11 10 239 https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/4d91173989ca83c1117c412f93d654f7.png ff94ccf99be626878d7a0ef8e0e753c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource European Soccer During COVID-19 (Serie A, Premier League, Ligue 1, La Liga) Subject The topic of the resource Soccer, COVID-19, European Domestic Leagues Description An account of the resource An account of how the coronavirus impacted the domestic soccer leagues of various countries in Europe. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Can Eker Language A language of the resource English Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Can Eker Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. 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Title A name given to the resource Infront ties up with Serie A for first eSerie A TIM Subject The topic of the resource Soccer, COVID-19, European Domestic Leagues Description An account of the resource The Logo of the Top-tier Domestic League of Italy (Serie A) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.insidesport.co/infront-ties-up-with-serie-a-for-first-eserie-a-tim/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 8, 2020 Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kunal Dhyani #soccer https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/2d084725c27988f60c82cd9669d020ff.pdf fd7f56755749d81543eeb001c92e2ca0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The American Public's Trust of Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic Description An account of the resource This is an archive describing how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the attitudes of Americans towards medical professionals in hospitals and practices and those leading the charge in the government as well. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Varoon Phondge Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Varoon Phondge Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Archive Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days of the Pandemic Oral Histories Subject The topic of the resource Oral history accounts of the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Oral history accounts of the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fall 2020 Archiving COVID-19 class, students and instructors Language A language of the resource English Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Christopher Perez Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Juan Yahuitl Location The location of the interview Moe's Southwest Grill, Marlboro NJ Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Interviewer: Christopher Perez Interviewee: Juan Yahuitl Where: Moe’s Southwest Grill, Marlboro When: September 26, 2020 Christopher Perez: So, this interview is being conducted on the 26th of September. Can I have your name please? Juan Yahuitl: Juan Yahuitl C: Okay, and how do you spell that? J: Y-A-H-U-I-T-L C: Okay, thank you. So, Juan, I’m going to ask you a few questions and you just answer them to the best of your ability. You can be as descriptive as you want. Sound good? J: Yep. C: Okay. So, first question: do you remember what your life was like before the coronavirus happened? J: Um, basically it was mostly just waking up, going on the internet before coming to work and then working until close. C: What’d you do on your days off? J: Mostly just go on the internet, play games like Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links or draw. I’ve been trying to get commissions so that I could sell them online. C: You mean like sell your drawings? J: Pretty much, yeah. They tell me what they want me to draw, I draw it and then give it to them for a price. C: Wow, that’s pretty cool. So, moving on to our next question, do you remember anything that happened on March 11? Like, what your day was like on that day. Cause that was the day the coronavirus measures went into effect, I think. J: Um… Nah, I don’t think so. I can’t remember. C: No? Nothing? J: Not really. I pretty much forgot. C: Eh, it’s okay. If someone asked me the same thing, I’d probably say the same thing. (We both laugh) J: Actually, I do remember something. C: Really? What was it? J: I lost my job that day. C: Oh, ouch, really? What happened? J: Nothing much. I remember getting a call from Lesli (our manager at the time) telling me that they wouldn’t be needing me for a while. C: I’m assuming it’s because the dining room was closed during those months. J: Probably. (Juan’s main role at that time was cleaning the dining room) C: So, was everything okay after that? I mean, losing your job must’ve sucked. J: Eh… Not really. It actually made things worse. C: Really? In what way? J: ‘Cause I was already late on the rent, and now I had no job. So, I was kinda screwed. C: So, what’d you do? J: Well, at first, I kept hoping that I’d get called back to work. Lesli never told me how long I’d be out, so I thought it’d only last a week or 2. So when it almost April and they still never called me back, I had to borrow money from my dad. C: Really? How much? J: About $1,000. C: Damn. That’s a lot of money. J: Yeah. C: What did your dad say? Was he angry or concerned? J: Not really. I mean, he lent me the money no problem because he knows that I never ask him for money at all. I told him that I wasn’t going to be working for a while and that I needed help paying rent, so he lent me the money. C: So then he knew that this must’ve been serious. J: I guess. C: So you didn’t come back to work until around June, I think. J: Yep. I got a call asking to come back to wash the dishes, which I know how to do, so I said yes and came back. C: That must’ve been a relief, huh? J: Yeah. I was getting worried that I might’ve had to borrow more money again. C: Crazy. So, since you were out of work for a few months, what did you do during quarantine? J: Nothing much. Mostly I would draw or go online. Stuff that I usually do. C: Did it get