Ellen

Covid-History Item Type Metadata

Age

59

Date

05/25/2021

Location

Corinth, NY

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?

The imaging company I worked for for over 30 years initially required masks and continued to perform imaging. By the end of March 2020 we had furloughed 90% of the staff. I myself had Covid by April 11 but did not have the typical symptoms at the time so was shocked three weeks after being symptomatic to test positive

How is your life different now than it was before the pandemic?

Much more stay at home, still wearing masks at work despite being fully vaccinated

How are you feeling? What are you doing to relieve stress?

Some depression because I do not gather with friends as I did pre pandemic. The country band we followed most weekends retired because of the pandemic

What have you noticed has changed in your community since the outbreak? What has surprised you?

Am not surprised to find our small community of about 3,000 pulling together to support one another and do all we can to get back to normal

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?

Not an owner but senior management

Are you an essential employee? What do you do? What precautions are being taken at your workplace? What precautions are implementing at home?

I was considered essential in healthcare because I manage all the computer systems and am accounts payable. We wear masks and social distance

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?

Worked through

Are you working from home? What adjustments or challenges are you experiencing?

Worked from home some as I could replace reception and scheduling staff

Do you have children at home? How’s it going?

No children

How are you using social media, the Internet, or digital platforms during the pandemic?

Much more FB time and using Xoom with family and friends

Do you have animals? Did you adopt a pet? How have they impacted your day?

I have two beagles who are almost 4. They were my sanity

What positive things did you contribute to or notice take place?

Donations to food panties increased

Did you or someone you know contract COVID-19? What was it like?

I had it but my symptoms led my primary MD to diagnose as sinusitis and old fashioned flu. Other than extreme tiredness I came through fine

If you lost someone during the pandemic, how did you celebrate their lives?

Several close friends passed. Two we did not have services for anyone other than close family. Now we have been able to have wakes and funerals wearing masks and distancing

Dublin Core

Title

Ellen

Subject

COVID-19 (Disease)

Publisher

Southern Adirondack Library System

Date

05/25/2021

Contributor

Southern Adirondack Library System

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Language

English

Type

Covid History

Identifier

12687552649

Coverage

Coronavirus Pandemic

Citation

“Ellen,” Leaving Our Fingerprints on History, accessed March 28, 2024, https://fingerprints.sals.edu/omeka/items/show/379.

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Geolocation