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2020-04-28
Covid-19 Need help? Want to help?
Notice, posted on Prospect Hill Tower, announcing services available from the Medford & Somerville Mutual Aid organization. -
2020-04-28
Health notice
Citing 1 Corinthians 10:24, sign gives instructions on how to access meetings. -
2020-04-28
Line at Market Basket
Only 75 people are allowed in the grocery store. So we waited in line, six feet apart with our masks on. -
2020-04-28
Classroom Lunches Over Zoom
Before COVID-19, Garden Grove High School seniors Tran and Chris would eat lunch with many other students in their teacher, Kathryn Jue's, classroom. Trying to maintain some normalcy, students and teachers still meet for lunch a few times a week over Zoom just to check in and see how everyone is doing. -
2020-04-28
When Planning Distance Learning for the Week Means Walking 14 Miles
Missing walking around my classroom, I converted a treadmill into a walking desk to do my nightly planning for the distance learning for the week for my high school students. The planning resulted in me walking 14 1/2 miles, probably far more than I have walked around the classroom in one day. -
2020-04-28
"YIKES. Tag your school.": A Meme of Grad Student Frustration
This meme features four frames. The first frame shows a hand sticking out of the water, clearly drowning, with the text "Grad students with rapidly dwindling financial + professional prospects." In the next frame, a second hand appears to be reaching toward the drowning hand. This hand is labeled "Universities with multi-billion-dollar endowments." In the third frame, rather than the extended hand pulling the drowning hand to safety, it instead offers a high-five. The superimposed text over the image reads "Productivity workshops + 'We're all in this together' emails." In the final image, the extended hand has pulled back, leaving the original hand to drown. This meme reflects the anxieties and frustrations many graduate students may feel with their universities during the crisis. -
2020-04-28
Rural county in Utah creates a Facebook page to host a county-wide talent show
As people are confined to their homes amid the pandemic, Tooele County has created a Facebook page for residents to upload videos of themselves doing performances and showing off their talents. -
2020-04-28
Coping with COVID-19 with an Immunocompromised Child
Coping with COVID-19 with an Immunocompromised Child _________________________ My step-daughter, Selena, was diagnosed with cancer in November of 2017 at the age of 3. She had to undergo two surgeries, many months of chemo therapy, and is now missing a kidney and part of her lung. This was a very scary time and health was constantly on the minds of our family. We didn’t go anywhere without a mask, washed our hands constantly, had to avoid anyone who seemed like they might be sick. My wife, then girlfriend, and I had to limit our exposure because we knew that anything we caught would get her and be twice as worse. If we came down with a cough or a runny nose, we either had to isolate to a different part of the house or have Selena stay with her grandparents until we got better to try and keep her from catching anything. Selena missed going to preschool so that she would have less exposure and keep getting healthy. Even with her going into remission in June of 2018, she was diagnosed with asthma after a winter cold turned to pneumonia and she had to be hospitalized in late 2019. The health of her immune system has been a never ending concern. The rise of COVID-19 has been a living nightmare. The constant worry of her getting sick came back and hit like a truck. Watching the number of cases rise throughout the world and in the US and the lack of response was awful. As the virus continued to spread, eventually schools and business were shut down. My wife and step-daughter would be at home and not have to go out, but I did. I was considered an essential worker due to working with government contracts and everyday had to work in close proximity of others. I heard or talked to multiple coworkers who said it was only the flu and corona wasn’t a big deal. It would pass and it wouldn’t affect most people, so why should we have to worry? But I worried. Even if most people would survive it, my daughter might not. She was at the forefront of my mind every time someone complained about stores closing or joked about keeping distant from one another. These were the people who would destroy my family because of their carelessness. Every day of work I had to be on my guard. When work sent home those that could work remotely, I still had to work on site. Even as my workplace began to implement precautions like telling people to stay 6 apart, I had to side step around those that would otherwise walk right past you. I would have to hang back and wait while others would crowd into the bathroom. I avoided lunch rooms and break areas, only eating in my car. I wore gloves all day and wiped my work surface multiple times a day. When I got home, I had to immediately put my work cloths in the wash and wipe everything I took with me to work. I would have to tell my daughter to not hug me until I had changed. I hated having to go to work. They said that the work we did was important and thank you for working during these hard times, but it didn’t matter. I wasn’t concerned about myself or about the work I was