Storyteller: Carson Kaeckmeister Luke was a 21 year old retired military police when the pandemic first started. He had been watching the news one February evening when he learned of a new virus spreading around China. This is when he first learned of Covid-19. Little did he know it would soon be at his doorstepContinue reading “Luke, Saginaw County”
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Rebecca, Midland County
Storyteller: Adam Jean Rebecca Jean is a 19-year-old Michigander who has bounced back and forth from Midland to Kalkaska due to her inability to attend in person education at The University of Michigan. She planned on getting a job but then COVID-19 interfered with her plans to do so. She now spends her days balancingContinue reading “Rebecca, Midland County”
Jennifer, Bay County
Storyteller: Karissa Kowalski Jennifer resides in Bay County, and is a 48 year old high school math and physics teacher. She had initially discovered about the presence of COVID in January, when it started to receive coverage among US media sources. This terrified her because the features of the potentially deadly disease left a lotContinue reading “Jennifer, Bay County”
Blake, Livingston County
Storyteller: Adam Jean Blake Smokovitz is an 18-year-old student that lives in Brighton, Michigan. His main responsibilities are balancing high school with early college while maintaining a steady job as an oil and tire technician at a local shop. His last two years of high school were going normally for him until The Corona VirusContinue reading “Blake, Livingston County”
Tucker, Sanford County
Storyteller: Adam Jean Tucker Vandyke is an 18-year-old freshman at Michigan Technological University this year. He lived in Sanford, Mi before moving up to Houghton. This year has been quite chaotic from him due to the Corona Virus seconded by the catastrophic flooding Sandford suffered in May. Tucker says that he first heard of theContinue reading “Tucker, Sanford County”
Matt, Bay County
Storyteller: Karissa Kowalski Matt is 52 years of age. He lives in Bay County, and his profession is both a pharmacist and a business owner, as he owns a small gift and medication shop, to where he manages and oversees his employees, while giving behind the counter advice on how to utilize some of theContinue reading “Matt, Bay County”
Lexie, Bay County
Storyteller: Karissa Kowalski Lexie is 18, and from Bay County. She was in her senior year of high school when the pandemic hit. She works in a small gift shop, and goes to a university nearby, where she is completing her general studies, working towards a biology major. She also owns two cute doggies, aContinue reading “Lexie, Bay County”
Madison, Tuscola County
Storyteller: Karissa Kowalski Madison is currently 21 years of age, living in Akron, Michigan and works in beauty care retail at a local shopping center. She first heard about COVID at the beginning of March through a phone call with her mother. At first, she presumed it to be a rumor, because she thought itContinue reading “Madison, Tuscola County”
Anne, Bay County
Storyteller: Ryley Hart Anne is an AGM at Taco Bell and some of her responsibilities are training and hiring and she is training to be an RGM. She is 29 years old and lives in Bay City, Michigan. She can’t recall when she first heard about COVID, but she does recall that she was inContinue reading “Anne, Bay County”
Jimmy, Bay County
Storyteller: Ryley Hart Jimmy is currently in the delayed entry program for the United States Airforce and is looking into cybersecurity there. He is 18 years old and lives in Auburn, Michigan. Jimmy first heard about COVID over social media back in November 2019, when it first was spreading over in China. His day-to-day lifeContinue reading “Jimmy, Bay County”
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