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They discuss quickly getting curriculum ready to go remote for classes and what a big adjustment that was, hearing from more and more students as they and their family members got sick, and constantly monitoring the situation on their phone – this put them in a constant state of anxiety and they had to turn off phone notifications. They talk about getting groceries using delivery apps, wiping down everything that came into their home, and how no one knew how COVID was spread at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThey also talk about the difficulty getting healthcare for non COVID related illnesses at the time, and as a result their grandfather, who lived in Canada with their parents, did not get the care he needed and passed away. They talk about going to Canada to be with their family for the funeral and staying there indefinitely, since it was so hard to travel at the time. 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This interview focuses on their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning with the first rumblings about the sickness in March 2020, including the debate at the workplace to go remote, and the panic that was starting to spread throughout the city. They discuss quickly getting curriculum ready to go remote for classes and what a big adjustment that was, hearing from more and more students as they and their family members got sick, and constantly monitoring the situation on their phone \u0026ndash; this put them in a constant state of anxiety and they had to turn off phone notifications. They talk about getting groceries using delivery apps, wiping down everything that came into their home, and how no one knew how COVID was spread at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThey also talk about the difficulty getting healthcare for non COVID related illnesses at the time, and as a result their grandfather, who lived in Canada with their parents, did not get the care he needed and passed away. They talk about going to Canada to be with their family for the funeral and staying there indefinitely, since it was so hard to travel at the time. There was a big difference in how the pandemic was being handled in Canada vs the USA, it was taken much more seriously and there was more of a sense of social responsibility there. 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Hi, Can I please ask you for your age?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2.0,13.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Sure. I am 34 years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=13.0,15.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Okay. What neighborhoods in Queens? You live? You work? Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=15.0,22.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I live in Astoria . Yeah. I work in Long Island City. I mean, I guess Astoria is part of Long Island City, depending on who you ask. And, I also work in Flushing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=22.0,35.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Okay, perfect. Now, so as you know, this interview is mainly focused on COVID, experience. So I would like to ask you, when was the first time that you were aware of the coronavirus?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=35.0,52.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Very late December. I think it was like December 31st or 30th or something when they said that, um, in China they were building hospitals, like temporary hospitals that, that they were building in record time to, um, to address the sudden surge of coronavirus cases. And that's when I started to realize, okay, Oh, this is getting serious, but I guess maybe one day or two days before that, like maybe my timeline is a bit blurred, but definitely some time at the very end of December. Yeah. A couple of days prior to that, I heard that on the news coronavirus coronavirus, and I was like, Oh, okay. It's just another, another scare. That's, you know, you know, I feel sorry for the people who are suffering from it, but it's just a, um, another scare. It's not going to be on a, on any major scale. It's, it's going to be, you know, contained as usual. I did not expect for it to become a pandemic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=52.0,116.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah. so how after, like it came to New York city, right? How was your life affected by the coronavirus?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=116.0,131.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Okay. So I remember, I had class and I had work, some time in early March. And, I remember like reading on the news, how, it's getting serious and I, and, and I think no one was anticipating how fast it would spread. And, I was surprised by like hearing no, official stance on it by like my job, which is the City University of New York or the city of New York itself or the governor or the mayor of New York City by that point. And, I was like, okay, I have to go to work and school tonight. What am I going to do? And, my, my mother who, who, is abroad, she lives in Canada. She contacted me or, you know, she currently resides in Canada to be more accurate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=131.0,205.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : She contacted me and she was like, I don't think you should be going to work or class today. You should be staying home until this clears. And I contacted, uh, my professor and I contacted, well, both the professor I work with and the professor that teaches my class and I contacted them both, and they were both surprisingly very understanding. I say surprisingly, because this was very early on, no one knew what was like, you know, what would happen next? I suppose I was like, Hey, listen, I have preexisting conditions. I don't think it's a good idea for me to, to go out. I'm just going to stay at home and see what's going to happen. Um, your, your question was just like the early right? Early, early stuff, right? [Crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=205.0,248.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah. [Crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=248.0,248.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : You want me to continue or does this address it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=248.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Sure, Continue. Like your whole experience. Through like the beginning until like right now, if you want.