doing. I was risking my daughter’s life every single day so that someone else could profit. I had to risk her life because without my income my family wouldn’t have a house to live in or food to eat. I was forced to put her on the line whether I wanted to or not. It was crushing me inside. How would I live with myself if she got sick because I had to go to work? If she died? I asked myself these questions every single day. Finally, after over a month of increased rules and precautionary measures at work, the implemented a system so you could apply to stay home with pay if you or a family member were at high risk. It took two weeks of back and forth paperwork, but at long last it was approved. The constant daily stress subsided to a much more manageable level. There is still some concern. I have to be cautious when picking up groceries, even though we only use curbside pickup. I had to wait outside of Walmart at open to get toilet paper and then decontaminate upon returning home. I worry about the return of COVID-19 in the fall and if these precautions will be implemented any faster or will we have to same slow reaction. I think about all of those still not able to leave work; risking the lives of those they love against their will. I worry for those less fortunate who don’t have income now and are at risk of losing everything because of something out of their hands. I think what I worry most about after all that has happened this year is nothing changing. -
2020-04-28
Teaching Without a License
With schools being closed down I have had to take up the job of teaching my younger brother. It all started with praying for a miracle that he would complete his school work. The miracle did not come quick enough for my mom and I had to step in and be the mediator. I felt like I was a counselor trying to persuade the both of them to talk out their feelings. Well, he is in his preadolescent years, so that ended in a failure. Finally, I presented my family with the miracle my mom had been asking for. The miracle was in a form of being rewarded with not taking his PlayStation away. Worried he would fail his P.E. class, my parents bought a trampoline. He used it for a few days... Next, was math. After some very low grades on math quizzes it was time to put my teaching classes into action. First, I had to convince him to start organizing his problems. That took a week and another low math score to convince him. Next, I had to persuade him to start writing his formulas with every problem. How was he going to score higher without knowing his formulas? He seems to have learned more, but this is much more difficult than expected. I am not looking forward to the final month of the school year. #REL101 -
2020-04-28
The Global Impact of COVID-19
This is a visual representation of how the CoronaVirus has impacted the world. I drew CoronaVirus on the top to represent the meaning of the picture. To the left we have the Corona cell itself, with a facial mask on. The cell is an actual representation of what the cell looks like, and the mask is to represent how the virus is visually represented in the world (people using facial masks to protect themselves). Around the cell I incorporated a circle poem in which defines the virus, i.e symptoms, effects, and how it is perceived by the world. I then have an arrow pointing to the word which symbolizes this is what the virus leads to in humanity and the globe. To the right we see the world with many different all the people all over the world joined together. This is to represent that even during this difficult and pressing time, humanity works together to heal one another. Humanity will come out strong, and keep the world (our home) healthy. There is another circle poem around the globe in which represents how humanity is impacted by the virus. In the bottom left hand corner I added a little image representing the "Stay at Home" order, in which is a historical event that has occurred due to the CoronaVirus. -
2020-04-28
Celebrating
This is a meme surfing Twitter that has grossed popular attention. Although it pertains to only a very specific group of individuals, it's an insight to common conversation during the pandemic. It is one of the satires that people can only live in to understand. -
2020-04-28
Spring Roses
This is one of my rose bushes that is in bloom during this quarantine. I believe it is important to find solace during these unusual times. Gardening comforts me and it is important for others to find something that comforts them. -
2020-04-28
The Signs of COVID-19
This image documents some of the signs that are being used in public to inform the community about the precautions that we all need to take during the pandemic. -
2020-04-28
Lines at the lake
This quarantine is something we're all not used to. The inside has been interesting , but I have found another childhood memory to revisit. Fishing! This week I have knocked the dust off the old fishing rods and hit the lake. It's a great place to bond with your family and get some fresh air! We are still taking safety precautions as well, but it has been great. The view, fresh air, and outside bonding time has been much needed. I have caught a few things but as I'm revisiting a childhood memory I'm also visiting a childhood fear! Getting the fishes off the hook. Still afraid of the slimy things but it has been a time well spent. -
2020-04-28
Man of many Mask.
