new hobby of the week, or playing cards with my mom till midnight. COVID brought us together and allowed us to forge a different kind of bond and make positive memories that I will cherish forever. -
2020-04-04
HIST30060: Daniel Andrews' Facebook Post
This is a screenshot of a Facebook post made by Daniel Andrews’ public page on 4th April 2020. This post exemplifies the Victorian Premier’s ability to co-opt social media trends in promoting his own political agenda. Popular in early 2020, the meme followed the template of “Good morning to everyone except,” followed by exclusion of a relatively a niche social group. This screenshot illustrates the subtle use of social media as propaganda by the Andrews government. Andrews’ social media pages are seldom thought of as such, as the skill of his social media team has allowed him to maintain a popular and likeable social media persona. In an age of ubiquitous social media use, the Andrews government has used social media very effectively to protect its legitimacy and justify its methods. For example, the screenshot highlights the use of guilt by the Andrews government to legitimise health restrictions. The government consistently stressed that the pandemic restrictions were for the benefit of the public and necessitated complete compliance. Those who rejected health advice were endangering the entire community and “putting everyone at risk.” This post therein encapsulates sophisticated government propaganda and the co-opting of social media for political purposes. I selected this post as someone influenced by the sophisticated campaign of government messaging. It lead me to resent rule-breakers and see the prolonged restrictions as a legitimate use of government authority to protect the public. As someone who entered the pandemic as a supporter of the Labor Party and Daniel Andrews personally, I no longer think the severity and length of the lockdowns were necessary. Yet, his social media presence certainly made him likeable, funny, and relatable at the time. -
2020-04-04
Dog's are a man's best teacher
A comic strip about Covid-19 -
2020-04-04
HIST30060: Enthusiastic Journal Entry
This is a photograph from my first journal entry after lockdown began. It shows what I think was a fairly common welcomed feeling to the lockdown, before we knew how serious things would get. I recall being excited to have some time to focus on writing and exercise without the distractions of work. How quickly those feelings changed... -
2020-04-04
Diary of Azazel by Jessica Diaz
I will be submitting a fiction diary that consists of a collection of poetry. These poems are chosen with azazel in mind. He worships misfortune and only loves one woman. Who later passes away due to the coronavirus. The corona virus he once praised because it killed off his enemies. The poetry found in his diary are from famous poets all around and the writing expresses his feelings of hate and despair. -
2020-04-04
Mural by Navajo graffiti artist, Ivan Lee
This photo is included as part of an article about the Navajo Nation's fight against COVID-19. -
2020-04-04
Use. Full.
This story, "Use. Full" speaks to my feelings of uselessness as lockdown set in and the irony that, because I had the time and not much else to do - because I knew people who knew people and was armed with a smart phone and limitless wifi - I was able to be of use in a remote, emergency situation. I am a professional actor, writer and singer, for whom all performance work was brought to an abrupt halt. I have family and friends who are clinicians and who, unlike me, (still) find themselves on the frontlines of the pandemic dealing with their own pandemic-wrought stress. There was something strangely comical about doing nothing, this enforced idleness, being touted as my patriotic duty. It is especially difficult to accept that proposition when usefulness and productivity have been so ingrained and associated with 'getting your hands dirty.' My smartphone and computer, devices often derided as barriers to 'real' human connection became the conduits for the only real connection we could have other than with the loved ones we were isolating with. The 'pings' of text notifications were welcome accompaniments to days spent reading, watching movies, amusing ourselves with the latest pandemic-inspired memes. -
2020-04-04
Homemade Potstickers
