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Public library archivist
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Question 1: As of this date, in what ways has COVID-19 affected you at work / school / other?
I go in to work at the public archives, which is not open to the public, by answering email and working through our backlog. I have digitized files and emailed them to researchers so they don't have to come in.
I go in to work at the public archives, which is not open to the public, by answering email and working through our backlog. I have digitized files and emailed them to researchers so they don't have to come in.
Question 2: How has it affected you at home? How are you passing the time?
My partner now works at home and we have had to deal with wifi limitations so he can stay online.
My partner now works at home and we have had to deal with wifi limitations so he can stay online.
Question 3: What are your biggest concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak?
The uncertainty of when we will be allowed to "be public" again. How long will it take for a vaccine to be developed?
The uncertainty of when we will be allowed to "be public" again. How long will it take for a vaccine to be developed?
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 one personally but a few of my friends have experienced the death of a loved one.
No one personally but a few of my friends have experienced the death of a loved one.
Question 5: What are your opinions on how the media has covered the pandemic?
I appreciate the live coverage of Prime Minister Trudeau's updates each day. The media can be accused of free mongering and I don't think that's a bad idea in this case.
I appreciate the live coverage of Prime Minister Trudeau's updates each day. The media can be accused of free mongering and I don't think that's a bad idea in this case.
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?
Our local leaders are doing a great of responding but provincially, Preimier Kenney is a joke and an embarrassment as is his health minister. We are the best-hated constituents in the country. Justin Trudeau is doing his best to encourage and fund research, and speaks plainly about what we must do to come out the other side of this pandemic.
Our local leaders are doing a great of responding but provincially, Preimier Kenney is a joke and an embarrassment as is his health minister. We are the best-hated constituents in the country. Justin Trudeau is doing his best to encourage and fund research, and speaks plainly about what we must do to come out the other side of this pandemic.
Question 7: When do you think this will end? What challenges are still ahead? What will be different? What will be better?
I have no idea. I appreciate the way social media brings some of us together in ways we hadn't tried before. I can imagine we'll wear masks in public and continue social distancing. I hope further creative ideas of how we can socialize and recreate will come from this time.
I have no idea. I appreciate the way social media brings some of us together in ways we hadn't tried before. I can imagine we'll wear masks in public and continue social distancing. I hope further creative ideas of how we can socialize and recreate will come from this time.
Question 8: Is there anything else that you would like to say about the COVID-19 pandemic?
I resent the way our provincial leader uses the pandemic to push his own agenda. He is incompetent and not up to the job. He has limited understanding of how people work in a society and focuses only on his own ambition. I would like to see him forced from office because he is not helping this province.
I resent the way our provincial leader uses the pandemic to push his own agenda. He is incompetent and not up to the job. He has limited understanding of how people work in a society and focuses only on his own ambition. I would like to see him forced from office because he is not helping this province.
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Margaret Anderson
Date
April 24, 2020
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Alberta
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This item was submitted on April 24, 2020 by atharchives@athabascalibrary.ab.ca 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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