“It hasn't really challenged my faith or my beliefs. I think it's helped me lean on them more. It's definitely stretched it a little bit but in the sense of refocusing my faith in Jesus and just in this season allowing sometimes the difficult moments to refocus us and putting our focus on what we believe. So, it hasn't really changed it in a bad sense. It's actually strengthened it I believe.”

“I think it has brought it to light a little bit more than normal just because there's some confusion and fear and I was thinking they don't... they always say there is no atheist in a foxhole. So, yeah, it brings it to light but I think it's nice that I've always had that routine or that in the background to just rely on anyway and now it just goes a little deeper.”

“I believe my faith has grown stronger because of it.” “Yes, we’re still gathering. It is through the internet. Our small groups are through the internet as well.” Yeah, so, I belong to Saddleback Church and we’re in Orange County. We have something that's called the peace forum and we grow vegetables and fruit and also take donations. We are providing those to all of the needy in our community.”

“I feel that covid-19 has made my beliefs stronger because we have to rely on faith and that God is in control and we're not.” “No, it's just all online like all the services are online. No.” “Yeah, so our church and another church close by are offering a food drive every Thursday night and people drive through our church parking lot to receive a box of food.”

"I would say... you know the church is a community and so that's kinda one of the main things so it definitely affects my faith in the sense that I can't be a part of my faith community in person. Um... it has affected my faith in that I I work at church you know and so I can't really effectively lead that community as well as I normally would you know as when we can meet in person."

“So I would say my general theology and philosophy are not particularly affected one way or the other because I realize that these sorts of things happen in history and that they are part of earthly life. They are part of the kind of difficulties that afflict the human race…”

Susan Backman is an artist (and Imaging Coordinator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) who often sends lucky friends original artwork on postcards. She is inspired (and disturbed) by covid19's spread and created this.

Calla interviews "Merinda" about how the pandemic has affected including religion.

Willie Mae's adds a funny post to the restaurant's Facebook page, providing solutions to patrons for the questions, what's for dinner? The restaurant offers online and to-go orders.

Willie Mae's asks patrons to order online instead of calling in and reminds patrons that the restaurant remains to-go only.

Willie Mae's adds a poster to the restaurant's Facebook to let patrons know the restaurant is open for business. Orders are for pick-up or Ubereats only.

Willie Mae's in New Orleans provides 250 meals to the cities residents and community.

The Pythian Market starts off the restaurants second week of Jazz Festing in Place by offering meal orders online.

The Pythian Market offers new menu items for the Jazz Fest in Place event and thanks for support from the community.

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It shows the social impact of the pandemic on a lakefront community, with safer at home orders keeping people from enjoying the lake.

The Facebook post reads exactly, "Perseverance 🔪🌽 #toosmalltofail #determined #nola #neworleans #positivity #dreamteam."

It shows the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses in rural communities.

It shows the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on small businesses in more rural areas, as they are trying to cope with keeping their businesses despite being closed.

Maïs Arepas of New Orleans works with Mayhew Bakery to provide meals to workers on the frontline.

Bennachin restaurant in New Orleans offers $10 and $12 take-out combos for Jazz Fest at home.

This shelf was placed at the local community house where people could take what they needed or indeed leave what they did not need. As there was no toilet paper on the shelves of the supermarket just a few 100 metres away, I thought the toilet rolls would be snapped up pretty quickly, but to my surprise they stayed for some days.

This is a photo of my wife making a set of fabric masks for the family as no masks have been available to purchase. There were many patterns available to download online or instructional youtube videos. This design allows for one to insert a disposable tissue or paper wipe for additional protection. My wife wore her mask once or twice to the supermarket, other than that we have not had cause to use them.

Photographer from Russia for a month filmed people who are forced to work during a pandemic

Genie Wishes

I took a screenshot during my work meeting where our boss was guiding us through the transition to online tutoring. I work as a tutor through the Advancement Via Individual Determination program all throughout K-12 schools for the Sacramento County. This is basically my boss going through how we can provide online tutoring services for our students and be able to claim those hours. So far, our services have not been needed much since teachers are mainly focused on how to transition to online classes, something K-12 public schools never experienced before. However, I am still very grateful because my work have been really helpful in finding ways to pay us through this pandemic. It also makes me feel fortunate enough to have the option to work from home whereas other people like doctors, nurses, deliverymen, grocery market employees, and other essential workers are fighting everyday in the front lines. #CSUS #HIST15H

A Journal of the Plague Year

I was given this receipt when I returned my parking permit through an Express Parking Permit Return station in parking lot 7 of my campus. The University Transportation and Parking Services wanted to provide a quick way where students can drop off their permits without getting out of their cars. It was also a way to ease the lines that were forming in front of their office at Lassen Hall since the school announced the transition to online classes. I went on a Tuesday afternoon, during our transition period where classes were cancelled for four days. The parking lot were pretty packed and the UTAPS people were all wearing masks and gloves. I handed them my permit and they handed me a receipt. I could have completed the refund application and submitted it before school closed down but since this was a first-time occurrence, my Chemistry professor was unsure if we would still have to come in for our labs. I waited and then the chemistry department decided that it would be safer for everyone to stay at home and we would just have to do lab analysis online. This was the only refund I was worried about since parking permits cost a lot and we were about half way through the semester. However, I remembered since the announcement happened, many students were trying to push for other refunds such as lab fees, the Well facility fees, and any other expenses charged by the university. Some requests were successful while others were not. #CSUS #HIST15H

HUM402 Play School has been the leading early childhood education television program for over 50 years in Australia. This special episode, available via Facebook, communicates the changes happening due to COVID-19. It empathises with the children about not being able to see friends, but gives them ways to help stop the virus like washing their hands.