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=252.0,258.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Okay. Okay. So then, um, I remember talking to friends about it and, and I think the responses that I got, I mean, this is just based on my personal experience and me discussing with, with friends and, and, and, you know, and coworkers and such, and the replies. I got varied from like, I would say denial, people saying that it's exaggerated, that, you know, everything's going to be fine to, to panic full on panic, uh, people freaking out. And, uh, I don't want to give, too much information about this, but basically, um, uh, people were panicking over email and it was like, uh, it was definitely, and I can understand, I, I felt bad for, for, for people who panicked over email, but at the same time, I feel like it kinda got out of hand. Um, uh, it happened in, in, in, um, mainly it happened, um, outside of my, immediate circles, but it's just emails that I had access to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=258.0,339.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And I was able to see, like, in an email threads you know, like when people reply to each other, they send each other. And, uh, and, and I was in one of those email threads and I was seeing what was happening. And I was like, wow, like people are able to, to get into heated arguments and start like name-calling and accusing each other. And, and, and, and, uh, to, to people that, you know, they barely know, I don't know. I, on one hand I thought that like, okay, this is very inappropriate, but on the other hand, I was like, people are panicking. People are having a bad time, you know, they don't know what's happening. I understand where they're coming from. I just hope that people don't take this personally and everyone understands that this is happening, in an exceptional time, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=339.0,388.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Uh, but, um, but that's, that's all I want to say about this because it's, it's not my information, uh, um, what else? And then I remember, but definitely that, like, that weighed on me, you know, I was like, okay, if people are panicking this much, um, it, as much as I try to stay calm, as much as I started to, or try to, stay rational, you know, these kind of, this kind of, reaction it gets to you, you know? Uh, so, um, then I remember, uh, later on we got emails from, from, from our coworkers, from work telling us, Oh, well, more like our superiors at work telling us we need to start using Slack and, and, and all these like, different apps, so we can communicate online and how we can adjust to switching a sudden shift from, from teaching, in person to teaching online.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=388.0,456.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And, uh, they gave us like, What? that's, that's when things started to, you know, to get ugly. And they gave us like - a coronavirus wise- I mean, they gave us like a few days off to prepare our curriculum and, you know, change it to an online format, and I know that there are instructors who, struggled a lot because they were not tech savvy, and, thankfully I am tech savvy, so it wasn't a problem for me, but it was still quite the adjustment to make, even like, even for someone who who's very comfortable using computers, it was quite an adjustment to make, to suddenly change to online. So, you know, we had a few days to do that and we were just under a lot of pressure. Um, but a couple of days before that, actually I remember, uh, -I''m kind of going a little bit back-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=456.0,516.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I remember waking up one morning and I'm seeing like a Washington Post article that's saying, now is the time to return. -Like maybe, maybe I'm paraphrasing- but something like now is the time to ration, your foods, et cetera. So I went out and I got a whole bunch of stuff. I didn't go nuts. Like, I hear people like who went to Costco and they spent like a thousand dollars for like a household of two people. I did not do anything crazy like that, but I made sure I had enough stuff to last, like, I want to say, I dunno, like, Like I, I just went and I got some necessities, basically. I got, I got a few of those Lysol wipes or Lysol sprays. I got like maybe two or three of them. I got, I got stuff for personal use basically. And then we got canned food, that lasts like a week or 10 days or something. Um, you know, we got some of the very basic necessities, and then, and I remember at first my brothers were laughing at me and they're like, yeah, you're panicking. Why are you doing this? This is stupid. And then a couple of days later, uh, they realized, you know, that this is, this is definitely serious. So anyway, going back to, to, online teaching, we finally shifted to teaching online. And I remember like the, definitely the energy was very different at the very beginning. Students were stresful , instructors were stressful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=516.0,613.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I mean, there were stressed out, I'm sorry. Students were stressed out, instructors were stressed out, and the vibe was off. Everyone's trying to, everyone's trying to adhere to the rules. Like, you know, this is a class, you, you ask us questions or you give us the exercise and we answer it, like, we know what to do, but like, I feel like everyone's on the verge of just like breaking from that role. And just like, you know, either, either closing the call and just doing their own thing or staying in their own personal space, or, or maybe like on the verge of snapping, thankfully, no one did, thankfully everyone was, was, you know, was, a very, um, uh, what's the word not supportive, very, cooperative. Everyone was very cooperative and, and, and whether it be my, my instructors or my students, you know, they were all, they all tried their best, all things considered.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=613.0,681.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And then a few days passed. And, and this has me just like locked up in my room as they did this. And thank God I had good internet and everything was fine. And then I was telling my, and then we suddenly started to feel like that, you know, it was getting slow. And I was talking to my brother is like, you know, I, I hope that the infrastructure, like the internet infrastructure of the whole country can handle the sudden, like increase in use because everyone is using zoom, everyone's using Blackboard's collaborate, you know, all these different solutions to, to talk online. So I was very worried about that. And, websites were crashing left and right. Especially like educational websites, but thankfully, you know, the internet was working fine until today, obviously. So that was, I don't know if they did upgrades or whatever, but that was something that was on my mind.