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2020-03-19
Drone footage of San Francisco #HIST5241
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2020-03-22
Drone footage of New York #HIST5241
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03/16/2020
Drone footage of Spain #HIST5241
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2020-03-19
Drone footage of Paris #HIST5241
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2020-03-16
Drone footage of Italy #HIST5241
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2020-03-21
Drone Footage Nashville
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2020-03-20
Drone Footage of Los Angeles #HIST5241
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01/28/2020
Drone footage of Wuhan #HIST5241
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2020-03-19
Boston Drone footage of empty streets #HIST5241
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2020-03-27
The Arizona Historical Society sent an email highlighting its online exhibits and other resources, particularly targeting children and youth.
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2020-03-29
Brazilian President tries to downplay the effects of COVID-19 and urges people to keep working
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2020-03-29
In North Carolina, I am located 10 miles away from Raleigh. Wake County has closed all non-essential businesses, until April 17th. This is a huge loss in Raleigh's economy, let alone the world's. Raleigh is the hub for business personnel, dine-in cuisine, and leisure fun. 71/100 counties in North Carolina have at least one case of COVID-19. My county, Wake County, has over 134 reported cases. This is extremely scary, as we are such a small county, and people in fast food are still expected to work since they are considered "essential". It is a scary time for all of us, and especially those who are autoimmune compromised. Our Governor, Roy Cooper, has mandated a stay at home order for all who live in North Carolina. However, there is a lot of issues of people still going to the beaches on the coast and not social distancing. North Carolina police have begun to find people who are seen in groups larger than 5. It is to ensure that the virus does not spread to others, and keep the stay in home order a necessity. There is a bar graph to indicate the reported cases in North Carolina attached, and it was posted by David Raynor Source: NC DHHS and county health departments.
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2020-03-09
Fishing's necessity for large spaces between anglers makes it a good way to practice social distancing
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2020-03-28
The Giving Tree, an organic market in Linden, Virginia (about one hour west of Washington, D.C.) shifts to online pick up only in response to Covid-19. The old country store across the highway remains open with no restrictions, because the owner thinks the whole pandemic thing is being exaggerated.
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2020-03-27
New Balance contributing to the shortage of personal protective equipment needed for healthcare professionals by producing prototypes of face masks in their facilities.
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2020-03-10
A customer left behind a package of toilet paper, where another customer picked up and decided to check out. The customer realized that "his" toilet paper was gone and wanted it back, arguing with the cashier. It was the last package in the store.
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2020-03-27
Restaurants here are allowed to offer takeout or delivery, so my favorite corner muffin shop is staying open. Staff have placed three pieces of packaging tape on the floor to mark where customers should stand to maintain appropriate physical distance from each other.
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2020-03-25
Trabajadores de limpieza, workers in municipal cleanup demand a bonus similar to the S/380 bonus given to Peru's poorest citizens
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2020-03-28
I am very uncertain as to what to write in these journal entries or what people will want to see years from now when they are learning about the COVID-19 pandemic. I don’t know if anyone will even read this. I have never kept a journal or log, but with the events going on in the world right now I feel like I should. Being a history major I feel like this is a perfect way to preserve something that people will read and learn about years from now. There is a lot of uncertainty in the world at the moment. There are people getting laid off from their jobs because they do not want to work to shelter themselves from the virus. We are all supposed to be in quarantine but I feel like people are not taking seriously. Today at work people were just coming in to get out of the house.
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2020-03-16
Daily blog post of an assistant professor who’s had to go remote
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2020-03-23
A sign in a bottleshop, Liquorland, advising customers that vodka doesn’t work as a hand sanitiser. Shows the scarcity of hand sanitiser at this time!
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2020-03-28
Memes about covid-19 are prevalent on the internet.
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2020-03-28
Tieks, an online retailer of foldable flats, started a campaign to get masks sewn for healthcare workers. Because of the shortage of masks, healthcare workers are reusing disposable masks or even going without. Tieks is offering gift cards for customers that sew masks and then donate them to local hospitals or other healthcare sites.
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03/28/2020
A blood drive on Phoenix, with social distancing imposed so we don't harm each other while trying to save each other. Seemed a little on the nose
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2020-03-14
Blog post
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2020-03-28
I have spent the first half of my life being angry at my mother, and the second half forgiving her. She was insensitive, narcissistic, and at times, downright cruel. There were, of course, reasons, explanations, and perhaps understandings of my mom’s behavior and I have made a lifetime study of her so that I would not be like her as a mother. And I was not. I even published a memoir about life with her and after her.
Now, in the time of Corona Virus, I find myself attributing many of my strengths to my mother. I have not been frightened by this pandemic. Rather, I think I’m coming into my finest hour. I am strong, positive, and yes, even happy.
When I was a child, my mother would not “allow” me to be sick. There was no sympathy for illness. If I “chose” to be ill, I would have to stay in bed, eat nothing but tea and toast, and there was absolutely no TV nor friends. I was, after all, “sick.” With that scenario, I did not miss a day of school from third grade throughout high school. Now it is as if my body refuses to harbor a virus. I do take the prescribed precautions, but I do not even entertain the thought or fear of this virus. I do sense that if I did contract it, I would not be stopped by it.
