“A virus inhabits the gray zone between the animate
and inanimate, spreads unseen from touch, breath,
the very qualities that make us human…”
“Summer didn’t feel like summer because nothing really changed except for the fact that I wasn’t doing schoolwork all day, but it wasn’t the break I needed. It was not the stress-free summer I usually have – how could it be, I was starting to apply to college and things quickly turned downhill for my family.”
“…There are several cases of patients with COVID-19. Their survival depends on their condition and pre-existing illnesses. As I see these patients, I witnessed several deaths and recoveries as well…”
“…Wala tayong kalayaan sa gusto natin gawin. Daming mga nawalan ng trabaho kaya daming mga nagugutom ngayon…”
“我因为在机上写论文头脑发热，测出一次37.6导致61A被划为活人禁止靠近区域 […] 我在一路上被太多医护人员（全都全副武装，看上去一个个都一样）照顾过。[…] 他们精疲力竭，他们懒得告知要把你送到哪去，但他们对同胞有关爱有公心，你可以看出来他们不只是在完成任务。[…] 如今我已经出院，体温多次测试均正常，核酸检测两次均为阴性，转移至酒店继续12天隔离。”
“In Japan, it is very common to see people wearing face masks especially if they are sick or with a cough or sneeze a mask is worn out of respect for others. Why pollute another’s air? But, in the America, the wearing of a mask gave a negative denotation. Suddenly, because you are Asian, you became suspected of being a carrier, a cause of the disease and the change of life. The ugly side of even the most God-fearing person exuded nasty and hateful comments to Asians with activity of people coughing into the Asian face…”
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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