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=681.0,737.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And it definitely stressed me out. I was like, okay, imagine if, you know, internet stops working and then we're just like, kept in the dark. What's going to happen next? You know, my livelihood depends on this. Are they, are they gonna force us to go back to school in person? I'm like, no, there's no way they'll do that. Then can they justify giving us salaries if, if the internet stops working, but, you know, thankfully, the websites, that were crashing, they, you know, they came back. I'm sure IT departments were working nonstop to, bring them back and the internet service provider, -I don't know if they did any upgrades to the infrastructure- but it, it, it got smoother over time. It was just like an initial bump in the internet. And the reason why I talked about so much about the internet is because since March, until today I'm doing 100% of my work as an instructor, my classes as a student and my social life on the internet.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=737.0,799.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And I'll get to that in a couple of minutes, but I just wanted to talk about, early COVID, first. So then after that, we would hear about students who would say that they had family members who got COVID or students who said that or who they, they knew someone who, uh, either we either like either we, we knew someone who knew someone that, you know, was affected by COVID or passed away from it, or, or I directly started to know people who were affected by it, whether it be friends or students, or, whatever. And, just like 24/7, I would have, notifications on my phone from Washington Post, from New York Times about COVID updates. And, and all I would be surrounded by 24/7 is COVID, COVID, COVID. I started to have sleeping problems because I was on my phone all the time, whenever I'm not working, or trying to distract myself by sort of socializing with friends I, or studying, I would be on my phone, just reading COVID related news.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=799.0,875.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And, I would try to go to sleep and I ended up, like, at one point I only got like two, three hours of sleep a night. Um, if, if even, and, it, it, you know, um, I think my biggest concern was not even the fact that I'm not, able to focus because of it, or it's gonna affect me at work or school. My biggest concern was if I'm not sleeping well, my, -what's the word?- My immune system is going to get affected, and if my immune system's going to get affected, then, you know, God forbid something. I mean, you know, I would get COVID or, or, you know, something like that. So that became a big concern of mine. I bought, not sleeping pills, but like pills that had, melatonin, to help me, -I guess they are a form of sleeping pills- to, to help you fall asleep.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=875.0,939.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And, um, I wasn't a big fan of them. I only, I only took a few pills in total, but it, it helped me get through that through like a, you know, a rough couple of days, that happened because of COVID, not paranoia, but like, you know, COVID stress and, concerns over what's happening due to COVID. And then, and then after that, a few days after I would, feel, like pressure in my chest, shortness of breath and, and well, it wasn't the COVID, I have never been diagnosed with COVID thankfully, and I'm doing my best to stay careful and, and, and, you know, completely avoid, like, I have my, my only, like I have my trust circle and that's like my, my immediate family and, a few relatives that I know that are taking it very seriously, otherwise, I don't see anyone from outside of those, because I know if, if even one person breaches these trust circles and we don't know how, seriously they take it, like, you know, potentially everyone could get it. So, so, going back to what I was saying, I would feel those symptoms and I would think, Oh my God, do I have COVID? And then I called, and my, my health insurance comes with like an online emergency, not emergency, but urgent care. And I called, are you still there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=939.0,1048.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah, I'm here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1048.0,1049.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Oh, good. Okay. All right. so it has an online urgent care, and I called that urgent care a couple of times. And the first time I called them and I told them about all my symptoms and I was like, you know, do I have COVID? Do I need to go and see someone? You know? and get a test or whatver and they told me like, no, this is it's very likely that what you have is not COVID, but like an anxiety attack or like a panic attack. And, for a few weeks, I called them like twice in total for the same reason. And then I realized this is a reoccurring pattern and, you know, I don't want to bother them anymore. And just for the next few weeks, I would live with almost daily, anxiety attacks, over, over COVID then. And that's when I realized, okay, I need to control a few things, that are contributing to this. So like, I completely stopped notifications from, from all the news I'm getting about COVID. And I would only, look at the news about COVID like once a day at a given time, or once every couple of days at a given time. And I instructed all my friends not to give me any updates about COVID unless like, I absolutely need to know them. And I, like, I, I tried to create, like not denial, but just not live in a constant, you know, sense of fear because of it and try to be more, I guess, try to control the amount of COVID related news that it's coming in, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1049.0,1161.