boring after a while? J: Yeah. I was really bored after a while. I think like two weeks in I was really desperate to leave my apartment and do something. C: If they called you back to work, would you have risked it. J: Definitely. C: How do you normally get to work? Do you take a taxi? J: No, I go by bus. C: Do the buses get crowded? J: Sometimes, but not usually. Probably because of COVID and stuff. C: Okay, well I think we’re running out of time so first of all, thank you Juan for agreeing to take part in this interview. J: No problem. C: Were you nervous in anyway doing this interview? J: Not nervous, more like surprised. Like, because why choose me for this? I doubt anyone’s gonna care about what happened to me during COVID-19. C: Because you’re someone who’s living through and experiencing COVID. Everyone deserves to be heard. When people read this, they’ll gain a better understanding about what COVID was. J: I guess you’re right. C: Anyway, once again thanks a lot for contributing, Juan. It was a big help. J: No problem. 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Description An account of the resource A transcript of the interview between Christopher Perez and Juan Yahuitl on September 26, 2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Christopher Perez Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Christopher Perez, Juan Yahuitl Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 14 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Christopher Perez, Juan Yahuitl Language A language of the resource English Essential Workers Oral History pandemic Quarantine restaurant https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/8172a94c4f08919326b42b6489544cc0.m4a 5c92f01d2c50e600eb21e618f83b9d13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The American Public's Trust of Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic Description An account of the resource This is an archive describing how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the attitudes of Americans towards medical professionals in hospitals and practices and those leading the charge in the government as well. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Varoon Phondge Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Varoon Phondge Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Archive Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Audio recording Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 11:45 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Eshaan Subject The topic of the resource Discussed topics ranging from the trust between people and health workers on the local and national level during COVID-19. Discussed a bit about trusting the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. Description An account of the resource Discussed topics ranging from the trust between people and health workers on the local and national level during COVID-19. Discussed a bit about trusting the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Varoon Phondge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 8 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Varoon Phondge Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Audio recording Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Interview COVID-19 Healthcare Workers vaccine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days of the Pandemic Oral Histories Subject The topic of the resource Oral history accounts of the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Oral history accounts of the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fall 2020 Archiving COVID-19 class, students and instructors Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document From Ignorant Bliss to Informed Fear Interviewer: Varoon Phondge Interviewee: Liana This is an interview with Liana about her first days of when COVID-19 was announced a pandemic. This interview was conducted on October 4th 2020 over FaceTime. Liana is a 20 year old college Junior who attends Rutgers University-Newark for their nursing program. Varoon: Hello, can you please state your name, age, and what you do? Liana: My name is Liana, I am 20 years old, and I am a nursing student at Rutgers. Varoon: Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Let me first start by asking what you were doing the few days before March 11th when COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic? Liana: A few days before then, I was working and doing things for school as I normally do. Actually, when Rutgers had announced they would be starting spring break earlier that week because of COVID-19, I was out to dinner for my roommate’s birthday. I went to work the next day and then spring break started. Varoon: Now, when and where did you first hear about the fact that COVID-19 was a pandemic, and what was your reaction? Liana: Right before March 11th, I was actually in my Microbiology class where we were learning about pandemics and epidemics, so my mind was already kind of on Corona being a pretty widespread disease. But the first time I heard about COVID being called a pandemic was around the time Rutgers University said that spring break was starting earlier than planned. