Voices of the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has forced all of us to reconsider the most basic elements of how we live and move around. It's tested us in ways we are only beginning to understand, and it's taught us things about ourselves we might not have expected. In this series, we'll hear from those at the front lines fighting this disease, as well as the many people impacted by the crisis in so many ways. And we want to hear your story. What have you learned? What decisions have you faced? How are you thinking differently about your future? Most of all, how are you surviving?
Tell us your story. We're listening.
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These 'little old lady athletes' built an outdoor gym
Gyms in Washington State are reopening, kind of. They're only admitting a limited number of people at a time. Not everyone’s ready to go back, though. One woman and her friends found a creative solution and learned something about herself in the process.
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What I learned working from home alongside my dad
During the pandemic, a lot of people have moved in with family so that they can be near other people in this isolating time. One young man shares how working upstairs from
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Out of a summer of Black grief, insisting on Black joy
As a full spectrum doula, Davinah Simmons holds space for both life and death. 2020 saw disproportionate levels of Black death, from the novel coronavirus and from ongoing police brutality.
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'It's a different perspective:' How having Covid-19 himself changed this respiratory therapist
Federico Olivas is a respiratory therapist at the University of Washington Medical Center. He manages teams at Northwest and Montlake that treat Covid patients who need ventilators. His perspective on Covid changed when he got the disease himself this November.
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'Gracias por todo.' Delivering food during the pandemic was worth it to hear my mom say these words
During the lockdown, the restaurant industry was only hanging on through online orders and deliveries. But for me, those orders are how my mom and I made our rent.
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'Pretty certain there was going to be an outbreak.' 2 college students on navigating the pandemic
It's finals week at Washington State University: A symbolic end to a difficult semester for many students. WSU roommates Dan and Campbell talked about navigating the pandemic in a social environment like college.
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I stayed sober through the pandemic
Camila was 17, and four months sober when the pandemic started. She shared her struggles and triumphs through maintaining that progress with KUOW's Radioactive Youth Media program. https://www.kuow.org/stories/i-stayed-sober-through-the-pandemic
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Voices of the pandemic: Making a career change when your job closes down
The pandemic has disrupted so many people’s lives. For some, that disruption gave them the opportunity to start down a new path. That’s what happened to Lauren Divine, who lives in West Seattle.
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I was pregnant on 9/11. Here’s how I see my anxieties in expecting parents today
There are many reasons to be anxious about the future right now. Some expectant mothers may be wondering what the future holds for their kids. That brought back some memories for Liza White, who carried a child during 9/11.
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'No masking, no checks.' This doctor shares her experience in Covid-safe New Zealand
This story is part of a series of first-person narratives documenting this moment in history, from the pandemic to the protests for racial equality.
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When he got Covid, this student turned to his fraternity brothers at the University of Washington
Nick Baldini was one of hundreds of students at the University of Washington who came down with Covid while living on Greek Row. He says his fraternity brothers had gotten him through tough times before, and so he again turned to them for support.
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A teenager muses on how to keep friends and learn English during the pandemic
When the pandemic started, I felt very lonely. And because I was isolated, my English started getting worse and worse. Because I didn’t see any friends at all, only texting.