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2020-02-01
Email sent the University of Massachusetts Boston community announcing the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Massachusetts was in a UMass Boston student. The student had been in Wuhan, China and felt ill upon his return. The day after this return, he was tested and quarantined. The email includes information regarding coronavirus and steps students, faculty, and staff can take to help limit the spread of the virus in the coming months.
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March 11, 2020
Email from the five chancellors and the president of the University of Massachusetts system and UMass Boston Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Newman announcing the decision to shift to a remote-learning plan in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. The email also lays out specific expectations for faculty, staff, and students to prepare for the shift to remote learning and limit the activities of the UMass Boston community.
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2020-03-19
The image displays texts from the City of Boston's daily text service updating the public on developments related to the coronavirus. Messages provide updates on how many people are infected, remind residents to take necessary precautions, and alert residents to relevant closings and where to find more detailed information.
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2020-03-19
Global Level 4 Health Advisory from the U.S. Dept of State: "The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live in the United States should arrange for immediate return to the United States, unless they are prepared to remain abroad for an indefinite period."
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2020-03-18
An unexpected upside of the coronavirus - dolphins and swans appearing in the canals of Venice one week after the city's shutdown.
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2020-03-20
This shows texts between me and my mom about shopping for dog food. It shows the partially empty shelves in our local grocery store, Giant. It also captures technology at this time; my dad, unusually, does not have a smart-phone so I (20-year-old) have to translate for him.
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2020-03-14
This is one of many collective, creative responses to the Covid-19 coronavirus. The "About" description says, "Take the gifts of every hour: join in a daily art challenge, see others' projects, send ideas, and build a big, collaborative project with us." https://www.facebook.com/groups/artthevirus/about/
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Meme in light of covid-19
A joke on how ap exams will be in the future . Analyzing memes
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2020-03-20
A joke on how ap exams will be in the future . Analyzing memes
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2020-03-19
Screenshot from early in the hour and a half long performance given by the Indigo Girls on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. The singer-songwriter dup played from a house in Atlanta, with tiles or carpeting laid on the floor for sound. Despite inital issues with streaming, they carried on. By 7pm eastern there were over 50,000 people listening from around the world. They closed with "Closer to Fine" and "Galileo," encouraging fans to sing along.
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2020-03-20
The Ness of Brodgar dig season has been canceled in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Text of the announcement as follows:
Ness 2020 excavation cancelled
20TH MARCH 2020, 11:57 AM
We are very sorry to announce that due to the present COVID-19 situation and uncertainties surrounding this, all excavation and fieldwork at the Ness of Brodgar this summer is being cancelled and the site will be shut.
We intend however to keep busy by a very active online presence with special features and updates on what we’re doing etc – watch this space also for news of exciting new ways of supporting the Ness.
We are also busy bringing together a major interim report on the Ness which will be published in the near future, and working on the material excavated in previous years.
We are planning for 2021 and hope to see you then.
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2020-03-20
Colleague learns of a shipment of household supplies to the nearest CVS, returns triumphant. But not hoarding, he'd like to point out.
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2020-03-19
Local pharmacy without masks or alcohol gel during first week of quarentine
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2020-03-20
My father, a medical doctor, using a mask during self-quarentine. He has been coughing and sneezing for two days now, but no tests are available yet.
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2020-03-15
A letter from Mickey Mouse / Disney to kids as to why it has had to shut down Disney World/ Disney Land
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2020-03-19
Dear First Parish Family,
I saw this story yesterday and I was touched by the thoughtful and creative idea. Father Guiseppe Corbari pastors a church in Italy, and rather than live-stream in an empty sanctuary, he asked the church family to send in photographs of themselves. He printed them off and put them in the pews.
I love the idea of having you in the sanctuary with me as we observe the physical distancing recommendations. Please send your photos to me (scott.cousineau@firstparishsaco.org). I would love to see your faces looking back at me on Sunday morning!
Grace and Peace to you,
Scott
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2020-03-19
Bailey Twing does her first-grade school work from home with her Grandma.
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2020-03-18
The empty shelves at Target where toilet paper usually is... and a lone can of wayward soup.
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2020-03-19
Thailand has seen a recent spike in coronavirus infections. Unlike other countries, regular citizens taking this threat very seriously- a single infection from Coronavirus kicked off a complete near-failure of the tourism economy. In a place like Chiang Mai where the livelihood of nearly a million people hangs in the balance, no one wants to own the shop where Covid-19 spread.
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03/17/2020
Notes from a Pandemic - Coronavirus in New York City. A first person narration video from March 2020 New York City.
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2020-03-10
The first official announcement from Bowling Green State University president Rodney K. Rogers concerning COVID-19. It was sent to all students, faculty, and staff.
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2020-03-20
2009 Encyclopedia of Melbourne commentary on the Swine Flu, reflecting on the 1919 Spanish Flu epidemic and noting historical continuities and memory making.
