Ash
Covid-History Item Type Metadata
Age
32
Date
02/28/2021
Location
Ireland
When did the impact of COVID-19 first occur to you? How did your reaction to COVID-19 change between then and the first case in your town?
March 2020- total lockdown, food shortages, toilet roll shortages, cleaning product shortages
How is your life different now than it was before the pandemic?
No job, still locked down, schools closed, nobody cares anymore
How are you feeling? What are you doing to relieve stress?
Alcohol
What have you noticed has changed in your community since the outbreak? What has surprised you?
People wanting everyone to conform to the government
Are you a business owner who has had to close? If you are still open, how have you had to adjust how your business operates?
No
Are you an essential employee? What do you do? What precautions are being taken at your workplace? What precautions are implementing at home?
No
Are you an employee who has been laid off or furloughed? Were you able to get unemployment? Were you able to retain your health insurance?
Work closed down so unemployed
Are you working from home? What adjustments or challenges are you experiencing?
No
Do you have children at home? How’s it going?
Yes, very hard homeschooling and entertaining them
Did you have to postpone any major life events? (e.g. Graduation, wedding, major birthday) What did you do instead?
Postponed baby’s christening, waiting on things opening up again and flights resuming so family can attend
Do you have animals? Did you adopt a pet? How have they impacted your day?
I have cats at the start of lockdowns it was extremely difficult to buy cat food
What would you want future generations to know about the 2020 pandemic? How would you recommend they prepare for it?
A lot of things could have been prevented if the government had of acted sooner instead of thinking about money
How do you think this pandemic will change how we behave going forward? What will the “new normal” look like?
I think in 2/3 years everything will be back to normal
Dublin Core
Title
Ash
Subject
COVID-19 (Disease)
Publisher
Southern Adirondack Library System
Date
02/28/2021
Contributor
Southern Adirondack Library System
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Language
English
Type
Covid History
Identifier
12449608180
Coverage
Coronavirus Pandemic
Collection
Citation
“Ash,” Leaving Our Fingerprints on History, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fingerprints.sals.edu/omeka/items/show/335.