COVID-19: From Italy To New York

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Description (Dublin Core)

In February of 2020, from the 14th to the 22nd, I was on a school trip in Italy. It's safe to say I was having the best time of my life, until I became ill towards the end of the trip. I felt extremely lethargic and fatigued, my nose and throat were as stuffed as could be, my voice was gone, and my body was consistently hot. It wasn't until I got home from my trip that I suspected my illness was COVID-19, because I was informed that the exact day I returned home from Italy, Venice went on lockdown. I had been in Venice at the beginning of my trip. My suspicions heightened once my mother, father, and sister all got COVID-19 several days later, yet I was healthy as a horse again. In the weeks I had been quarantined with them, I hadn't gotten sick again. Now, this is my earliest memory from quarantine, and quite frankly one of the only memories since the days began to mesh together. I remember time no longer felt real, and I tried to pass it with as many activities as possible. The family began solving puzzles and playing more board games. I was playing more of my instruments, including piano and ukulele. I listened to countless albums and new artists. But, in all of the good, there still remained some low points such as overeating and inactiveness. I'm sure everybody can find pros and cons in their quarantine experience, definitely more cons for some. But, I just wanted to share what I remembered from my own experience. It's the story we always told people when they asked if we ever got infected; I'd say I'm pretty sure I came home from the best trip in the world only to infect my family and almost immediately go into lockdown.

Sophomore undergrad majoring in psychology.

Date (Dublin Core)

February 14, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

I am sole creator

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HNSC2100

firstsemester

ProfessorMargretheHorlyck-Romanovsky

Partner (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities

English Health & Wellness

English Home & Family Life

English Recreation & Leisure

English Travel

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Italy

school

trip

Venice

lockdown

family

board game

puzzle

instrument

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

COVID-19

pandemic

quarantine

travel

New York

Italy

family

home

Collection (Dublin Core)

Survivor Stories

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

09/28/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/01/2021

05/06/2022

10/21/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

02/14/2020

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Covid 19

Brooklyn College

This item was submitted on September 28, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story With Us” on the site “Brooklyn College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege

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