I woke up Saturday morning feeling drained after 12 hours of sleep. As a teenager in the middle of a pandemic, I had nothing to do except to fix a messed up sleep schedule. I got out of bed at 1 PM and decided I would not do anything that day. I was ready to be back in bed and binge Netflix. Suddenly my sister along with my mom and dad and cat burst in my room and told my tired self that we were going to make potstickers. UGH. I told them to go away and that I was busy. An hour later I could smell something coming from the kitchen, something delicious. I could hear my stomach rumbling and I was ready for some food in my belly. I went to the kitchen and saw that the first batch of potstickers were done cooking, they looked perfect! The dough after being pan-fried became crispy and golden brown, and the inside was warm and flavorful. I wanted to help make more (so I could eat more) and turns out, folding potstickers is not as easy as it looks. In comparison with the rest of my family’s, my folded potstickers looked like a total disaster. At least it still tasted good! I didn’t watch Netflix for the rest of the day and I’m glad I didn’t. The time I spent with my family that day will forever be part of me and I hope my family in the future will make even more memories together. -
2020-04-04
Using the pandemic to prohibit gun sales
This particular story pertains to the overreach of government entities during the covid-19 pandemic, specifically regarding gun sales and the second amendment. Various government entities have utilized the pandemic to prohibit or impede gun and ammunition sales. This is particularly important to me as I believe it is the right of every law abiding man and woman to possess firearms to protect themselves and their families if they choose to do so. Furthermore, I believe in a fair and impartial government which should not have the ability to circumvent standardized governmental procedures in the event of an “emergency” they deem fitting. -
2020-04-04
Discarded Mask
I was walking through Highland Park when I noticed a mask on the ground. It seemed oddly poetic in this social climate; A dirty, discarded mask in a beautiful park. -
2020-04-04
Coloring Sheet
Coloring has been therapeutic during COVID-19. Rochester, NY-based artist Shawn Dunwoody made some of his "Legion of Legends" coloring pages available online to encourage everyone during this time. -
2020-04-04
Life through my Quarantine
This object says that I don't go out as much as I used to, because the object symbolizes a video game. -
2020-04-04
Bayani [Hero]
Giving support to our frontliners -
2020-04-04
An Air of Crisis, a Sonnet by Susan Drennan Gabriel Bunn
This is a sonnet written by Susan Drennan Gabriel Bunn. She a native New Yorker and wrote this on location in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Susan is a musician, writer, and fine artist. This is her poetry about the Corona time. -
2020-04-04
Plague Journal, Day 22: BCW (Before CoronaWorld)
Here's the latest entry, demarcating the Before and After of CoronaWorld, and grieving some of what's lost -
2020-04-04
Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health Orders: April 4 - April 8, 2020
The public health directives contained in this set provide a closer look at COVID-19's impact on daily life in Massachusetts as it pertains to personal health. These orders sought to relieve the burden of prescription refills on quarantined individuals, clarify the essential practices of grocery stores, and details on the reporting COVID-19 case numbers and all relevant data. -
2020-04-04
'We need help': Alabama prisoner pleas for assistance in fighting COVID-19
ABC News video showing video from inside an Alabama prison and the inmates inability to social distance. The prisoner on the video asks for HELP. As of the date of this video no Alabama prisoner had tested positive for the virus though at least two employees have tested positive. After the interview with the prisoner the host goes on to discuss the issue with a former female inmate and a former doctor in charge of prison health in another state. The host also interviews a sheriff who argues that releasing inmates is not safe for the community. -
2020-04-04
Pandemic ER Nurse
This is my daughter who works in a downtown Chicago hospital in the ER. I am her mother submitting this, and I gave her my artist mask to protect herself from Covid. This was at the beginning when there was a lack of PPE.This picture is important to me because she is a second you’re nursing individual and she has worked very hard in the pandemic like all the other nurses and doctors. -
2020-04-04
a nationwide mourning for the death from Covid-19 in China
On April 4th, China established a nationwide mourning for the martyrs died in the conflict with Covid-19. This is a significant moment when Chinese showed compassion for the compatriots and carried the hope to move forward. -
2020-04-04
Everyone must wear mask during COV19
When I went into the albertson, there is a sign said, everyone must wear mask in order to buy stuff from the store. This is very important to me because it make people realize how dangerous is the COV19 -
