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HIST30060: A Birthday and a Case

Title (Dublin Core)

HIST30060: A Birthday and a Case

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Description (Dublin Core)

For my 21st birthday, I tried to be sensible. We didn't go clubbing, even though they were back open and we hadn't really had a chance to go for three years, and we didn't even go to a bar. 5 of us went to a private karaoke room. We should have been safe. Unfortunately, however, the next day one of my friends texted us that he had tested positive, and pretty soon we were all locked in our apartments. On the 7th day, I tested negative, so, fortunately, was able to go out again. It was a difficult week: I didn't know that many people in Melbourne, and the few I did were equally as infected and were in their own quarantines. I knew no one who could drop off groceries and medication, and online ordering was difficult due to my location. I was incredibly lucky that it was no longer 14 days, but I can certainly say that the 7 were not enjoyable. Fortunately, I was also generally not that unwell (just a fever and a bad cough) and lived in a studio apartment so I had no risk of infecting anyone else. Nevertheless, it was lonely and miserable and I was running out of food. Happy Birthday to me.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 1, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Rose

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Food & Drink
English Events
English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Australia
Melbourne
birthday
karaoke
groceries
quarantine

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

birthday
karaoke
positive
groceries

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HIST 30060 University of Melbourne Syllabus

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/14/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

11/15/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/01/2022

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on November 14, 2022 by Rose using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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