Storyteller: Ryley Hart Shelly is a radiographer at Bay Special Care with her main responsibility is taking x-rays for patients. She is 53 years old and lives in Bay City, Michigan. She did not hear, or at least remember hearing, about COVID when it was affecting China but instead recalls hearing about it first whenContinue reading “Shelly, Bay County”
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Brandon, Genesee County
Storyteller: Emma Smith In March, Brandon began a normal shift at work, when he had checked his social media and saw that there was a virus now spreading around the world. Brandon was a 21-year-old contractor for a post office. People had not made a huge fuss about the virus yet, because it had notContinue reading “Brandon, Genesee County”
Kelly, Genesee County
Storyteller: Emma Smith In early February, Kelly had first heard about the Covid 19 Virus, but it was nowhere near the U.S, so she had not been worried about it. Kelly is a banker at Huntington Bank, where things had not changed yet. Soon the virus had made its way to the U.S and hadContinue reading “Kelly, Genesee County”
Christina, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Emma Smith In early February, Christina had heard about Covid 19 through social media. Christina was 39, and a dietary cook for around 100 residents at a nursing home. It had not yet affected her at that time, but in early March she had to start taking her college classes online. She then foundContinue reading “Christina, Saginaw County”
Susan, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Emma Smith In mid February, Susan had taken her daughters on a girl’s trip to the island of Aruba. 61-year-old Susan works as registered nurse in a prison, where she responds to emergencies and passes medications to inmates. During the week and a half long vacation the news had started to cover more aboutContinue reading “Susan, Saginaw County”
Thomas, Bay County
Storyteller: Anna Norfleet Thomas was 50 years old when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States. At that time, he lived in Kawkawlin, Michigan with his family, a daughter, son, and wife in Kawkawlin and a son attending MSU in East Lansing. He is a self-employed optometrist running two offices with his wife, one officeContinue reading “Thomas, Bay County”
Janel, Bay County
Storyteller: Anna Norfleet Janel was 50 years old at the time COVID-19 struck the world. She lived in Kawkawlin, Michigan with her husband and two of her children, Janel also had another son who was attending college a few hours away at MSU. At the time she was a self-employed optometrist who co-owned a twoContinue reading “Janel, Bay County”
Aaron, Bay County
Storyteller: Anna Norfleet Aaron was 17 going on 18 when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. He lived at his childhood home in Kawkawlin, Michigan at the time with his sister, mother, and father. Aaron was one of the many senior across the world who has their senior year ripped away from them. At theContinue reading “Aaron, Bay County”
Kelly, Genesee County
Storyteller: Angela Wolfin Kelly is a 50-year-old hair stylist and nail technician living in Genesee County, Michigan where she takes care of clients at a busy salon Monday through Friday. On the weekends she values her time with her family including her mother, daughters, adorable grandson, and boyfriend. Kelly first heard about COVID-19 from aContinue reading “Kelly, Genesee County”
Britny, Genesee County
Storyteller: Angela Wolfin Britny is a 30-year-old health technician living in Genesee County. She is a wife and the mother of three young children between the ages of 10 and four. Britny works with area clients who have young children and babies that need assistance obtaining access to healthy food and medical services. Her jobContinue reading “Britny, Genesee County”
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