2020-04-04
Toilet paper shortages at local grocery stores
After the governor announce COV is spreading out among the country. Everyone was stressed out so they went to the grocery store to buy daily use. When I went to the store, I saw there is a sign written there is no more toilet paper and water. I think people are not planning to go out anymore and that is why they bought all the toilet paper and water. -
2020-04-04
Hoarding in the USA? Coronavirus sparks consumer concerns
Supermarket shelves were stripped bare and videos posted on social media showed consumers coming to blows over bags of pasta. -
2020-04-04
Trump Says CDC Recommends Americans Wear Face Masks
US president says new guidance is ‘voluntary’ and only covers non-medical masks -
2020-04-04
Lockdown in the New York City
When time and times square came to a standstill. Lockdown in new york. New york has been forced into lockdown joining california and other us states as americans are warned to prepare for the worst. Officials across the us. Andrew cuomo ordered nonessential businesses to keep 100 of their workforce at home in an effort to combat the spread of the covid 19 pandemic. Here is what lockdown looks like in various states as residents are urged to remain indoors. -
2020-04-04
COVID-19
These three photographs exhibit how Wuhan government dealt with COVID-19 pandemic in last four months. -
04/04/2020
The Pandemic’s Unique Toll On 2020 College Graduates
What will the future look like for new college graduates amid a global pandemic? #ASU #HST580 -
2020-04-03
Virtual Arizona Pride First Press Release
This is the first official press release from Virtual Arizona Pride. -
2020-04-03
Virtual Arizona Pride Presenter/Performer Information
This document shows the guidelines for presenters and performers at the first Virtual AZ Pride event. In addition to logistical challenges such as scheduling, this document also shows the care put in to ensuring online safety and security of the space. -
2020-04-03
Virtual Arizona Pride Call
This document is a description and outline of the first Virtual AZ Pride event. -
2020-04-04
Resiliency
Healthcare workers are trained and resilient in the face of this pandemic —- we love our jobs. Morning time preparing to head out to care for people. My wife and I (healthcare providers) participating in a “Resiliency Video” -
2020-04-04
Maïs Arepas Teams Up With Mayhew Bakery to Provide Meals to Workers on the Frontlines, New Orleans, LA
Maïs Arepas of New Orleans works with Mayhew Bakery to provide meals to workers on the frontline. -
2020-04-04
Sign seen during Covid-19 at Lowes.
this is a picture of my mom standing beside a sign we saw while at lowes. it tells those there how to properly social distance themselves. -
2020-04-04
Together Apart
My wife and I live in a spacious two story home in a wonderful suburb of Los Angeles overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Santa Monica Bay. We are both 75 years of age, born 12 days apart. She returned from a volunteer trip to Tanzania March 5th when word of the corona virus was just becoming known. March 11th she became sick. Our doctor did not think she had the corona virus but recommended we practice safe distancing given our age and the unknowns about the virus. I moved downstairs in the house and lived in 3 rooms. She remained in the bedroom since she was ill and needed to rest. Thankfully we had the room to make this adjustment in our lives. The closest I came to her was standing about five feet from her bedroom door to say Good Morning or Good Night or chat for brief periods. We talked on our cell phones a few times but it proved too strange and did not accomplish the feeling of togetherness we hoped. We have lived apart in the same house since March 11th. She is better but still not all the way back to normal. This past Saturday marked the first time we were in the same room together since March 11th although we maintained the six foot separation. We have no complaints. Luckily we both have our health and she is getting her strength back. We have attempted to use our time well. She has become a history student and taken classes offered via our public broadcasting station. I have written a novel, just completed it Saturday. We both have become devotees of the old movies offered by TCM. Our Governor and our Mayor have done an outstanding job communicating with us and we faithfully follow all guidelines in hopes this pandemic will soon be under control. Our short term goal: we are close to the day when we can hug each other. Our long term goal: a vaccine is developed to make the world safe from this disease. -
2020-04-04
Orlando testing site closed fast again!
