Life in Quarantine: Witnessing Global Pandemic is an initiative sponsored by the Poetic Media Lab and the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis at Stanford University.
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H.X.J., 21, a student in Palo Alto, CA
“疫情开始后，我每天下午3点都会在校园里散一散步。这是我第一次感受到与学校和自然如此接近。宁静的校园总能给我一些更深的思考。”
August 2, 2020
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P.Y.S., 51, a homemaker in Seoul, South Korea
“…The school shutdown period has been extended because of people who don’t keep social distance thinking that it would be okay…”
August 2, 2020
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J.C., 19, a student in Palo Alto, CA
“I still haven’t heard from the university about whether I can stay on campus for the summer, and because of the airline restrictions, I can barely find an air ticket that will get me home…”
August 2, 2020
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M.S., 19, a student in Wayne, NJ
“…I’ve kind of been enjoying quarantine […] I was just happy to finally have time to myself to rest and not have to be around people for the next few months. I love my friends but it all got way to much for me and I needed a break […] I finally got some time to myself and I can finally hear myself think again…”
August 2, 2020
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L.T., 41 & Y.X., 44, business owners in Wuhan, China
“[…] 我觉得如果我回台湾，Y一个人在这里也不好。因为父母都不在武汉，长辈什么的离她也很远。 […] 还不如我留在这里，至少摸得到，照顾得到。”
August 2, 2020
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X.Y., 37, a medical worker in Wuhan, China
“在出征仪式上，我们重温了入党的誓言，又做了宣誓。L就站在人群的最后面，拿着手机给我拍照，一直看我。[…] 他跟我讲，从大方向上看，他是支持我来的。但是关起门来回到自己的小家，谁也不愿意把自己的另一半往火坑里推。“
August 2, 2020
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T.L., 19, a student in Mountain View, CA
“每天正常生活，除了一开始买菜方面有点紧张外，其他的没有什么不适应或者感觉明显不舒服的地方。”
August 2, 2020
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August 2, 2020
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