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : So I did that. Oh, so there was a point where we had to go grocery shopping and, and, you know, thankfully my, my brothers and I, we live together, so we were able to all chip in and get groceries together, but it reached a point where we were like, okay, is it -again, this is early on in COVID days- We were like, is it risky if we go get groceries ourselves? And, and, you don't need me to tell you, like how bad COVID hit early in, in March and April. I mean, now it's unfortunately getting worse. Um, so, I, I, I told them, like we discussed it and we figured out a budget. And even though it was ultimately like, beyond our budget, but it's something that we had to accept at the time, which was to use, applications like Instacart. Are you familiar with Instacart?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1161.0,1237.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1237.0,1238.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Okay. So we had to use applications like Instacart, to, to, to get our groceries, or, you know, if I order from food from seamless or something, and, every time, you know, obviously we gave them, you know, an extra tip because we know these are frontline workers who were putting themselves in danger because, you know, God knows what kind of financial situations they're in and to be willing to, go out in those conditions. But we decided to stay home mainly because me and one of my brothers have pre-existing conditions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1238.0,1286.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And, what happened was, whenever, whenever, like, you know, how, I don't know this is gonna, this is gonna sound a little, like, I don't know, stupid, but you know, how, when. When your order out, you know, that's supposed to be like a nice time and, you know, you're getting, I'm getting food from outside from Seamless or whatever, you know, it's, it's, you do it to reward yourself or do you do it to, to, because you don't want to cook and maybe you're, I don't know, you're, you're just chilling, relaxing, and then the food comes in and you eat like it's comfort food, you know? but, during, at that time, I would say my anxiety would reach some of its highest levels whenever someone delivers, either groceries or food through Seamless, because, because, you know, early on, we didn't know that, we weren't sure how, how, like, contagious it is and, and how spread works 100%.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1286.0,1357.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Um, so I would obsessively wipe counters. I would obsessive wipe the floors. And then when groceries come in, then I would like get rid of the plastic bags. I have like my routine: get rid of all plastic bags, wipe the products off and, and, and same thing with food that comes from Seamless if we order from Seamless. So, and in addition to that, obviously, you know, hurt our budget because we can't afford to eat out every day or, you know, get groceries at a much higher price online. But you know, I feel like compared to what some other people were going through. It's, it's, it's not that big of a concern. You know, there are people who were concerned about paying rents and people who are, but, you know, I'm sure you, you know, all these situations, but, I feel like in comparison, my complaints were like First World problems, if your are familiar with the expression, but, you know, that's, I'm just giving you like a real, my own view.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1357.0,1437.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : This is what I personally experienced, you know? And then, um, things started to get better in New York and, you know, I would go out for walks. I went to the park once or twice when things got better. [Crosstalk]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1437.0,1454.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: [Crosstalk] I'm so sorry. When would you say that things got better?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1454.0,1463.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Hm, June, I think it was?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1463.0,1466.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1466.0,1467.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : End of May maybe, end of May early June. Things started to get better and it's unfortunate, but, ever since early March, I was only able to see my significant other, like once from March until now, actually, I only got to see my significant other once. And, like I'd rather not get into too much detail about my personal relationships, but all I've gonna say is, it definitely put our relationship to tests. But thankfully they're very understanding. They're very patient. So, you know, we're both trying to, rationalize what's happening and be reasonable, et cetera, but, you know, it, it definitely put our relationships to test. So, yeah, things got better. And I had like a whole bunch of doctor's appointments that I had to go to, but I couldn't go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1467.0,1530.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And because of the situation and like until today I don't have like a very clear diagnosis of what happened, but, I'm -thankfully- better now, but it reached a point where, like, I went from constant acid reflux to me not being able to, it, it reached a point where I wasn't able to eat anything anymore, and I had to just like drink juices and it's just, the water and juices that sustained me for a while. And then it got to a point where even swallowing water became hard and like, I would have like a glass of water in front of me and I would make it my mission. Okay. For the next hour, I need to finish this glass of water, and I lost a lot of weight at that time. And, you know, I feel like if things were normal and if I could go to see the doctor, I feel like it would have been addressed much sooner. It would not have gotten this bad, you know, to reach a point where you're concerned that your body is no longer taking in anything, not even water, like barely taking in water that became very, very alarming. And it, you know, it's, it sucked.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1530.0,1617.