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Story of Sickness and Travel

Title (Dublin Core)

Story of Sickness and Travel

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Description (Dublin Core)

During the Covid-19 pandemic, I was mostly at home. I lived in, and currently reside in Miami FL. During the earlier stages of the pandemic, everything was closed, shops, national parks, malls and the like. The only things seemingly open were liquor stores, not sure why up to this day. My first moment outside of Miami, was after the restrictions were lifted and I took, a small staycation in Fort Lauderdale. Things were still pretty uneasy, and heavy mask mandates were still in place. I stayed at a smaller hotel in North Las Olas. And we spent the day in the beach, and went around to downtown Fort Lauderdale. The city seemed to be moving as normal, and the populace was very relaxed with social distancing, and mask mandates seemed to be abided only by a few. Nowadays any remnants of Covid restrictions are few if any. About 1 year after covid officially was put down to a low extent with the use of vaccines, I traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana and I noticed a very similar ambiance as to when I was in Florida almost right after the pandemic. All of the populace was very relaxed and laid back with masks and social distancing was at an absolute 0. My guess as to why these things occurred was with the mentality of certain demographics and political narratives. Southern states generally have a more laidback outlook on life and fear the overall reductions of personal liberty, such as travel, in regards to national emergencies. Where as states such as New York and California were some of the heaviest in Covid restrictions, some even present to this day. Travel was always a beautiful thing to do for me, and Covid-19 put a small halt on it, but not completely. These stories happened between August of 2020 and June of 2021.

Date (Dublin Core)

August 11, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Sergio Yevgeniy Calzado

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Sergio Yevgeniy Calzado

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Biography
English Travel
English Health & Wellness

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Fort Lauderdale
Florida
normalcy
post-COVID
New Orleans
reflection

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

travel
ASU
Arizona State University
HST643

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/03/2024

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

11/04/2024

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This item was submitted on November 3, 2024 by Sergio Yevgeniy Calzado 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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