This is a image of the many mask I have used while having to work during these hard times. My company really went above and beyond to make sure everybody is safe and healthy. *Cory Perrymon (Me) -
2020-04-28
REL 101 Project
This image illustrates the social distancing practices that are taking place in Safeway. These social distancing posters are everywhere in the store to remind people to be at a distance from anyone else. This serves as a safety measure for everyone’s health. #REL101 -
2020-04-28
A Local Road Sign
The image shows a road sign that would normally give information on the road giving information on Covid-19. *REL -
2020-04-28
Sewing Masks
This image shows a mother sewing masks for her and her family to use while in public areas, while going to the bank or getting groceries, so as to not get sick from Covid-19. -
2020-04-28
Life After People
Brooklyne Hurley, age 22, has found COVID-19 to cause a lot of reflection for her. When asked how she was entertaining herself, she said "I've mostly just been painting." The piece featured above was inspired by Brooklyne wondering "what would life be like after people. What we've done here isn't just going to go away. These plastics won't ever leave and the Earth has to deal with that, not us." -
2020-04-28
Spring Semester
This is where I am forced to spend the majority of my time. My pastimes are online and now my classes are too. I can not get a break from screens. -
2020-04-28
My Covid-19 Experience
Brenna Condon 4/28/2020 Covid-19 Archives My Covid-19 Experience I had just left London, England on March 10, and two days later, the entire United States cancelled all international travel. Another two days later, domestic travel was restricted. My family and I had just barely missed it and could have been stuck in a foreign country indefinitely. This was so scary to us all, but we were relieved to get home. But we still decided to self-quarantine once back just to be sure. After two full weeks back, no one had experienced any of the symptoms. My parents both work for American Airlines, so they come into contact with hundreds of people daily. 90% of flights were cancelled, but even with that, they are still currently (April 28th) being called out to flights which scares the hell out of me. It only takes one person to infect hundreds around them, and that could be my parents. My dad had just come home from a Philadelphia flight, and he had gotten sick on it and said he had the chills as I picked him up from the airport. I drove us home with my tshirt pulled up over my nose just in case, as we did not have any masks with us at the time. My mom and I carefully sanitized anything he could have touched and made him sequester himself to the guest bedroom where he stayed for 48 hours. The third day of symptoms, he was strong enough to call a pop-up clinic and request to have the Covid test to see if he had contracted it. He had priority to take a test since he is considered an essential worker and had a great amount of exposure very recently. Luckily, we found out the following day that it was negative and we were all so relieved. But it is still quite possible that we had it earlier in the year when my mom and I had the weirdest ‘flu-like’ symptoms that lasted over a week. If I am able, I would like to take the antibody test to know if I could be able to donate blood or plasma to those who need it the most. The Coronavirus and the national lock-downs is an experience I will never forget and hope to never see again. -
2020-04-28
Keeping Perspective
An interaction with someone from Lybia. -
2020-04-28
REL A local Church notice
This local church has signs posted all across their doors to update members on how they shall proceed in the midst of COVID-19, and how they will be able to remain connected through these unsettling times. They are continuing to do live stream masses. I found the wording of the note extremely special as they note "dispensed all of the faithful from the obligation" so that these members do not feel like they are doing a disservice or sin by not attending their normal mass routines. -
2020-04-28
How I attend mass on Sundays.
This is a picture of my phone on my desk watching Sundays mass during the pandemic. Its pope Francis sunday's mass. -
2020-04-28
Small Community Library
This is an image of a community library in my neighborhood where people can come and take a book and replace it with their own contribution. Because it is usually touched by many people it has been closed. This tell us that it is necessary to social distance and quarentine for the safety of yourself and others.#REL101 -
2020-04-28
Powerful Together
A personal account of the pandemic #REL101 -
2020-04-28
Match Day 2020
As the COVID-19 Pandemic has swept across the country many colleges have made changes to their celebrations and ceremonies. University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix annually celebrates their fourth-year medical students next steps into residencies with Match Day. On Friday, March 13, 2020 medical students across the country opened sealed envelopes to discover which residency program they would be going to this June. University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix traditionally celebrates this in-person signature event with flash mobs, confetti, streamers and special contraptions that house these envelopes. This year, the college found a way to have all the students, families, faculty and staff celebrate this event virtually. I wanted to share this video with you as a reminder that even during a pandemic, good things do happen; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B5ozKpW_60. Congratulations Class of 2020 and best wishes for a wonderful future. -
2020-04-28
music bringing us together
An account of how a local church is helping with the pandemic #REL101 -
2020-04-28
A brief memoir written by a trapped Chineses student at ASU