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was around that time I heard that Corona was officially a pandemic. Varoon: So what was the first you did when you left school for spring break? Did you leave for home? Liana: I actually went to go visit my friend at the University of Delaware on March 13th because it was something I do every year. I didn’t know how serious Corona was going to be, and I thought it was going to be like the flu. I knew it was pretty bad in other countries, but I did not think it was going to be on the scale that it is now in the U.S. I stayed at U-Del for a few days and then drove back home to New Jersey afterward. Varoon: When you visited Delaware, what were people’s reactions to the pandemic? Were they scared, indifferent, on edge? Liana: Well, just as I drove down there, The University of Delaware had announced that they were closing the university, so a lot of the kids had three days to pack their belongings and leave. There were many students there who lived in farther off places like Massachusetts and California, so they were mostly panicking on how to get back home. They were all not necessarily worried about the pandemic itself, just sad that they had to go home. Like, we all went out to a restaurant and ate. Nothing had really changed at that point. Looking back now, I never would have gone on that trip if I knew the severity of COVID. I did not know how bad it was going to get. Varoon: When did you leave for home, and what were the reactions from your family? Did you guys feel like they were more alarmed or cautious? Liana: I came home from Delaware around March 15th. I think my grandparents were more worried because they were originally from countries where healthcare was not that great and didn’t know how even the U.S. could cope with this virus. My grandmother is old and tends to have some health problems so she was very worried about it. But, my parents, siblings, and I weren’t too worried mostly because we wanted to offset my grandparent’s worry and also because we were not sure what was going to happen since there was such limited information about the severity of this disease. My family had also been hearing about Corona hitting other countries and a few other U.S. states for so long that we were desensitized to the quick spread of the virus. At the same time, we knew that being at home allowed an opportunity for my family to bond closer together. After a few more days at home, my parents started to take more precautions like wearing masks and going to the store only once a week to take care of those vulnerable in the family. I also started to take more precautions because my father had cancer at one point, so he was still going through chemotherapy and was still immunodeficient. I remember increasingly becoming more scared of going to stores as the days went on because I did not want to get anyone in my family sick. After March 15th, I did not really leave the house at all. Varoon: How do you feel the media portrayed the virus, and how did you feel when you saw reports of COVID-19 during the first days it was announced as a pandemic? Liana: After I got back home from Delaware, I started to watch the news a lot more carefully. When I was in school I felt like I was unaware of the things going on in the outside world since I basically lived in the Rutgers bubble. Since coming home, I would look online at charts like the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus tracker and see how cases were increasing. When I saw the numbers spiking, I thought it was unbelievable. Varoon: Finally, how did you feel the first few days of the pandemic overall? Liana: Honestly, I thought everyone was having an overreaction because I lacked so much information about what was really going on. I thought this was just another flu. I thought everyone was getting hysterical over something little, but I didn’t know enough information to actually have a proper judgment of how bad this virus was. It took me literally two days at home and going through different articles and reports to realize how serious COVID-19 was. I saw how this disease was much deadlier than the flu and it was scary. Varoon: Well, that is all the questions I have, so thank you for participating in this interview. Liana: You're welcome. Take care! Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Originally audio file adapted to text on Google Documents Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Varoon Phondge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 8 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Varoon Phondge Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Audio Recording Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Interview COVID-19 Healthcare Workers vaccine https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/fbc9eb0ca5e89a2d48333e1ba15bcda7.m4a 1072b4c1c8abc7dd4147e4d05613cfd6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Audio Recording Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 21:43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Tom Subject The topic of the resource Discussed topics ranging from the trust between people and health workers on the local and national level during COVID-19. Discussed a bit about trusting the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. Description An account of the resource Discussed topics ranging from the trust between people and health workers on the local and national level during COVID-19. Discussed a bit about trusting the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Italy takes similar measures to that of China. Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 Description An account of the resource Italy's management with the coronavirus is portrayed with a meme. The meme implies that the Italian government is copying the measures taken by the government of China in order to combat the virus. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Facebook Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Facebook Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Can Eker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 11, 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Facebook Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Facebook Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English #coronavirus Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Description An account of the resource Italy's domestic soccer league resumes after a long period of delay. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Young People and the COVID-19 pandemic Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stephanie Czeslowski Language A language of the resource English Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephanie Czeslowski Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Jackie Gassler Location The location of the interview Zoom Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Could you just tell me alittle about yourself, who you are, where you went to school, and all of that? I’m Jackie Gassler. I went to school at FIT, which is the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York [City]. I was an illustration major and I just finished up my last year the start of this year. I'm a comic book artist. I like that kind of stuff. I do that in my free time. If you remember the [Coronavirus] pandemic was declared a pandemic on March 11th , do you remember what was happening in your life at the time, like schoolwise and all of that? I remember when it kind of got more serious, I guess. We were in, me and my friend, were actually in one of our digital design classes, and he was freaking out about getting sick. I was like, “Nick, you're not gonna get sick.” He’s kind of like a little bit of a hypercondriac with like if you even mention any kind of sickness he thinks he has it at some point. So of course he was like look at the symptoms. And he was asking me what the symptoms were. I was like you don't have any of these like you're okay. It's okay right now. He’s fine so yeah. It was fine. But I remember that happening and that was the last day before we didnt go back anymore. So I think that was different and what else? I remember, cause I got up at six in the morning to get on the train to get to school. So I think I remember my mom saying, “This is your last day like before.” Cause I think we were gonna do a week out of school. And then they were gonna try and figure out what they wanted to do afterwards. And I think that was the last day of saying I think this is probably gonna be our last day of school. And I was like yep. This is probably gonna be the last day. It was an interesting experience. To say the least. With you being an art student what was that like having to transition into online classes? Most weren't that bad just because in my thesis class, and we had just general illustration classes. So we had so a lot of that was already like, if you're doing like digital art you’re on your computer anyway doing your stuff sitting in the classroom. And it's very individualized, even if you're doing traditional art you're sitting at this thing doing your traditional art. So really being able to do it at home literally was just like “okay I don't have to sit in my class anymore I just sit at home and do it instead.” So that wasn't that hard to like to transfer over. But then I had a live model class where you literally every week had nude models come in to pose and you would have to do like sketches of them. So that didn't happen anymore. It was mostly just got turned into him going, “Okay here's this one person pictured. Just draw this from the screen.” So it kind of didn't really transition well. And then we had teachers that just gave up and were like never mind. Were not doing class anymore apparently. And that was like the easy business class. I don't know why. I think he just gave up and didn't know how to use the computer. So that was kind of it. That was interesting. With last semester being your senior semester, your last semester of school, and that being cut short what do you miss most about going to school? And what do you feel like you missed out on with it ending the way that it did? I think mostly I probably miss the people that I went to school with and like teachers obviously. I think cause a lot of the art stuff was getting really individualized you really weren't doing things in groups. It was very like to yourself. But I think the people that we had a very small major and by the end of it, it was even smaller, so I think you kind of got very close knit to the people that are around you. So I think that, that definitely, like we still talk to each other like we have a group chat and discord and we [talk] to each other. But I think seeing them every day was like okay we won't see eachother anymore that's kind of sad. So I think that was definitely probably the most, the thing that was like disappointing was I didn’t get another how many months with like the people I liked so. You already lived at home and with commuting but what was it like to then have to be at home and stay at home? And not then have the outlet of going to school? I mean definitely I don't miss commuting because I was literally going for the week of like waking up at five in the morning or no six in the morning catching a seven oclock train getting to school at nine and then having to go in directly to the class and then being in class from nine in the morning to nine at night and then getting on a train and then getting home at midnight. I don't miss that at all. That was a terrible experience I never want to continue. So that was fine not having to do that anymore. But definitely just being inside and not going out and everything. We didn't have too many breaks at school but it was still cool to just walk around the city and just walk around the streets and just kind of kill time. You kind of miss that like a little bit of that like, not freedom, but just a little bit like just change of scenery. I think that definitely was a, yeah I think just the change of scenery, liking being in a different state also. Cause like where I live is very like suburbia so it was just having the city of like, I was gonna say street walking but I’m not gonna say that, just it was different. I think that was definitely having to adjust back to just being in the suburbs full time. With that adjustment and obviously everything in the world being crazy what are some of the things you do to kind of like cope with all of this and kind of like take your mind off of everything? For me I was mostly, since this all started I was doing a lot more, well after school kind of ended I got to do a little