I took my nieces and nephew on a bike ride the other day so they could feel the sun and have fun as kids should. We usually take a shorter route that takes us around 15 minutes, but my nieces and nephew requested the longer route which takes us over an hour. #CSUS #HIST15H

This is two announcements concerning the status of the Utas Libraries; the one on the left is an announcement by a teacher which says that said the Morris Miller library was still open for picking up books, actually going into the library had been suspended by that point. Later that same day the University published an official statement that announced the total closure of the library. This was in keeping with government restrictions and guidelines, many libraries had been closed. This article also helps display the difficulty that some students have been experiencing in acquiring sources for their study have been made more difficult, especially since browsing is impossible, as a student can't go into the library and search the section of the library for relevant resources. This source also shows a way that educational institutions attempt to help students by scanning resources so that students can access high-use materials.

Melbourne writer Arnold Zable began regular posts on Facebook in mid March about his thoughts and feelings on the pandemic. He has given permission for them to be reproduced here.

This is running trail that is usually filled with a lot of runners but because of Covid-19 I had the trail all to myself. Being able to see this amazing relieved so much stress and anxiety from being stuck at home all day long. #CSUS #HIST15H

HUM402 The Australian Government has created an app that allows people to see if they have come into contact with a Covid-19 positive case. This is an advertisement on Facebook raising awareness of the app and encouraging people to download it.

When home during quarantine I decided to give my room a little makeover, here are the results in form of a tiktok. #CSUS #HIST15H *tiktok phone video

A meme found on the internet that brings light to the situation that is covid-19. #CSUS #HIST15H

Finding My Dream Job during the Covid-19 Pandemic

My younger sister, Josette Courey--who is a 2020 8th grade graduate at St. Mary Elementary--stands in front of a sign constructed by her fellow classmates and teachers. The sign displays support for public health officials and other frontline workers responding to the COVID-19 crisis. On our way home from shipping a package, we decided to drive by the school one last time to reminisce on her eight years as a mustang. This date marks a significant number of events for Josette. She not only missed her Confirmation and her graduation but she will also be sharing a very interesting birthday celebration as well. Personally, visiting the school again reminded me of my times as a student there and how fast eight years passes by. In a way, it reminded me to always make the most of any situation and to spend time with those most close to you. The pandemic may have tore us apart but it also brought us back together. #CSUS #HIST15H

This tweet brought a great realization to me after the first few weeks of quarantine making me realize I need to be more active during the pandemic. Ever since I've seen this tweet it helped motivate me to work out and change my quarantine routine. I have worked out every day for at least 30 minutes since coming across this tweet. At least now I go between my bed, my couch, and exercising. #CSUS #HIST15H *I am not sure who originally created the image but Nidhi Kshirsagar is how I came across this meme. An individual that I follow retweeted her tweet and that's how I came in contact with it. *This is a meme I had originally found off of twitter. This is just a screenshot of the original.

I just finished making dinner. Day 2 of distance learning. My emotional bandwidth is low. A cat is meowing, persistently. Can you guess which one? This afternoon, I went out today to shop for food. I felt the acute weirdness of distancing bodies on our quiet neighborhood sidewalks. This and the occasional thank you from folks who appreciated me quite literally going out of my way to avoid them. I go shopping. Not every day. I don’t know what else to do. I wash my hands. I wipe down the high-touch surfaces in our apartment. I wear a glove and wash that and my hands afterwards. I don’t know what else to do. A package arrived today containing Tylenol, Wet Wipes and a small bunch of pussy willows and lavender. Thank you. At home, I could hear Brendan opening the box and telling the girls to take it to me, seated on the couch, distantly learning how to teach something. I opened up the bundle, smiled, and put my face directly into it. I inhaled deeply, then burst into tears. Where is outside anymore? I’m so very sad about this loss today, one that I picked out of a field of so many other losses. Later, outside for a moment, I wanted to hug a tree, but my sister, standing 8 feet away from me, told me not to so I put the sole of one shoe onto it and leaned back like the most awkward senior picture for a school year without a graduation. I used to (a couple of months ago) volunteer at a hospital in the city. This was separate from my other hospital work and each year, for my medical clearance, it would be required that I take a respirator fit test using an N95 mask. Spoiler alert: I’m a size small. During the test, which to me always seems a bit like a bizarre performance art task and/or good modern dance, the person administering it asks you to do a variety of tasks: move your head slowly side to side, slowly nod up and down, deep breathing, normal breathing, and speaking. The text they ask you to recite is printed on a piece of paper taped to the wall at eye level in front of them. Here is the text: When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act like a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I don’t have to look all that far. There are rainbows all over the place if you have the right map.

Sweden’s phony numbers; Nicotine as therapy in France; CV Bridge Story; CV global update; Capt. Crozier Update; NCAA to permit paying athletes.

U.S. hits 1MM infections as FL. Begins reopenings; inequality of Health outcomes with early openings; 1968 & 2020 differences re CV; Joel Ross advocating for opening up; Oxford U. vaccine plus good news –remdesivir

Screenshot of Yahoo News headlines pertaining to the Covid19 outbreak.

Screenshot of Yahoo News headlines pertaining to the Covid19 outbreak.

Screenshot of Yahoo News headlines pertaining to the Covid19 outbreak.

Screenshot of Yahoo News headlines pertaining to the Covid19 outbreak.

Photograph of a closure sign at the Hanover High School tennis courts in Hanover, MA due to the Covid19 outbreak.

Photograph of an ambulance and several people tending to a Covid19 emergency outside an apartment building in Brighton, MA.

Screenshot of Yahoo News headlines pertaining to the Covid19 outbreak.

Screenshot of a news headline about the Covid19 outbreak.