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2020-05-15
Take All Precautions
Front stoop on Chestnut Street; someone, presumably a tenant, has put the masks recommended by the CDC on a Green Man sculpture and a lion statue. We have to find fun & joy where we can! *I don't know who put the masks on the sculptures. Photograph taken by Ashley Enochs. *Ashley Enochs, Boston MA -
2020-05-15
Academic analysis of federalism and coronavirus
A student's paper on how federalism in the US has impacted the country's response to COVID-19. -
2020-05-15
Student Paper on Federalism and Coronavirus
A student's paper discussing the federal government's response to COVID-19. -
2020-05-15
College During Quarentine
So the semester is basically over now. While I do have a few more days to finish up final projects I’m just about finished. With that I can confidently say that being in college during a pandemic is strange, and finals during this has been absolutely wild. I’ve had classes where teachers simplified everything to help the students deal with everything, but I’ve also had teachers essentially double the workload each week because we “have more time now.” I have teachers and classmates talking about my home over zoom. I’ve missed entire classes because the email with the link and time for the zoom meeting didn’t show up until an hour after it ended. Staying motivated has been more and more difficult as time has gone on, and with every class opting for a final project or essay rather than a test has left me with less time than before, especially when I also need to help my family. All-nighters have gone from once or twice a semester to a weekly occurrence, and even then, I still barely kept up with everything. I can’t begin to explain how excited I am to have nothing to do like everyone else. -
2020-05-15
My COVID-19 Experience
My name is Kylan Ritchie. I am a fourteen-year-old freshman from a small town near Clarksville, Tennessee. I am homeschooled due to the fact that I am a professional actress. COVID-19 did not have any effect on my school however, it has had a temporary effect on my job. I normally have a summer acting job but, due to COVID-19, I will be spending my summer at home. During my time in quarantine, which started on March 18th, I have learned various things about myself, my friends, and my family. Personally, I have learned that when I set my mind to something, in this circumstance, that was school, I can achieve a lot more than I believed. I learned that I am a procrastinator and that is something that I am attempting to fix. Also, I have learned that I do, in fact, have the mental stability to stay locked away in my house for long periods of time. My situation is different in comparison to my friends because of my father and grandmother. My dad has a heart condition and will be turning sixty this year and consequently, he has a higher chance of getting the virus and it being life threatening. Likewise, my grandmother has severe asthma and has an even higher chance of dying if she were to catch the virus. Because of this, I have been strictly following the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines to shelter in place as well as the Tennessee government’s stay at home order. Although, it has been fairly difficult because my friends and family have not followed the same guidelines that I have been following. Many of my friends have not been social distancing at all after Tennessee’s government decided to lift its stay at home order. A few of my friends have found that seeing their boyfriends or girlfriends, seeing other friends, or going out to eat is more important than social distancing or quarantining. Some states have begun lifting their stay at home orders and have seen a spike in cases and deaths. In my home state of Tennessee specifically, phase one of reopening has begun. After the reopening began, there was a 130 percent increase in cases in Tennessee. In the U.S. according to recent updates, by May 14, 2020, there has been a total of 1.47 million confirmed cases with 88,144 deaths across the U.S. and it is rising every day. The amount of deaths correlating with COVID-19 has now surpassed the American death toll of both WWI and the Vietnam War. The sad thing is, the death toll and infection rate continues to climb however, many state governments have decided to open everything up once more, massive amounts of citizens are refusing to wear protection while out in public, and violence has begun between mask wearers and non-mask wearers. When we look back in America’s history, we can see how America was able to overcome various epidemics going back to the smallpox breakout from 1633-1634 that killed 70 percent of the Native American population. In the beginning, America never truly quarantined as many families in the 14th century had done during the Black Plague, also known as the Black Death, outbreak. One of the first mentions of quarantine due to an illness in America was during the yellow fever outbreak. After attempting to have state and local governments handle the containment of the illness with zero success, Congress passed the federal quarantine legislation in 1878. This did not conflict with the states’ rights, it showed that the federal government was ready to involve itself in the quarantine activities of America. The legislation gave the Surgeon General the ability to, “[m]ake and enforce such regulations as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or possessions, or from one State or possession into any other State of possession.” Many epidemics in the U.S. such as the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 and the diphtheria epidemic of 1921-1925 have given me hope due to the fact that, in the end, a vaccine was created and licensed in order to lower the chance of America having another wave of that disease. For example, the Spanish flu, though it was horrible, and many people died from it, ended with the very first flu vaccine that would later stop millions of people from being infected. I believe that COVID-19, as of May 15, 2020, is far from over. There are still many waves to come unless people begin to quarantine and take precautions, or a vaccine is created. History shows that, in most cases, it takes a great deal of time to create a vaccine for diseases of this capacity. For this reason, I believe that many government related actions could be taken in order to prevent further spreading of the virus. In the end, I have decided to follow the advice of scientist and doctors who are seeing firsthand, what this virus is made of, what it does to a person’s body, and how it spreads. -