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : But then, I had to, I eventually had to see a doctor and they gave me an endoscopy and I had to get a COVID test. I'm like, like I'm suffering. I can't even drink water. And you want me to wait three days? Basically the whole process was a week. I had to wait a week, to get an appointment. And then during that week, three days of which I had to get a COVID test and I was like, okay, like, I understand what you guys are doing, but this is too much. But like, well, you know, if you feel like this is too much, you can go to a hospital and you can get it done right away. And then, but I didn't want to go to a hospital. That's the thing. Cause if I go to a hospital, then there's a potential exposure to COVID and I really wanted to get the procedure done at a, at a medical center. So I was like, I was like, you know what, I'm just gonna suck it up and just try to force myself to drink water for a whole week, and go to the medical center instead of the hospital. And then I got the procedure done. And, even though I didn't get a clear diagnosis, like, you know, if things were normal, I could go for a second opinion, a third opinion. I could go see different professionals and, and try to figure it out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1617.0,1696.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : But thankfully, it got better, and even though like, it never healed 100%, I reached a point where I could go back to eating normally. So I know it's not an immediate urgent matter. So, you know, it definitely affected me that way, and my brothers too, they also had things that if they - not as, not as bad- but if they had, if they could address their issues sooner, it would've been much easier for them too you know? But, they had to endure certain things for months until they were able to address them. So there's that, when I said that, like I was able to address my, my medical problem, this was, when things got better, this was like in the month of June or something. And then, in July -my grandfather- we learned that my grandfather was not doing well. And, - I forget the details, but basically my grandfather was in Canada at the time. And like a lot of my relatives live in Canada- I learned that, my grandfather, he could not get the health care, that he, should've gotten due to COVID.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1696.0,1812.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And it like COVID was an indirect factor, whether it's due to hospitals being overrun or taking extra precautions, because they didn't want him exposed to COVID one thing or the other, and ultimately resulted in complications to his health, because he couldn't address things sooner, which ultimately led to his, like it ultimately led to heart failure, which ultimately led to his death. May he rest in peace. COVID was not the cause, but it was a contributing factor, for sure. Indirectly, because, you know, he couldn't get the immediate urgent, health care. I think,- there were other factors too, so I'm, I'm not, I'm not blaming it upon entirely on COVID,- but it is one factor. And then, and, but before he passed away, after, they said his heart is basically failing. We applied to travel to Canada because, you know, the borders were closed and you can't travel to Canada. So we had to apply to travel. There was a process, and then we came and we had to quarantine for like two weeks, and they were very, very, very serious about their, quarantine process and, after we isolated for a couple of weeks, I, I went to visit my grandfather and, one last time before he passed away, and then he passed away after that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1812.0,1935.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : And then, because my, you know, my parents are currently in Canada, I decided to stay and be with my mom because, you know, she just lost her father. We would be by her side during these difficult times, you know? and then a few weeks later we learned, that my cousin passed away in our country of origin, and later on we discovered that it was COVID. And then his mother, my uncle's wife, my aunt, -I guess- a little weeks after she also passed away due to COVID. And then, um, my uncle, just a few days ago, actually, he was also his father, my uncle, he was also diagnosed with COVID and he passed away too, just a few days ago. So that's, you know, three relatives, that we, you know, that we lost due to the pandemic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=1935.0,2045.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : So, this is like weighing on the whole family and myself included and, you know, I try to, I, you know, I I'd pray for them for, for, you know, for God to have mercy on their souls, for a better, I hope for a better life for them, the after life, et cetera, but also, and it's just like a constant reminder of how serious this is. And how, you know, one slip-up one mistake, one, thing could happen and you're potentially at risk, you know? So, I felt like it started to affect my sleep again, but going through, the earlier days of the pandemic in March, I learned like strategies, how to cope with this. And I'm just applying those strategies now, so it doesn't affect my sleep, so it doesn't affect my mental health.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2045.0,2124.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : My plan was to stay in Canada for a month or so, but, -the passing of my grandfather- because I initially thought that my grandfather was not feeling well, I'd come and visit him, stay here for a month and then go back. And then my grandfather passed away and we had to stay longer and then things got bad in New York. And now I feel like we're kind of stuck here, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2124.0,2154.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2154.0,2155.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I feel for you guys, you know, what is it? 13, 13,000 cases at the day, I think.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2155.0,2164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2164.0,2164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Is what it peaked at.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2164.0,2204.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah, something like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2204.0,2206.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : One thing, one thing that did affect us, so due to our current budget, like my brothers and I decided that we need to move to another apartment that's within our budget and we didn't get the chance to do that, because of the pandemic. And, we then ended up going to Canada initially for a month. And now, you know, we've been there for a few months and these are a few months in a house or in an apartment in New York, that's empty and we're still paying monthly rent on it. And we have to, and we didn't get the chance to move to another apartment that's within our actual price range. What is happening as a result is depleting our savings, you know, our combined savings, when in fact our intention was to move to a cheaper apartment in the first place before the pandemic hit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2206.0,2304.