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Staying in Touch

Staying in Touch

“Zoom, Zoom,” the little boy on the commercial says as the car speeds past him. The word has acquired new meaning in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: Communication. There are wide differences of opinion today about social gatherings, but there is general agreement on the usefulness of Zoom.
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Living Undercover—COVID-19 Masks

Local Lives in a Global Pandemic: Stories from North Central Florida

For the next hundred years, say “2020” and everyone’s first thought will be the same: COVID-19.

The word evokes the collective experience of those lucky enough to have survived it—Worry, depression, loneliness. Overwhelmed, we watched the news, full of dismal tidings edging around the pandemic: Black Lives Matter marches, hijacked by rioters and looters; horrific wildfires and destructive hurricanes and flooding; Politics that reached new lows.
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