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2020-11-21
Pandemic fast food
A comic strip about Covid-19 -
2020-11-21
Pandemics are the Pits: Olives and Fatherhood in Nov 2020
This story describes the terrifying lengths a person will go to in order to address pandemic-caused boredom in their child. -
2020-11-21
Romance Despite the Pandemic
Despite the pandemic and all it entailed, I was able to meet my current boyfriend and fall in love. He has made this uncertain time, incredibly better. -
2020-11-21
Plague of the year
My family member actually came down with the virus. She said she seemed fine and normal. She had to stay in her room for 2 weeks and couldn't even go outside. She got it from one of her friends and she wasn't able to go and see her friends when she stayed in her room. After two weeks, she took another test and tested negative but still wore a mask around the house and whenever she left her room. -
2020-11-21
University COVID Isolation Experience
This is a photograph of my final meal delivery on the 17th consecutive day of Northeastern University’s COVID isolation. I woke up the morning after election day to a text from one of my friends saying that he tested positive with COVID. Northeastern is very thorough with their COVID protocol, and I knew that I was minutes away from a phone call from the university telling me that I was contact traced. Immediately, I packed my suitcase and made sure to pack a pillow and blanket as I knew they weren't provided. Shortly after, my case manager called me and gave me instructions to move to the quarantine dorm and begin my 14-day lockdown. Most of my friends that were contact traced with me had their parents pick them up to avoid the very unappealing experience. The ability to work in person is crucial for my parents, so I would have felt very guilty if I brought COVID into the house. My decision to stay was very challenging, as the 14 days were incredibly daunting. Completely my usual schoolwork felt way more difficult because of the unmotivating environment. The food made the experience way more difficult; I couldn't receive any outside meals. On my 7th day, halfway through, I woke up to several university voicemails urging me to call back immediately. My heart was racing while on hold because the intent of the call was obvious to me. Sure enough, they explained that I had tested positive and needed to follow new procedures. The worst part was my duration extension. The protocol is ten days after a positive result landing me at a total of 17 days. Fortunately, my professors were very understanding given the circumstances, and I made up the assignments I missed from the ordeal. As a young and healthy person, the symptoms I faced were very mild and curtailed in only a few days. We were all so surprised that it took me an entire week from exposure to test positive. I was satisfied that I stayed in quarantine and avoided bringing the virus home. The more excited I was to leave, the slower the days went by. I kept my bags from my daily food deliveries to illustrate the time I had been in quarantine. Picking up my last bag from the hall was a fantastic feeling; I knew that I could return to my regular routine the following morning. After leaving, the university's restrictions that used to bother me seemed so insignificant. I realized that following the protocol was commendable because we all want things to go back to normal. -
2020-11-21
Traveling During Corona
There is always extreme anxiety while traveling during this pandemic. The most recent time I went on an airplane, there was a lady who refused to put on a mask and I was leaving from a country where case numbers were rising quickly. It was terrifying as we were all in an enclosed space. The flight attendant had to ask her many times to please keep on a mask but she refused. They ended up having to call security at the arrival destination. -
2020-11-21
The much-hyped Hong Kong-Singapore 'travel bubble' is postponed amid Covid-19 spike
The "travel bubble" planned between Hong Kong and Singapore has been postponed due to a spike of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong. -
2020-11-21
HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 79
Perception over truth -
2020-11-21
#ENDSARS protest shooting
The article describes the shooting that occurred in Nigeria during a protest October 20, 2020 -
2020-11-21
Healthcare Workers Shunned During Pandemic
This article discusses how healthcare workers across the US are being shunned by their community due to fears they may have the COVID-19 virus. This article was very interesting and as a healthcare worker it was interesting to hear the concerns of the community -
2020-11-21
Essential Jobs
This image represents essential businesses like meat packaging plants that fed america during the pandemic. Essential Jobs like these were hotspots during the pandemic but were critical to feeding americans. -
2020-11-21
Food Bank Lines
During the COVID-19 pandemic there were food lines in many metro cities. One city in particular that had long lines was Dallas, Texas. -
2020-11-21
Time
During COVID-19 I had three family members die. The hospitals were not allowing visitors, one thing I would want back from the pandemic was time.