In the midst
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In the midst
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Question 1: As of this date, in what ways has COVID-19 affected you at work / school / other?
- It just happened that my job contract ended at the beginning of April. NO ONE is hiring as the unemployment rate is at an all time high. Today it was announced it was at 7.8%.
- grocery stores have line ups to get in the stores. Limiting the amount of people in the stores. Limiting how you walk around the store. Limiting how you pay (no cash allowed and self check out only)
- school is online. My school had to fill out a form and request to the law society to do online schooling
- my coop was suspended for weeks before they allowed us to do online co-ops
- It just happened that my job contract ended at the beginning of April. NO ONE is hiring as the unemployment rate is at an all time high. Today it was announced it was at 7.8%.
- grocery stores have line ups to get in the stores. Limiting the amount of people in the stores. Limiting how you walk around the store. Limiting how you pay (no cash allowed and self check out only)
- school is online. My school had to fill out a form and request to the law society to do online schooling
- my coop was suspended for weeks before they allowed us to do online co-ops
Question 2: How has it affected you at home? How are you passing the time?
I am depressed. I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety and been on medication for years and handling it well but this has uprooted my routine completely.
I am depressed. I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety and been on medication for years and handling it well but this has uprooted my routine completely.
Question 3: What are your biggest concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak?
- my husband has Crohn’s disease. He is on immunosuppressants which means he is more susceptible to contracting this virus. I am terrified that he will contract it or that I will bring it home even from bringing groceries home.
- my friend has LAMS disease a lung disease where her lungs collapse. I am so worried that if she were to contract this virus she would die because her lungs couldn’t handle it.
- my husband has Crohn’s disease. He is on immunosuppressants which means he is more susceptible to contracting this virus. I am terrified that he will contract it or that I will bring it home even from bringing groceries home.
- my friend has LAMS disease a lung disease where her lungs collapse. I am so worried that if she were to contract this virus she would die because her lungs couldn’t handle it.
Question 4: Do you know someone who has contracted the virus (no names please)? What has that experience been like for the individual(s) and those around them?
No
No
Question 5: What are your opinions on how the media has covered the pandemic?
- the media coverage has been over board. It’s makes those with anxiety literally feel like they are getting sick with this virus.
- the media coverage has been over board. It’s makes those with anxiety literally feel like they are getting sick with this virus.
Question 6: Do you feel like your local leaders - medical, political, business - are doing a good job in responding to COVID-19? What about at the provincial or national level?
Absolutely. The PM comes on every day at the same time and speaks to Canada. The Ontario officials come on shortly there after and do the same thing. The response Canada has made shows clearly because we have the supplies. We have the resources. We have the people doing what we need to do to stay alive and it shows it the statistics and in the numbers of who is alive and who had died from this virus versus the United States.
Absolutely. The PM comes on every day at the same time and speaks to Canada. The Ontario officials come on shortly there after and do the same thing. The response Canada has made shows clearly because we have the supplies. We have the resources. We have the people doing what we need to do to stay alive and it shows it the statistics and in the numbers of who is alive and who had died from this virus versus the United States.
Question 7: When do you think this will end? What challenges are still ahead? What will be different? What will be better?
- I think this might end maybe by the end of June.
- going back to work will be hard. Opening businesses back up and having people not get sick again
- opening businesses and not have them hike their prices up is my main concern for the economy
- I think everyone has learned that together we are better. We have learned what it feels like to be apart from one another and that we don’t want to do that
- we have learned that grocery stores are very essential to our daily living
- we also learned that maybe we can get by with less? Maybe this means environmentally too and economically. Some of us can continue to stay home and work from home.
- I think this might end maybe by the end of June.
- going back to work will be hard. Opening businesses back up and having people not get sick again
- opening businesses and not have them hike their prices up is my main concern for the economy
- I think everyone has learned that together we are better. We have learned what it feels like to be apart from one another and that we don’t want to do that
- we have learned that grocery stores are very essential to our daily living
- we also learned that maybe we can get by with less? Maybe this means environmentally too and economically. Some of us can continue to stay home and work from home.
Question 8: Is there anything else that you would like to say about the COVID-19 pandemic?
No
No
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Holly Legere
Date
April 9 2020
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St. Catharines
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This item was submitted on April 9, 2020 by Holly Legere using the form “Questions and Answers 1” on the site “Documenting COVID-19 in Niagara”: https://exhibits.library.brocku.ca/s/COVID-Niagara
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