It is the third week after transition of classes started in ASU. My life started to become monotone after the spring break which was 3.17. Dining hall did not allow dine-in anymore. The chairs inside the nearest dining hall—Hassayampa, were all put away and sanitized towels were placed in bowls on tables. The dining hall staffs began to provide us with disposable plastic boxes to fill the meals and they even wore glosses to prevent spreading epidemic. The transitioning of classes announced by ASU was said to maintain for two weeks, but it was extended through the semester at the end of the first week after spring break. My first roommate decided to go back home right after the new policy, and my second and third roommate moved out during the second week, which left me alone in the dorm. My daily routine is: wake up--breakfast--online classes--dining hall--dorm--online classes--dining hall-- dorm--homework or video games. It was not as monotone as weekdays during the weekends, since I could spend more time on leisure instead of studying. In the light of the epidemic, I was discouraged by myself as well as my parents and the local government to do any social contacts. But thanks to the virtual technologies, I use zoom to make video contacts with my friends and Wechat to contact with my parents. They worry about my safety in U.S. because they are mostly back in China where the epidemic is approximately purged; in the contrast, the cases in U.S. are increasing. They fear the public order here are disrupted and urge me to hoard food in case that the dining hall might close or something worse happen. Most importantly, they all ask me to wear mask if I am outdoor. In U.S., I barely see people wearing masks outdoor, which is greatly opposite in China. Here is a fun fact that can explain why CDC does not recommend people wearing masks: Half of the production of masks among the world are in China, which explains why CDC does not recommend wearing masks while purchasing masks from other countries to meet the need of medical staffs. CDC may explain that no empirical results prove wearing masks can prevent the spreading of virus, but if it really can’t, then the epidemic in China will not get better than it used to be with the help of masks. Few people wearing masks in U.S. is my greatest concern, because it cannot efficiently slow down the spreading rate of Covid-19. Based on the status quo of epidemic in U.S., cases will keep growing and need time of months to see the turning point. And even now, the travel level for China is still “4”, which means Chinese are not allowed to enter U.S. Because I bought the flight ticket to China at the end of this semester, I am afraid that I will be declined to reenter U.S. even during August. I truly wish the epidemic around the world will stop in the coming months and the vaccine for Covid-19 can be successfully produced. Stay healthy, wash hands frequently, keep social distances and wear masks if you can. -
2020-04-28
REL Arizona State University Ghost Town
I work at the Sun Devil Card Office a the Memorial Union on the ASU campus. These are the signs that are on every door of the MU that has been closed. Usually, the Memorial Union is filled with people at the food court, dining hall, or just studying, but now there is nobody but the 10 employees that still clean/ roam the building. The virus has made this lively campus a ghost town. Students and faculty haven't been on the campus since spring break. This shows you just how serious this pandemic is. Usually, around this time, students would be studying for finals in the MU or the library, but now there is no one studying here. -
2020-04-28
week of april 27
Week of April 27, 2020 I am from Myrtle Beach, SC and as most people know South Carolina was one of the first states to open back up after President Trump gave his blessings to each governor to make their own decision regarding how quickly and what to open up and what to restrict. During this entire month, Covid 19 has revealed some uncomfortable truths about America. Every day brings a reminder that we are a country of extreme haves and have nots – and this applies to people have accurate information. We as a country have the most Nobel prizes in science and also the most willfully ignorant people when it comes to understanding science. How else can we explain electing a low information buffoon who pushes bullshit cures and disinformation that will actually kill people. Injecting disinfectant??? Really? Trump knows that there is no disinfectant at stores. But he like many Americans believes that science is just an opinion instead of trying to understand it. These people are far better at dismissing inconvenient science than trying to understand how it will affect their lives. Thinking is hard. Repeating memes is fun. And after all, isn’t not believing in Darwinism really Darwinism? When facts are inconvenient, these folks just scream that “I can’t hear you.” This goes to prove another fact, that America cares more about the corporate health of its companies that the actual health of its citizens. Corporations got most of the bailout cash. And corporations and the politicians corporations pay are behind the “grassroots” push to prematurely open America. Georgia has one of the lowest rates of testing in the country and it is the first to completely reopen. That’s what happens when you make medical decisions for political reasons. Like the mayor of Las Vegas offering to make her city a control group with testing. It would be like a doctor saying they were going to treat cancer with lower taxes. Republican governors believe that sacrifices have to be made for corporate profits. Frankly, I don’t want to be a statistic. And because of trump’s attitude toward this has been that he won’t take any blame, our response to the pandemic has been ad hoc, conflicting, and piecemeal. Some states have had responses founded on research surrounded by states with policies founded on Twitter hashtags. It is amazing to some that viruses don’t respect state lines or how deadly they are. The conflicting responses are like having a no smoking section in my car or a no peeing section in my bathtub. I have to give credit for most of this post to a post I follow on Facebook called Mrs. Betty Bowers. It reflects my feelings and frustrations but says it far better than I could. -
