Three months into the pandemic
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Three months into the pandemic
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Question 1: What are your current feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic?
I think that the risks are still there. I am fine with going out as long as everyone is safe.
I think that the risks are still there. I am fine with going out as long as everyone is safe.
Question 2: Have your opinions about the virus changed over the past twelve weeks? How?
I was pretty skeptical about the severity of the virus at the beginning. That quickly changed by mid-March.
I was pretty skeptical about the severity of the virus at the beginning. That quickly changed by mid-March.
Question 3: As stores and public places have started to open up, does this make you relieved or more fearful? Why?
I am fearful that people will be too free with the way they conduct themselves and the past three months would be for nothing. I am fearful of the second wave and the further impacts this will have on our economy and social / educational structures.
I am fearful that people will be too free with the way they conduct themselves and the past three months would be for nothing. I am fearful of the second wave and the further impacts this will have on our economy and social / educational structures.
Question 4: What have been the primary ways that you have protected yourself from COVID-19? Isolation? Masks? Gloves? Hand sanitizer? How did you decide?
I am fine with sanitizing my hands often when in public as well as not touching my face as directed by Public Health. I will wear a mask when required but do not see it as a necessary precaution if everyone is distancing themselves properly.
I am fine with sanitizing my hands often when in public as well as not touching my face as directed by Public Health. I will wear a mask when required but do not see it as a necessary precaution if everyone is distancing themselves properly.
Question 5: If an effective vaccine is developed within the next year and becomes widely available, would you get the vaccine? Why or why not?
Yes absolutely. Vaccines work. It has been proven by decades of scientific research. I have no doubts.
Yes absolutely. Vaccines work. It has been proven by decades of scientific research. I have no doubts.
Question 6: Have you been tested for COVID-19? How was that experience?
No. I hear that it is s very weird sensation.
No. I hear that it is s very weird sensation.
Question 7: How much longer are you ready to live with regulations and limitations? When should things get back to "normal"?
I would be comfortable with a slow pace throughout the summer. But by fall and the opening up of schools, I would hope that things are much better.
I would be comfortable with a slow pace throughout the summer. But by fall and the opening up of schools, I would hope that things are much better.
Question 8: Have you thought about how you will interact in the community once the pandemic has passed? What will you do the same or different day to day?
I will definitely be more conscious of what I touch and how I conduct myself in public. I will wash my hands more often. I do not want to become a germaphobe though.
I will definitely be more conscious of what I touch and how I conduct myself in public. I will wash my hands more often. I do not want to become a germaphobe though.
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David Sharron
Date
June 11
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St. Catharines
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This item was submitted on June 11, 2020 by David Sharron using the form “Questions and Answers 2” on the site “Documenting COVID-19 in Niagara”: https://exhibits.library.brocku.ca/s/COVID-Niagara
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