Orlando testing site closed fast again! while sitting in it. 250 tests a day with restrictions to qualify for testing in April is not acceptable from our country in my opinion. #HST643 -
2020-04-04
Hours wasted in line for Covid-19 testing in Orlando Florida, still only open with many restrictions
You still need to have a fever and be in a high risk group to get in a huge line for the potential to get one of the 250 tests available daily for all of Central Florida. #HST643 -
2020-04-04
Chalk Messages Thank Medical Heroes, Metairie, LA
Chalk messages thank the frontline personnel on the sidewalks outside a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-04
Clerks Reference at Prison Hill
A hand-made sign reading "I assure you we're open" hangs outside a local restaurant and bar in Yuma, AZ. Despite the panic surrounding the pandemic, small businesses continue to bring positivity to daily life. -
2020-04-04
"The Hermit Herald" vol. 1 Issue 8
Life in FL, living with the CV. -
2020-04-04
COVID 19 Journal: 04/04/2020
COVID 19 Journal by Kaitlin Whalen written 04/04/2020. -
2020-04-04
The rightwing Christian preachers in deep denial over Covid-19's danger
The article discuses how Covid-19 has been ignored and not taken seriously by some of the Christian Pastors and leaders within the relgion by not dismantling all social gatherings. The article explains how for some Christian leaders, they have been disobeying orders given by their states to no longer hold any more social gatherings until further notice which have resulted in arrestment. These leaders are/were trying to convince the masses that through more intensive Christianity practices, those who participate will become immune and from a global scale, the virus can be defeated. -
2020-04-04
Invisible things
I slid my finger across the volume bar. The opening notes of Lauv's Invisible Things tumbled out thick and fast like cordial as I snapped my headphones into place. Little did I know that this would be one of the last trips I'd make to the hospital for a while. 'It's the invisible things that I, that I love the most. It's the way that I feel when I, when I hold you close,' crooned the singer. In less than a fortnight, those lyrics would take on a much greater meaning. Life as we knew it had begun to change already. As a student cohort, we were 2 months into our research projects; many of us had settled quite comfortably into the pace of academic life with new papers to read, and theoretical concepts to imbibe, distill, and analyse. Time was not slowing down for us final year graduates, and the turning of the leaves would signal our foray into applying for internships. Already, the year felt different from previous ones because we had swapped the bedside for the bench. Patient-contact varied between the different projects we were assigned; and I found myself wondering if all my clinical skills were going down the drain, purely from lack of practice. That was until our country became a growing red dot on the map of a global pandemic, and the distance became a privilege I would dread. They say it takes six degrees of separation to bring two people together. In a perverse kind of way, the transmission of COVID-19 from bat to human host seemed to materialise out of thin air from a perfectly-aligned set of circumstances. An innocent inoculation became the repository of ill-fate. And the rest is history. Over the next few days, I watched in horror as news stories and press releases about the virus accreted in alarming magnitude and frequency. No one talked about anything else. I realised I wasn't the only one feeling lost in all this. In a manner stereotypical of this generation of selfie-takers, I found myself grappling with the consequences that this virus had on my own worldview. What did it mean that gyms and restaurants were closing? Where would I go if not to the hospital? How did toilet paper become the one paragon of stability and control within this society? Those initial days felt like I was living in a dystopian reality. Time slipped away like a melting clock, as routines were stripped bare and streets became eerily empty. I was frightened and naive because life had never been so limited before. Everything became swiftly condensed into a four square metre box with only the Internet for company. Admittedly I was slow to realise the significance of the curve until I read about the sacrifices. Then I understood, quite distinctly, that staying home would make a difference to those who did not have the luxury or choice. I read about an intern struggling to adjust to an ever-changing landscape, an emergency doctor segregated from his wife and family to work endlessly gruelling shifts. An anaesthesiologist intubating COVID-positive patients and making invisible