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. -
2020-04-28
What Spring has Sprung 2: Children Help around the Store in Bronx
A sign in the window of the corner store in the Bronx written in a child's handwriting. -
2020-04-28
how to stop covid
if we had a time machine we could of took out the bat and put chicken in it -
2020-04-28
What Spring has Sprung 1: School Crossing Guard in Bronx
School Crossing Guards are essential workers. Children who have not- continue to frequent the school during the lunch hour. -
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. -
2020-04-28
Waiting to Return #1
When the school closed, it was unlike any other closing. Teachers left up the bulletin boards and projects were still hanging from the ceilings. Do we take down the maps and put away our figurines on our desk to keep from dust? When will we return? It's only March. The school year isn't over yet. A month later, the classrooms are still wondering. The teachers are still hoping. The students are still asking.The wishers are still wishing. The prayers are still praying. -
2020-04-28
New Love and New Hobbies
I have been trying new things to get creative as well as finding new love during this crazy time. -
2020-04-28
Computer Antivirus Mask Meme
Screenshot from Facebook of meme. Woman is wearing an Antivirus software CD as a face mask with a second image underneath making a joke that her mask is "beyond science". -
2020-04-28
Ross County, Ohio Food Bank During CoVid19
Screenshot from Facebook of Ross County, Ohio Community Action's Good Samaritan Food Bank's advertisement for free home delivery during the CoVid19 crisis to senior citizens, persons with disabilities or medically compromised, and other at-risk residents. -
2020-04-28
Tiger Cow & Tiger Kings
Screenshot from Facebook of four images of two farmers who painted their cow with tiger stripes and dressed up like Joe Exoctic from the Netflix Docu-series "Tiger King". -
2020-04-28
Flat Earth Social Distancing Meme
Screenshot of a Meme shared on Facebook about Flat Earthers being scared that social distancing could cause people to fall off the edges of the Earth. -
2020-04-28
CoVid19 Meme - Counting and Naming Stones
Meme posted to Facebook about CoVid19. Jokes about being bored and counting stones/naming stones in a wall. -
2020-04-28
A Personal Reflection on the Pandemic
In early March of 2020, it was business as usual. I had a full schedule that included a 50 hour a week job, classes at Arizona State University, friends to socialize with, and of course, my family. As the next fifty-five days (and counting) marched on, everything changed. First, my workstation, a nice area with two large monitors, printer, and scanner was reduced to my kitchen table. There I had the luxury of no commute, but I was relegated to a small ten-inch laptop and none of the other accoutrements of my office. I realized that my breaks, often taken outside, had been taken for granted all these years. More importantly, I missed the social engagement of my colleagues and supervisor. School work was the least impacted by the pandemic. I was already working on my curriculum online so there was little impact. I did miss having the option to study in a public forum, as all public areas become vacant. I think the biggest change and challenge from the current two-month quarantine revolves around my family and friends. My husband and I use weekends and vacations to go to the lake, ride motorcycles, and meet friends for dinner. Birthdays and Easter rolled by without the usual gatherings and celebrations. Churches gathered online for services; a major shift from thousands of years establishing a place for worship. Social media played a larger part in my life, but there really is not a substitute for human interaction. There is an emotional gap that is lost when the interaction is two dimensional on the phone or computer via FaceTime and Zoom Meetings. I believe that much will change once things return to “normal”. It will be commonplace to see people wearing medical masks. Social distancing (staying six feet apart) will be marked in supermarkets and malls going forward. People, homes, cars, and offices will be cleaner on a daily basis. The most positive change, hopefully, will be the inclusion and follow up on our elderly friends, family, and neighbors. Many will have similar difficulties getting out, even after the quarantine is lifted. Our newfound awareness should impact all mankind, as we work harder to take care of one another. -
2020-04-28
A Local Temple Sign
We are all struggling right now in some way, and I want this image to serve as a reminder for everyone to keep their heads up during this extremely difficult time and to keep pushing onwards:) #REL101 -
2020-04-28
Barbie is a Masker
Watching the daughter of a friend of mine design an outfit for her Barbie doll. She cut up a glove to create a top, added bright pink feathers and used the eye mask...as her face mask. -
2020-04-28
Notes during Class 1
This image is apart of a series of screenshots taken during lessons via Microsoft Teams.Teaching my third graders from afar has become a challenge and a blessing at the same time. None of us knew of Mr. Microsoft Teams until we were forced to meet him. The way he impacts our lives is sometimes frustrating and other times satisfying. Unlike classroom noise, the chat that goes on during lessons are now mixed in with the lesson and available for all to participate- including the teacher! It's silent and said with caution and other times daring. (I've blurred the faces and redacted the names to protect the students' privacy.) -
2020-04-28
My Thoughts on COVID-19
#REL101 a personal account on the pandemic