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A Packed Gym Parking Lot

Title (Dublin Core)

A Packed Gym Parking Lot

Description (Dublin Core)

This photo shows a nearly full Northwest YMCA parking lot in west Wichita, Kansas. Despite rising case numbers, Sedgwick County still permitted bars, restaurants, night clubs, and gyms to continue operating, and at the time of this photograph's creation, local news networks were reporting that a public health order aimed at re-closing at least some of these establishments was imminent. Establishments such as gyms and night clubs proved to be fertile ground for viral transmission due to the difficulty in maintaining sufficient social distancing, thus the reason public health officials in Sedgwick County cited them as one of the key drivers of Wichita's virus surge in the summer of 2020.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 21, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Aaron Peterka

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Aaron Peterka

Partner (Dublin Core)

Northeastern University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English NGOs (non-profits)
English Social Distance
English Public Space

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Wichita
Kansas
social distance
YMCA

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/21/2020.

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/08/2020
11/04/2020

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This item was submitted on July 21, 2020 by Aaron Peterka using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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