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2020-03-16
This was shared on our Slack channel at work and it made me laugh. We are a team of Librarians supporting teaching staff who are madly scrabbling to get content all online while classes are paused for a week. This resonates with everyone involved in this process.
*March 16, 2020 uploaded to YouTube
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2020-03-13
We all had to adjust quickly to living and working in parallel. It was actually fun, and we enjoyed the time together. But it did make it harder for Dave to get any work done. The coworkers on the video conference were understanding and even waved at Lydia and talked to her.
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18 March 2020
We can wipe our trollies, but no toilet paper.
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2020-03-28
The Australian Government has recommended social distancing of at least 1.5 metres. This pharmacist has taped a line on the ground in front of their counters — it makes trying to reach forward to pay for goods a bit like a fairground game of "tap the card reader with your bankcard".
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March 19, 2020
Email from Move Ya Brass, a New Orleans non-profit offering guided community workouts, canceling future community dance classes and offering virtual dance classes via Instagram to encourage social distancing in light of the Covid19 pandemic.
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2020-03-18
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) email announcing all NOJO concerts, jam sessions, and educational programs are postponed through April 2020.
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2020-03-18
This source examines the connection between wealth and access in COVID-19 infected United States of America. Particularly the connection between NBA players and getting tested.
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2020-03-18
This reveals the inequalities in American society that persist and are further exposed by a pandemic such as COVID-19
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2020-03-19
It is an article copied in a word doc, including the Internet Link
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2020-03-19
This document details the types of businesses and industries permitted to stay open in Pennsylvania as of 3/19/2020, after the governor shut down all non "life-sustaining" businesses.
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2020-03-15
Sent me by a friend in Italy . . . it widely circulates there as a testimony of the resistance and resilience of the Italian people against this calamity. Most cities are in lock down
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2020-03-18T10:30
Officials at Coastal Carolina University announced campus would close, Wednesday March 18 at noon to nonessential personnel. Faculty were encouraged to get any last minute materials from offices so buildings could be sanitized then locked down for the foreseeable future. I went in to get papers, files, and books. This shelf is comprised of my books on disease, death, dying, and human remains; main areas of my research. I packed a few books to bring home, but I havent brought myself to unpack or read any of them yet. My current research is on death and human remains in museums.
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2020-03-19
This image can give future historians an idea about how graduation ceremonies within the United States might be held online, or in the case of this image in virtual reality.
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2020-03-17
Walking through the produce area of the grocery store, seeing no fresh fruit or vegetables
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2020-03-18
"The weeks and months ahead will be challenging, but that doesn’t mean they have to be miserable. Knowing what social distancing and (voluntary) self-quarantine
may entail is a great first step to being prepared and setting yourself up for a (possibly even) personally rewarding response to these trying times." The following piece of media describes various strategies to employ during the pandemic, ensuring that your mental, physical, and emotional needs and stresses are managed and tended to. [This was added by the curator.]
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2020-03-17
Poem about the moment, with citations from William Wordsworth, "Ode on Intimations of Immortality," and Luke, 112:48
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2020-03-19
An ominous moment in the course of Covid-19 pandemic.
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2020-03-18
An online news article about people from the USA (California) crossing the US-Mexico border in order to purchase high-demand products such as toilet paper, bottled water, and food.
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2020-03-18
On the evening of March 18, 2020, the Office of the President at Stonehill College sent out an email notifying the Stonehill Community that the school would be shifting to remote learning for the remainder of the semester due to COVID19.
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2020-03-11
On March 11, 2020, the Office of the President at Stonehill College sent out an email notifying students that the school would be making a temporary shift to remote learning.
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2020-03-19
This business sees 300-500 people a day, so the owner, Brandon Krenzler wanted to ensure that his staff and community would not be exposed unnecessarily. This customer notice was issued shortly after the mandatory shuttering of dining establishments and bars in Oregon by Governor Kate Brown.
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2020-03-13
A sarcastic tweet, made using a common meme style on Twitter, about how everyone's emails are clogged by companies telling you what they're doing to combat the virus.
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2020-03-18
"In an unsettling reversal of my teenage years, I am now yelling at my parents for going out." When, at this point, it seems as if young people are less susceptible to the virus but older people are very much at risk, young people are scolding their parents for risking their lives. (@BrigidWD)
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2020-03-18
This tweet is a joke made at the expense of men on dating apps (like Hinge and Tinder) because of the messaging that takes place before meeting - and how much, much longer it will all take now.
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2020-03-17
This flyer was handed to me on entering the Davis, CA DMV the same day that the governor enacted strong policies restricting movement and business operations for the foreseeable future. Clearly, the DMV was trying to follow the policies of the day, but it seems ineffective in retrospect: the policies changes moment to moment, day to day.
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2020-03-18
New Yorkers working together can slow the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York City.
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2020-03-11
The article provides a good overview of the history of pandemics, from the 6th through 20th centuries.
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2020-03-18
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