Item
The Dangerous Luxury of Claiming You've Rejected Society
Title (Dublin Core)
The Dangerous Luxury of Claiming You've Rejected Society
Description (Dublin Core)
Early in the pandemic, a man I knew died of Covid-19 in an overwhelmed hospital. I kept thinking he might not have died if the hospital had been better funded. Then I remembered he had once insisted to me that he lived outside society. I saw a sad connection: hospitals and public health in general were underfunded because too many people felt they did not share a common society with others. More thoughts about Covid and community started flooding my mind. Eventually I pulled these thoughts together in a short essay.
Data analyst in Institutional Research; Retired director of CLIP and CUNY Start
Date (Dublin Core)
June 19, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Ellen Balleisen
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Ellen Balleisen
Partner (Dublin Core)
Bronx Community College
Type (Dublin Core)
Personal Essay
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Art & Design
English
Conflict
English
Government Federal
English
Protest
English
Social Issues
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
writing
mask
personal essay
privilege
perspective
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Covid death
white privilege
Donald Trump
libertarianism
community
mask refusal
overwhelmed hospital
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
01/28/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
01/28/2021
02/11/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
06/19/2020
Coverage (Dublin Core)
The Bronx, NY
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Rights (Dublin Core)
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
This item was submitted on January 28, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share your story- Bronx” on the site “Bronx Community College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/bronx-community-college-new-york
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