Storyteller: Manuela Harper Coty is a 31-year-old assistant to a Colorectal Surgeon. She first heard about COVID sometime in February of 2020. Working in the healthcare field, emails were being sent out making everyone aware of the situation. Not much information was known but they were letting people know what they could without tryingContinue reading “Coty, MIdland”
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Anna, Midland County
Storyteller: Michelle Wilkerson Anna is an 18-year-old who lives in Midland, Michigan. She is a co-op student for a hospital. Anna puts extra time into volunteering until one day she was asked not to come in. Covid began to spread, and she felt scared, yet it felt like something temporary. she spent her junior yearContinue reading “Anna, Midland County”
Mary, Midland
Storyteller: Anna Bradford Mary is 78 years old and lives in Midland, Michigan. She is retired and her main responsibility is maintaining her home doing tasks such as cooking and cleaning. Mary first heard about COVID-19 in early January of 2020 when things in China began progressing. Mary’s life changed in the sense that sheContinue reading “Mary, Midland”
Crystal, Midland
Storyteller: Anna Bradford Crystal is a 39 year old elementary school teacher from Midland Michigan, who is also a mother to two kids. She first became aware of the spreading COVID-19 illness when schools started discussing, what was supposed to be, a temporary shutdown in early March of 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit,Continue reading “Crystal, Midland”
Seth, Midland
Storyteller: Anna Bradford Seth is an 18 year old high school student from Midland, Michigan. He first heard about COVID-19 when his teachers started talking about the possibility of school shutting down. He had heard about a man in China eating a bat that resulted in an illness, but did not know what was toContinue reading “Seth, Midland”
Isaac, Midland
Storyteller: Jessica Thompson “Beep beep- my phone went off with a new alert talking about a virus spreading in China. I remember reading the article and thinking that it will never make it here.” A local police officer, Isaac stated when recalling when he had heard about the pandemic. When asked how the pandemic hasContinue reading “Isaac, Midland”
Liz, Midland
Storyteller: Jessica Thompson “I had no idea the morning huddle at work was going to impact the next year or more of my life” Liz had walked into work at the local hospital like any other day. She works as an emergency room technician. Her coworkers had gathered, and her unit manager made the announcementContinue reading “Liz, Midland”
Raimee, Midland County
Storyteller: Madison Wagner Raimee is a 42 year old Registered Nurse working as the Director of Case Management for MidMichigan Health. In early March she remembers hearing about Covid from other leaders that there was concern with the virus spreading in the U.S. Raimee’s day to day life changed firstly by having her two childrenContinue reading “Raimee, Midland County”
Kathryn, Midland
Storyteller: Alexus Knapik Kathryn Lamont, also known as Katie, was 18 when this pandemic began. Hearing about it from the people at work is where she first learned about the virus that was soon going to take over the country. Katie works as a head cook in a restaurant in Saginaw. She wasn’t expecting everythingContinue reading “Kathryn, Midland”
Jacob, Midland
Storyteller: Alexus Knapik Jacob, who is currently 18 years old, works on a farm and is very dedicated to everything he does in life. When all of this happened he was finishing his last year of high school, therefore, everything was flipped upside down. Life as he knew it became weird and not as fun.Continue reading “Jacob, Midland”
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