2020-05-15
Covid Playground
This is a photo I took while out for a walk at a park that I grew up by. It was a park I had been going to all my life, and a playground that saw me as a 3 year old. Never in my life have I seen it closed. But on that day, I saw a sign that declared it closed until further notice, to stop the spread of the virus. It was straight out of fiction to me, because I had never seen anything like it. I was shocked, and had another of the (too common nowadays) moments of "wow, this is really happening." -
2020-05-15
The Bank
This is a photo I took in line at the bank, when I had to deposit a paycheck. I took this photo because of all the stories I herd about during the depression, when people would line up at the bank, demanding their money back. Was this the case on that day? Maybe, but probably not. Is this another great depression. I sure hope not. *Original text in "Contributor:" Matthew Paluzzi, Fordham University, SOCI4421 -
2020-05-15
Mobile Palm Sunday
This was a funny story. We were walking around for a bit in my grandmother's neighborhood, when we saw a priest in a car while we were crossing the street. My dad gave him a bowing gesture, and in return, the priest gave him a sign of the cross. But then, once we had crossed the street, the car pulled over to us, and offered to give us our Palm Sunday palms. He told us they had been sanitized, and blessed, and that he had a whole box of them he had been giving out. He told us that he had been going around all day giving palms and blessing to people. It was quite the uplifting experience, as we hadn't at all expected to get anything Palm Sunday related this year. -
2020-05-15
Gente Peruana sigue trabajando para garantizar la electricidad y minería
Las industrias de electricidad y la minería siguen trabajando, y esta video de promoción conecta este trabajo al economía general. -
2020-05-15
Hayden and Osborn Starbucks #2
Another image advertising Starbucks’ mobile in store pick up. Otherwise, lobby is closed. Drive thru remains open to cash and card payment. -
2020-05-15
Peru en tus manos - para ciudadanos en aislamiento social obligatorio
El aplicativo "Perú en tus manos" incluye una funcionalidad especial para los ciudadanos con #COVID19 que están en aislamiento social obligatorio -
2020-05-15
Niños pueden salir media hora en Peru
Empezando el 18 de mayo los menores de 14 años pueden salir de sus casas....hasta 5 cuadras. Y no pueden jugar con pelotas ni bici, pero pueden salir. -
2020-05-15
SideBar Nola Hosts Virtual Concert Series, New Orleans, LA
SideBar Nola, typically a haven for live local music, hosts virtual concerts with musicians streaming in from their homes or performing directly from the club. -
2020-05-15
Corona Virus
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2020-05-15
Life during Covid-19
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2020-05-15
Living through Covid-19
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2020-05-15
A current trend of epidemics/pandemics
This picture is food for thought, and for a while was pretty popular as it circulated around the internet. This meme is misleading as it implies that outbreaks are "planted" and do not occur naturally. These kind of posts drive more ideas into the brains of civilians that conspire against the government. The meme itself has incorrect information of the years that the outbreaks have been reported, such as SARS being first reported in 2003 and swine flu pandemic was reported in spring 2009. Posts like these are trending on all different social media platforms that are misleading people with wrong information, making them have more hatred for the government. It is interesting to see how much people want to blame the government for outbreaks and create patterns in order to place blame on other human beings, not taking into consideration the biological factors that of the viruses themselves. #CSUS #HIST15H *Submitted text in "Creator": unknown, taken from twitter and a secondary source. taken from a blog written by Bethania Palma on March 3, 2020 -
2020-05-15
Line for Antibody Testing, New Orleans, LA
Folks waiting in line for coronavirus antibodies test outside of PACE, an elderly care facility affiliated Ministry of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans repurposed for COVID-19 testing during the pandemic. This test facility is running a study to see if people are asymptomatic or have antibodies. -
2020-05-15
"Graduate Together," Mural by BMike, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans-based visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums painted this mural outside of his studio in the Bywater neighborhood honoring students who will not be able to attend their graduation ceremony due to Coronavirus. The mural reads "Graduate Together; nobody gonna take my crown; dedicated to the class of 2020; keep growing; BMike." This mural will be included in a nationally broadcast television special honoring the Class of 2020. -
2020-05-15
"You Can't Sit Here" Sign, New Orleans, LA
A sign on a table outside of Cake Cafe reads "Sorry, the mayor says you can't sit here." On Saturday, May 16th, New Orleans is transitioning from a stay-at-home order to a Phase 1 "safest at home" order allowing some businesses to reopen with restrictions aimed to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. -
2020-05-15
Quarantine buzz cut selfie
A selfie of my fresh quarantine buzz cut. I decided to shave my hair off when it became overgrown as a very potent sign that I will not be going to get a hair cut until it is actually safe to do so, not just safe for me as the consumer but safe for people whose job it is to cut hair. There is a lot of tension in the US at this time between people who feel that we need to open up the economy in order to facilitate a speedy return of the status quo and those who argue that it is not worth losing more lives to save the economy. I wanted it to be visually clear that I do not intend to endanger someone else or be part of their having to choose between financial ruin and physical illness simply for the sake of my own vanity. -
2020-05-15
A personal account of the pandemic.
A personal account of the pandemic