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2020-05-06
Greenville, SC Chicken processing plant demonstrates failures of US infrastructure
Two screenshots telling a story about the House of Raeford chicken processing plant less than a mile from my home and a larger story about the failure of the US infrastructure at this time. About 2 weeks ago we began to hear rumors that the meat supply was likely to be affected by the pandemic, workers were becoming sick in huge numbers and the processing plants were closing down. At the same time many of them were currently overloaded with products that they could not sell to restaurants and schools. 10 days ago the processing plant down the road held a huge sale on their overstock meat. Several thousand people lined up in their cars for miles down the road. They hung out in the parking lots of other businesses and moved in and out of them while waiting in the line. Very few people were masked ; none of the plant employees were masked. A few days after the sale President Trump declared meat packing plants essential for the economy and required them to stay open tho he provided no funds for PPE for workers nor any real guidelines on how to keep them safe. 7 days after the huge sale at the House of Raeford plant they reported positive cases amongst their workers. They refuse to say how many people are infected out of privacy concerns. At every step of the way the people involved should have been able to trust the government to keep us safe and we have not been able to. We should have been able to trust in our food supply or at least in the information we received about it so we didn't feel the need to panic buy food. The workers should have been protected from the start and definitely after they were ordered to work. We should be able to know what information to trust to make informed decisions regarding our lives and the lives of our fellow citizens. The US government is spectacularly failing to provide the least feeling of stability at this time. -
2020-05-06
Twitter post showing how Gionino's Pizzeria will not force patrons to wear a mask
A Twitter post showing a sign on the window of Gionino's Pizzeria in Orville, Ohio. The post is documenting out a developing division between people who advocate for the widespread wearing of masks to prevent infections and people who believe that being asked to wear a mask infringes upon their individual liberties. -
2020-05-06
Careful Czechia. Yana G
I would love to tell a short story of how it is going in Czech republic during quarantine 2020, being a russian gringo and a student. I'm 23 years old, all my friends in the same age as well. Some of us used to work, some are still studying. When in Czechia started quarantine, it was only 3 or 4 people with Covid. Everybody agreed that quarantine started early enough, and that was a good thing. By the way, there was no panic on the streets or in supermarkets. It seemed like czechs already were prepared. Schools closed immediately , and they're closed still. Every teacher is in contact and fully understands, that this stress makes us, students, less productive. But still doing homework is almost impossible. My friends with asian look were discriminated a little, but we totally understood that it's just for a while, that it's normal fear, I was afraid of everybody walking by me on the streets or making noise like coughing. We are waiting for a normal life. Waiting and pretending, that we still have this life. We work out, cook, draw, make photosets, play ukulele and have a good time with a little taste of fear in the mouth. Friends that used to work, don't have any chance to come back to there work. It's kinda stressful, cause who will help us, non-czech and non-adult? Of course, I can say, that the problem should be solved by Czech state, that they should help us, or maybe at least I should be angry. But honestly, I'm greatful for being here, with careful Czechs and my friends, for being studying from home and having computer from school (yes, they helped with this). For starting finely my small blog about art. And for saving my favourite small coffee shop that is still working and making damn good coffee. -
2020-05-06
Peace Within
A representation of peace found amidst the chaos of the pandemic. The background signifies the news we hear on a daily basis, and the yoga pose symbolizes a healthy way to cope and counteract this. The butterflies are a symbol of release.