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Covid-History Item Type Metadata
Age
65
Date
05/30/2021
Location
Galway,NY, USA
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 13, 2020. My reaction remained the same from that date.
How is your life different now than it was before the pandemic?
More cautious about interactions with people I do not know well or at all
How are you feeling? What are you doing to relieve stress?
Exercise, reading, keeping busy help to relieve my stress.
What have you noticed has changed in your community since the outbreak? What has surprised you?
Fewer community activities. The ways people have created to do things differently while trying to maintain a sense of normalcy.
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?
No
Are you working from home? What adjustments or challenges are you experiencing?
Yes, teaching remotely is a challenge. Interactions with others is different.
Do you have children at home? How’s it going?
No
If you’re a student, was school canceled? Were you able to complete your studies online? Do you think you’ll be back on campus in the fall?
No
Did you have to postpone any major life events? (e.g. Graduation, wedding, major birthday) What did you do instead?
Holidays were very difficult. Our normal gatherings were canceled or limited to immediate family.
Do you have animals? Did you adopt a pet? How have they impacted your day?
No
What positive things did you contribute to or notice take place?
The people attending the classes I teach were very appreciative of our efforts. It was a way to make a connection when in person activities were canceled.
Did you or someone you know contract COVID-19? What was it like?
A friend was extremely ill. She has since recovered but is still experiencing lasting effects
What do you wish you knew before the pandemic began?
How isolating it was going to be.
What would you want future generations to know about the 2020 pandemic? How would you recommend they prepare for it?
They should prepare for the varied opinions that abound regarding every aspect of the situation. They need to know how to sift through all the information to find the best answer to their questions.
Dublin Core
Title
S
Subject
COVID-19 (Disease)
Publisher
Southern Adirondack Library System
Date
05/30/2021
Contributor
Southern Adirondack Library System
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Language
English
Type
Covid History
Identifier
12701166215
Coverage
Coronavirus Pandemic
Collection
Citation
“S,” Leaving Our Fingerprints on History, accessed April 26, 2024, https://fingerprints.sals.edu/omeka/items/show/378.