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : So, all of this is very untimely. You know, all of this is and, we're reaching a point where like, we need to act soon. So, we're just waiting for, things to go back to better. Like, I don't know, enough people get, the vaccine and that's going to take awhile. New York is the third wave right now. Right? Or no, no, no. New York is in the second wave, I think. [Crosstalk]-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2304.0,2343.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: -[Crosstalk] Yeah, something like secon or third wave.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2343.0,2344.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Is in the third wave, but yeah. Yeah. So third wave nationwide, but New York is second wave. So we're just waiting for the second wave to pass and then hopefully we can come back and then move to a cheaper apartment, like already, on the lookout for you know, more affordable options. So hopefully we can do that, but you know, all the, all the expenses that we spent the past, -since, since I want to say [unclear]. Our intention was to move by, by like May or June or something. Right. So from, May until now, you know, all of this is extra expenses that we could've saved and, in addition to that, there's like a few months that the apartment is basically empty. We're paying full rent just for our belongings, you know, it's crazy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2344.0,2411.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Uh, so you said that you're living in Canada right now. So tell me, what is the difference between like your experience of COVID in New York, city and Canada? What specific part in Canada are you right now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2411.0,2426.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I'm in the capital Ottawa, Ontario.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2426.0,2430.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Oh, nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2430.0,2431.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Yeah. Overall they take it a lot more seriously than they do in America. COVID has not been politicized in Canada, and it shouldn't be anywhere. I don't know if things changed in New York since I left, but one thing that I appreciated is like, if you're about to enter a supermarket, you have to line up outside and you have to wear a mask, no questions asked, and everyone is like, everyone is wearing a mask. If there's someone that's not wearing a mask, they're the odd people out there are, they're the odd person out. Whether it's indoors or out like indoors, it's illegal, it's against the law of the nation period. Outdoors I don't think I've ever seen anyone not wear a mask.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2431.0,2489.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : The fact that there's a nationwide's mask mandate that is penalized by law. It's good that it helps a lot. Also, people are lining up in front of supermarkets and as they enter, there's like a maximum capacity. I remember that happening in the first lockdown or the only lockdown that New York had. I do remember that happening, but here they enforce it regardless whether there's a lockdown or not. And then, there's a maximum capacity for people that go in. And then when you go in, they check that you're wearing a mask. They give you hand sanitizer because you're going to be, you know, touching stuff inside. So there's hand sanitizer dispensers at the entrance of every supermarket. The moment you walk in, everyone's maintaining social distancing, obviously, you know, it's not perfect people are going to bump into each other every now and then, or people are going to get close to each other, but at least, you know, that, you know, there's various measures.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2489.0,2548.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : So people are trying, it's not just on the government, you know, it's not just the government is telling people, please do this, and people are like fuck it. We're not going to do it. At least people are trying, and this is helping a lot. So we are going through a lockdown right now, and our lockdown is based on much, much smaller numbers compared to, New York. I mean, obviously the population also is being factored that there's only like a million people in Ottawa compared to what 18 million, 19 million New York City, 22 million, anyway, or close to 20 million, something like that. So I know that, I know that the population is factored in, but even in a state like New York, where the virus tends to be less politicized than the rest of the nation, I felt like people were not taking it as seriously as people are in Canada.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2548.0,2633.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : That's for sure. There's a social responsibility here, or at the very least fear of getting fined big fines and it's working, this is something that I did not see as much in New York City. So there's that also just the fact that it's a less crowded city, and where we are right now, we're in the kind not the outskirts, but -I guess we kind of are- of the city. And, there's just like a lot of open and, I could take a walk, and not worry about, you know, a bunch of people, being in my way. And there's a lot of personal space here because there's less people, that definitely is a big plus. And just, knowing that, you know, I can go out whenever and take a walk and not be worried about those people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2633.0,2699.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I definitely feel a lot more relaxed, a lot less stressed, a lot less anxiety because of that. The fact that people are condensed in New York City, you know, almost on top of each other, definitely is a big, big, big stress factor for me. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love New York City. It's the best place, I've lived in multiple cities and multiple countries. And by far I love New York the most, I, even though I only lived in New York for like nine years, I consider myself a New Yorker and I can't wait to come back and to continue my life there, you know, as long as I have a job and as long as I can make a living there, but, the pandemic is definitely not making things easy, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2699.0,2762.