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Humans of Covid-19 AU: Ron Taft

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Humans of Covid-19 AU: Ron Taft

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“I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I remember the atmosphere of war time, but that was not the same. And we had the polio epidemic seventy years ago, which had dire consequences for children. That caused some panic but nothing like the widespread shut downs and health controls we are seeing today. Of course, the role of the media was completely different then.
I live in an aged-care nursing home. We are completely shut down from physical contact with the outside world. We can arrange to talk through the fence. COVID doesn’t really make as much as a difference to my life as it does to younger people, who are used to being out and about.
I’m actually having more communication now with family and friends than I had previously. Maybe the exceptional circumstances mean people want to reach out; could be having more time on one’s hands. Mobile phones are having a huge impact on people’s lives.
I feel quite healthy. I survived a haematoma a couple of years ago. All going well, I turn 100 in about six weeks. The world has changed so very greatly over the century of my life.”

Instagram post on Ron Taft, retired Professor of Social Psychology & nearly centenarian, and his experience during the pandemic, which was created by a psychology student living in Melbourne who was interested to hear about how COVID-19 was impacting on different peoples’ lives.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 19, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Amira Moshinsky

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Jen Rodriguez

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Instagram post

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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Health & Wellness
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

generational differences
personal experience
Australia
communication
social media
nursing home

Collection (Dublin Core)

en Over 60
en Survivor Stories

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/03/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/22/2020
06/27/2020
08/29/2020

Date Created (Dublin Core)

04/19/2020

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This item was submitted on June 22, 2020 by Jen Rodriguez 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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