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Question 1: As of this date, in what ways has COVID-19 affected you at work / school / other?
COVID-19 has shut down all schools including mine and cancelled my summer job. My savings from last summer are running out and paying rent is becoming difficult.
COVID-19 has shut down all schools including mine and cancelled my summer job. My savings from last summer are running out and paying rent is becoming difficult.
Question 2: How has it affected you at home? How are you passing the time?
I have been in my home with my family for weeks now. unable to see anyone else.
I have been in my home with my family for weeks now. unable to see anyone else.
Question 3: What are your biggest concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak?
This could last a very long time. this could affect my education and ability to afford rent, medication, groceries and other essential things
This could last a very long time. this could affect my education and ability to afford rent, medication, groceries and other essential things
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?
n/a
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Question 5: What are your opinions on how the media has covered the pandemic?
The government is trying to get people to stay inside while also keeping people calm but there is no media coverage of other countries who have been in quarantine longer and have more cases so that we can see how they are dealing with it
The government is trying to get people to stay inside while also keeping people calm but there is no media coverage of other countries who have been in quarantine longer and have more cases so that we can see how they are dealing with it
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?
local businesses are doing their best to survive in a financial catastrophe while medical staff are being overworked and underpaid. the nation needs a complete shut down where nothing is open and no one can leave so that the spread can slow down
local businesses are doing their best to survive in a financial catastrophe while medical staff are being overworked and underpaid. the nation needs a complete shut down where nothing is open and no one can leave so that the spread can slow down
Question 7: When do you think this will end? What challenges are still ahead? What will be different? What will be better?
things will not go back to normal for a long time i expect. even when quarantine is over until there is a vaccine available for everyone this will be an ongoing problem
things will not go back to normal for a long time i expect. even when quarantine is over until there is a vaccine available for everyone this will be an ongoing problem
Question 8: Is there anything else that you would like to say about the COVID-19 pandemic?
scared.
scared.
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Cherilynn Tilley
Date
april 10, 2020
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hamilton ontario, canada
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This item was submitted on April 11, 2020 by cherilynntilley@gmail.com 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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