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah. So also, you were talking about like the internet and how the internet was very helpful. The internet, do you think it helped in a good way? Like, how do you keep yourself busy with the internet during this time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2762.0,2783.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Okay. well, 100% of my work is online. 100% of percent of my school is online, and also my social interactions outside of my immediate family are all online. It's good and bad. It's good in the sense that it allows us to socially distance. It's good because it's fast, it's practical, it's at our fingertips. It's bad because, this is my experience so far: if it takes me an hour to prep for a class in person, it'll take me double that time to prepare for a class online, and the classroom experience is not the same. So definitely I'm working more, but I'm not being compensated for it. I'm constantly staring at a screen and that just it really, really strains my eyes. I have these eyedrops that I've been using every day. Like I use night filters. I reduce the brightness. I make sure I'm in a well lit room. I do all these things, but the fact that I'm staring at the same screen, whether I want to work study, socialize, or even chill, if I want to just relax and watch the show or play a video game, I'm still staring at the same stupid screen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2783.0,2888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : You know how, when you do an activity, whether it's good or boring, or whether it's, for leisure or for work, the fact that you're changing scenery, the fact that you're changing location, you're commuting, you're, going back and forth. That experience is gone. All you have to do is just stare at a screen and you're changing from one tab to the next. One tab is Netflix, one tab is school. What tab is work. That's too much, you know, I'm sitting on the same seat, I'm looking at the same screen. It sucks to be honest, I miss being in person with people and I miss lecturing in class. I, you know, my energy as an instructor has been affected, because I'm not feeling the energy of my students, I need to be present with my students to interact with their energy and to, gauge the class and adjust accordingly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2888.0,2960.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : This is something that I can't do online, you know, so it's good and it's bad. That's what I'm going to say. Um, because if it's not there, I can't make a living period. Yeah. Also, people are not telling the difference anymore between, like I would get work related contacts through the various apps, at not very ideal times, and I feel like this is being done because now we know that you can access them anytime you want. So, I think that when we were in person, there was a -things felt more structured. You know, we knew when the day started, when it ended when I'm not going to go and reach, I'm not going to knock on my coworkers door at midnight, because obviously there's nobody very know. Yes, we had emails before, but definitely our work culture changed, after it switched to 100% online. That's, that's my take on it. And it's across the board. I'm not, I'm not singling out anyone, you know, this is, this is something that's happening across the board. I'm noticing it everywhere. Not just, not just with a specific coworker, you know? Yeah. Or I noticed it with my old professors, like since when do professors and I email each other at midnight, you know, it's crazy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=2960.0,3071.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: But then when you see that you're more productive?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3071.0,3078.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : No. It's nice waking up half an hour before class, or if I'm the instructor or five minutes before class if I'm the students, it's nice to do that. You know, you're eliminating the commute time. You're eliminating a lot of downtime, but that's what I'm saying. That downtime, I dunno, it factors into our mental health, that factors into, just us like being allowed the opportunity to just space out, to look outside the window, if you're on the bus to, reflect, to do all these things that we don't get the chance to do anymore. What was your question again?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3078.0,3136.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: If you think that you are more productive since you have access to that, like everything is online. Like, do you think you are more productive?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3136.0,3144.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Oscar, you might.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3144.0,3150.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Hello?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3150.0,3151.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : You're cutting off. Yeah. You're cutting off. What were you saying?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3151.0,3154.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: I'm so sorry. I asked you if, because now the internet and because of work, do you think that you're being more productive?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3154.0,3164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Oh, I might be more productive right right rigth.. Yeah. I felt like I was deviating for the rest of the question. Okay. I'm working more, I'm studying more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3164.0,3184.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3184.0,3184.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : I'm definitely spending more time doing stuff that needs to be done. Do I want it to be this way? No, I feel like I'm forced to be more productive. Otherwise I'm gonna to fall behind. It's not because I want to, it's not because like, Oh, thank God. I'm home, I have all the time in the world to learn how to cook. What was it called? Banana? What the fuck that thing was called, banana bread? Thank God. I have all the time of the world now to cook, banana bread and to do yoga and to learn a new language. No, no, it's nothing like that. It's because my coworkers are also working hard and I'm also working -I'm working hard because I need to keep up with the demands of you know, these times. So am I being more productive? No, no. I think the result is just as much as I did before. Yeah. Yeah. It's the same, it's the same end results, but a lot more hours.