risks: each breath carrying with it some chance of aerosolized virus, each step forward more opportunistic than the next. In a profession so grounded in the practice of human touch and connectedness, medicine had become a minefield of inconceivable threats. Inside and outside the hospital, we were all fighting our own battles. Some people talked about skin hunger, and I instinctively felt it too. I missed the seconds before a hug when the anticipation was as sweet as the resolution. I missed feeling like a moving part in a well-oiled machine. It seemed almost cruel that in times like this, physical closeness could do more harm than good. I dared not even imagine a patient's desolation behind a ventilator. Or a doctor's despair at facing limited supplies. The truth was, the safety afforded by my age and clinical inexperience meant that I was shielded from the worst outcomes. Meanwhile, those at the hospital seemed to conduct their duties with ineffable courage and grit. Over the next few weeks, messages flooded in which helped to bridge the physical distance. In the invisible space once occupied by warmth and companionship, I began to witness the resurgence of a greater empathy. Paradoxically, our isolation drew us closer to the realities we would be fighting for. Our friends, our family, the wider community; their wellbeing. We were tasked with the responsibility of looking out for each other beyond the clinical setting. Reaching out took on a different meaning, but an important one nonetheless. It was a strange and beautiful experience to be bound by this common humanity. Like many others, I hoped that one day soon, we would look back on this time with a certain fondness for the connections we sustained and cherished. -
2020-04-04
My little brother
His facial expression is sad and the fact that we are in a desolate area; no one is around. -
2020-04-04
At least 70 people infected with coronavirus linked to a single church in California, health officials say
In this article, it states that 70 members of the Bethany Slavic Missionary Church have contracted COVID-19. Although the church has closed per federal and state guidelines, the health department believes that some groups of members of the church were continuing to host gatherings inside of homes. This raised a cause of concern for upcoming holidays, which at the time were Palm Sunday and Easter, holidays in which families and groups of people typically get together to celebrate. -
2020-04-04
Coronavirus: Europe's forgotten Roma at risk
This article discusses the current crisis in Europe and particularly the hard impact on the Roma community and many ways their comunity was already suffering and lacking in infrastructure to be adequately prepared for the virus. The article also discusses a number of legislative actions by European countries specifically targeting Roma communities. -
2020-04-04
Social Distancing Golf
OK- disclaimer- my husband does not play golf.....However, I know that many of our friends who do are chomping at the bit to get back to their games. I couldn't resist setting up this shot on a recent hike in Mueller State Park. As you can see, the "golf ball" is a beautifully formed pine cone........and the club - a hiking pole. Also notice "Bacon Rock" as the perfect backdrop. -
2020-04-04
Deep Snow and empty trail
Even in times of a pandemic, there are places in our country where the trees outnumber the people and snow in April feels like it is washing away the plague... We were the only people on this narrow trail in Mueller State Park CO where in some spots the snow was knee high. -
2020-04-04
Social Distancing Cars at Mueller State Park Colorado
My husband and I are fortunate enough to live near the beautiful and uncrowded (except during "leaf peeping" season) Mueller State Park. In ordinary times most hikers are very thoughtful and move to the side on narrow trails to let others get by. I was pleasantly surprised that this courtesy was extended to placement of parked cars!! (not sure why the map won't show Divide so I'm entering the closest town Woodland Park) -
2020-04-04
Social Distancing Cars at Mueller State Park Colorado
My husband and I are fortunate enough to live near the beautiful uncrowded Mueller State Park in Divide Colorado. In ordinary times other hikers are usually very polite about moving off the narrow trials to allow others to pass, but I was impressed by how careful people are now even about leaving space between cars. We can get out of the house, enjoy the fresh air and scenery and not worry about close contact with others. -
2020-04-04
Covid-19 Landscape
Latex gloves began showing up everywhere on walks. -
2020-04-04
Covid-19 Landscape
These masks, once common in construction sites, became the standard for daily outings.