more, but I’m a self publisher for my comics and everything. So I definitely dov into that more. I started a new series called Vices and I actually recently within the past few months got the first issue out and now I’m working on the second. Because I'm still inside and don't do much other than go to my regular job. So I think definitely being able to like write and draw and that kind of stuff with my comics definitely kept me sane in a way. And being able to kind of like, I had so much time on my hands that I had to do something cause I was getting a little bit stir crazy. I was like I’m sitting here not doing anything so I had to create something. So having a comic to self public was very nice. Is there anything you wanna talk about? Is there anything that stuck out for you in this whole thing? Stuck out? I think it was interesting that like I mean, I feel like everyone has the story of really being secluded in their house and not being able to go out so I think that it was interesting what came from that. Like everyone definitely handled it differently. Like I have so many friends, I have you and Lauren, like how you guys handled it versus people that I knew from school, versus people that I knew from home and everything. I think just like how everyone just probably got to know themselves a little too much. Cause I definitely know people who are life friends who are saying stuff like oh what they did during, just like being in the house and everything. So I think it was interesting to like your stuck inside with yourself for weeks on end and having to deal with yourself is probably not the best for that long. I think that was definitely something that stuck out was just.. You think about a lot of things. I think being alone with your thoughts was definitely a little eye opening I think. You change and you grow. I think just from me knowing you for so long [eight years] how have you been coping with not being able to go to concerts? Oh my god that's been terrible. I mean I think with the last one I went to I wanted to say it was in January and we saw Motionless [in White] I think in New York [City]. If I knew then what I know now I would have totally went harder at that concert. In the beginning I used to go to like one concert per month or every few months and everything. So definitely not being able to go see live music has been hard. And I have to deal with just like the people, cause I mean even them [the artists] are not really creating to, too much because a lot of people can't be together and create a lot of music. So I think even like there are slow realises and everything but it's been hard. But I;m also saving money on it. So like I think that's also a thing of like well I’m not going out as much but I’m also I can spend more money on other things. So I think it’s kind of a give and take. But also like I know that once they start opening up more and being able to do live music I think I’m definitely gonna go a little overboard with that and just go to like every single thing I can get to, to like make up from this year. I was gonna see Rammstein so I;m missing that. How has it been for you trying to stay in contact with the people that you used to see like on the reg, every day, every other day, like all the time? How's that been? For me I think, I have my one really good friend Taylor from school and I mean like we've, she’s lived at school for all four years so we've always talked to each other. So that's been no problem of staying in contact. I remember before I said that our illustration department has a group chat that we all get to talk about and talk about like art projects that were doing and if we need help. It was like a nice so we kind of stay together. Definitely with you guys it was nice to hang out with you that one time at the park. That was a good break from this. My other friend, my home friend from high school, we do talk a little more. It's interesting cause you don't really get to see them as much as or at all as you used to so you have to find more things to do without seeing each other. Like definitely we've done a lot more movie nights of just like screen recording and like trying to hang out and watch movies or zoom calls and everything. But definitely a lot more movie nights that we've been doing of like just groups of watching movies and shows that we've been wanting to watch. So that was very nice. So kind of along that vein any unforeseen benefits from this whole thing? To this? Well again I really like that I got my comic out that I;ve wanted to do so I think that was a benefit. I think I wouldn't have had time to do this. So I think that was a good benefit of all of this. I don't have to wake up at six oclock in the morning anymore and go on the train for two hours one way. So that's very good. I don't have to get home at midnight. So that was good. As much as I said that it's hard to be alone with yourself for a while I think it was good to like kind of step back and you have to kind of reevaluate yourself in a way. So think that was like a good growing technique of just having to live with yourself and be by yourself cause like I mean honestly when all this eventually passes most of us will be moving on to more of an adult life of having to move out from your parents and that kind of thing. I think it's like interesting, maybe this was some sort of not first try but like an interesting way to think about it. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 14 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jackie Gassler oral history Subject The topic of the resource Jackie Gassler oral history of the Covid-19 pandemic. Description An account of the resource Jackie Gassler oral history of the Covid-19 pandemic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stephanie Czeslowski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/2/2020 Language A language of the resource Emglish 2020 COVID-19 Healthcare Workers Oral History pandemic