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3184.0,3258.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Oh, okay. Yeah. Do you think that -you were talking about your anxiety attacks and your mental health- do you think that your mental health and the anxiety attacks have an effect on your work?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3258.0,3272.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : 100%? Yeah. 100% for sure. I'm trying to think of a specific example as a student. So early on during COVID days, during, -at the time where I was getting those anxiety attacks- I had to sit down with myself and I had to make a decision. What am I going to prioritize right now? And my decision was to: number one, prioritize work, because I'm not gonna abandon my students. Number two, prioritize my own mental health, and then everything else comes after. And what ended up being sacrificed was my own schoolwork as a student in graduate school. And for three weeks or either three weeks or a month, I basically disappeared. And, I had to contact my professor and explained the whole situation to them. And thankfully they were very understanding and thankfully the classes were done in a way that -the professor chose to do his class, asynchronously, which means that they recorded. And we watched it on our, at our own pace. it's not like I had to attend specific classes at a specific time, but I did miss major deadlines, multiple ones. So I contacted the professor and I explained the whole situation to them. And they said to me, as long as you meet the final deadline of the course, I will look past that. I understand what you're going through, and these are trying times. And yeah that's what ended up happening. And I had to catch up on school work in a very short time. And I feel like the quality of my education was affected as a result. Had I continued, you know, going to class in person, or if I, if I was doing it online, at a more timely manner, I think the last month or month and a half of that class would have been a more, I don't know, rewarding or beneficial experience for me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3272.0,3412.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah. Now you talk, like we talked about like your experience, but I want to know, like, what is like the experience. Do you think the experience of your family has been the exact same ones, exact same one as yours?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3412.0,3436.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Like, do you think [unclear] like an easier time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3436.0,3440.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : No, I wouldn't say easier. I think in terms of mental health, we internalize things differently. I think that, I, mentally, I took it the hardest, in terms of work and how it affected their work, in terms of the number of hours being spent to do the same amount of work as before. It was the hardest for me, but in terms of getting work done and having a smooth work experience and having good relationships with your superiors and your coworkers and being in a good, healthy work environment, overall, my brother suffered from that more than me. So at least we were able to function, but at the expense, in my case, we functioned at the expense of like doubling the number of work hours with no compensation in the case of my brother, he reached a point where he felt like he had to, leave that job and find another job, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3440.0,3528.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3528.0,3530.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : So it, it affected us differently, in terms of internalizing things, like I said, mentally, I think I took it the hardest followed by one of my brothers, in terms of health as in like physical health, two of my brothers had to postpone procedures and tests and that kind of thing and doctor's visits just like me. So, you know, we experienced -in some regards- we experienced similar things. In other regards, it was different. One of my brothers [unclear] now he can -his job is seasonal, and, it's, it's very hard for him to get his job done online. It has to be done in person for the most part. And he definitely had to work a lot less -even though it's a seasonal job. So like already, he only gets to work at very specific periods, with the pandemic he's gotten almost, no work. And, I dunno, he's, he's trying to figure out a way to do it online, and, there's only like very limited spots to do it online and, you know, more likely he would have to do it in person, but he has a pre-existing condition. So that's not an option for him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3530.0,3635.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3635.0,3636.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Yeah. So in terms of work you know, I guess in the case of this brother, he was affected the hardest, cause you know, he can't work the first place.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3636.0,3647.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Yeah.Hmm. Interesting. Well, I think this is the end of the interview. Um, is there anything you would like to add? Anything you would like to talk about? Any final remarks?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3647.0,3662.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Just, I asked that, I just want to reiterate that, I'm okay with using, the information and, and, you know, whatever it's intended for as long as like my name, my country of origin, as long as my country of origin is not mentioned there as long as my name is not mentioned. It's fine to say that I'm, you know, in Canada right now. So yeah, as long as these personal identifying details are omitted, it's fine. I don't think I have anything else to add.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3662.0,3719.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oscar Zamora Flores: Okay. Well, thank you very much","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3719.0,3722.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514/transcript/39381/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anonymous : Now. Thank you, Oscar.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/77574/file/164514#t=3722.0,3724.43429"}]}]}]}