My mother would not allow me to watch TV if the sun were shining, and so I learned the joy of the outdoors. “Go outside and play,” was her mantra on the non-school days. As an adult, I quickly learned that gardening is “playing in the dirt for adults,” and so now, isolated, I spend the sunny days – even the cold ones, out in my yard, either cleaning it up, laying down compost, or planting seeds. I do not turn on the television until after I’ve practiced my piano lesson and cleaned up the dinner dishes. Even then, I am so tired from the day, I only watch TV for an hour or so before I am off to bed.
Busying herself with her job and caring for her home, my mother had little or no time to share with me. “Get busy. Do something. Read a book or something,” was her order of the day. At age seven I taught myself to use the sewing machine; at eight I learned to knit. I embroidered and did crewel work. Later in life I took watercolor painting classes and resumed piano lessons with a magnificent teacher. I got busy. I seem not to have enough time in each day here, isolated at home, to catch up on my pastimes.
Now in the day of COVID-19, I finally have time to do all the things I love to do without being interrupted for social events or volunteer promises. And whom do you think I attribute all the myriad interest, health, and self-sufficiency I find myself graced with – my mother, who unwittingly gave me the tools to find joy in isolation and meaning in the mundane. I am doing fine in this time of the pandemic. Thank you, Mom.
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2020-03-21
Photo of a letter from Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, advising residents on ways to prevent the spread of the virus. Also provides information on how to receive regular updates. #HIST5241
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2020-03-27
Spreading positivity helps people cope with the stress imposed by this pandemic.
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2020-03-28
People are spreading positivity and getting creative in an effort to calm fears and express solitary.
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2020-03-24
An account of countries in violent conflict and ways to combat the spread of COVID-19.
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2020-03-24
It has been hard not seeing my friends for my 22 birthday. Over the past 4 years they have become more than my friends; they are my family. I came home for spring break March 4th expecting to come back before the 24th, but then it was extended until 22nd. Earlier this week, the president made all flights out of the New York area a mandatory quarantine for 2 weeks after they land. I do not want to put my roommates in a position where they cannot leave the home to get groceries. So I am waiting until everything dies down before I get to see them.
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2020-03-27
A quiet day at Burke Lake Park due to COVID-19.
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2020-03-19
Precision Boring Company was designated as part of the Critical Defense Industrial Base during the Covid-19 response.
Machinists at Precision Boring Company, considered essential employees, maintain physical distance while at work. #HIST5241
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2020-03-26
This blog post gives parents/teachers tips for implementing project based learning at home during COVID-19 school closures
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2020-03-26
An email from WIDA, an organization that supports language education, on resources that can be used during transitions to remote/online learning during the COVID-19 school closures
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2020-03-27
Text and images from the PJ Kennedy School Weebly created for communication during the COVID-19 school closures.
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2020-03-27
This shared document outlines all of the online work for students in grades K0-5 at the PJ Kennedy school in Boston, MA during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures. It includes detailed guidelines for specific assignments and resources that students should be using, and is broken down by grade level.
*Living Document (GoogleDoc) for the School Community, including teachers, staff, parents, and students
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2020-03-28
This article is about Nebraska Governor Ricketts' order to suspend evictions in Nebraska for late rent payments due to loss of income from Covid-19. However, this article makes note of those who are still unprotected by this order and the impact that eviction will have on them in the midst of a global pandemic.
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2020-03-27
This email from WGBH Education provides links to webinars and other resources for teachers who are transitioning their classes and students to remote/online learning because of COVID-19 related school closures.
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2020-03-27
This shared document outlines expectations for teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school staff at the PJ Kennedy School in Boston, MA during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures. It includes detailed guidelines for work hours, communication with students and families, and guidelines for working with particular student populations.
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March 27, 2020
This email provides links to resources for teachers as they transition their classes and students to remote/online learning, from the Facing History and Ourselves team.
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2020-03-28
Peruvian citizens can check this webpage to see if their household qualifies for the S/ 380 subsidy (approximately $111.50). http://yomequedoencasa.midis.gob.pe/subsidio-monetario.html
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2020-03-28
Peruvian website promoting the public health campaign. Peruvians can see if they qualify for the government subsidy of S/ 380 (approximately $111.50) http://yomequedoencasa.midis.gob.pe/
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2020-03-26
The image shows the president of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, with the Peruvian flag in the background and the text: "Se eleva a 13 días adicionales el estado de Emergencia en Perú. Hasta el 12 de abril." (The state of Emergency in Peru is being extended 13 days until April 12th).
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2020-03-26
Because of the quarantine, more people are staying inside. This means more Peruvians are cooking instead of eating out. The meme jokes that by the end of the quarantine period, people will be able to cook chaufa (a fried rice dish) like a professional chef.
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2020-03-26
Meme comparing a typical medicine cabinet to a Peruvian medicine cabinet
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2020-03-27
Mi familia: Esto de estar encerrados nos unirá más
Yo: QUIEN SE COMIO MI CUY
My family: Staying inside will bring us closer together
Me: WHO ATE MY GUINEA PIG
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2020-03-28
This meme is a play on the name of a popular chocolate stuffed with marsh-mellow called "Beso de moza." Beso means kiss in Spanish, so the idea is no besos, no kisses during social distancing.
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2020-03-28
Empty grocery store shelves at Fry's
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2020-03-28
A few snapshots of the very empty Arizona State University
