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Stephanie Huynh
May 15, 2020
During This Time
It’s now May. The month I was looking forward to this year. It’s when classes ended,
spring began, and my birthday came. But I guess all my plans went down the drain. This isn’t
your typical “what happened to you during the coronavirus pandemic” paper; I guess I am
different. Unlike most of the students here, I am a commuter and a local. I couldn’t get away
from what was happening around Springfield, instead, I was submerged deep into it.
I am currently a junior in the Health Science major, so for me, this pandemic is a
wonderful, yet terrible learning experience. My professors all took this opportunity to implement
what we were learning in the current situation. As neighboring colleges decided to go online, I
dreaded Springfield College doing so as well. I couldn’t get away from home, at the end of the
day, I went home to my bed and slept, so school was the only other place I’d be. You’d find me
in the learning commons or the Union the most. For me, it was my haven away from home, a
place I could be alone and not controlled. But that too was taken away from me by the
coronavirus.
Having to stay home and remained home is hard for me. I share a room with my younger
sister and for both of us to try to school and share a room was simply impossible. It appears I
might just fail this semester. I felt all my efforts disappear and my determination with it. Going
online felt impossible with my course load. All my labs online, and language class online, how
was I going to do this? On top of this, my parents didn’t understand that I was supposed to be in
“school-mode” not “home-mode”. There was no clean line that separated the two mindsets. For
them, I was just home 24/7 and was able to answer all their calls. It was a hard switch online, to
�have to keep motivated and determined to complete the semester. On top of this, most of my
teachers were new to our Brightspace system, thus going online was new to both of us. Towards
our finals, my brother was the one who gave me my determination once again.
My brother is currently a patient care technician at Baystate Medical Center here in
Springfield and a part-time student at Springfield Technical Community College. When the
pandemic started to get worse, my brother was pushed deeper into the hospital and had to treat
COVID-19 positive and negative patients. On top of this, he was keeping up with his course
work online and keeping safe from the virus. His constant push in the hospital and at school
inspired me to push through school and finish on a big note.
Being home was different now. My parents always tried to teach me something I had
already known and understood. They would tell me something different about the pandemic and
when I try to tell them otherwise, they tell me no and that I’m wrong. Last time I checked; I am
the one getting a degree in this. With this constant attitude for the last couple of months, I grew
an extra skin and pride in my major. Therefore, I wanted to go into health sciences, because of
no matter if the world was ending, public health and health care are always there.
The world did an amazing job responding, especially Vietnam. And yes, I am
Vietnamese-American, so I am extremely proud. However less proud of how the U.S. handled
itself in this situation. I felt more anger run through my body as I watched the news and
protesters go on and on. How could you fail humankind in such a time of need, where selfishness
is out in the open? I hope this pandemic can teach our government officials a lesson and the
citizens as well. There is no one way of doing things and everyone is missing information or are
too ignorant to except anything other than what they think is right.
�This pandemic gave people a reason to point fingers and blame others. It gave people a
reason to be ignorant and selfish. It revealed the problems the United States had with their
response to this virus or the lack of response. It also revealed to me who I was as a person, where
my haven was, and just how much I missed being able to have books surrounding me while I do
my homework. I know that I have taken school for granted. The coronavirus pandemic became
our new normality for the time being, and that changed is needed to be done before we can go
back to the old days.
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This collection includes items submitted by students in the Health Science major who were enrolled in HSCI 325: Biostatistics, HSCI 340: Principles of Epidemiology, or HSCI 420: Evidence-Based Health Care in the spring 2020 semester. These three courses cover topics related to the distribution and determinants of disease, and in spring 2020 these topics were illustrated using examples related to COVID-19. At the end of the semester, students were given the option to contribute to this archive for extra credit towards their final project grade. To receive extra credit, students were asked to identify, capture, and describe an item that could be used as a primary source by future historians and researchers to study the experiences of Springfield College during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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During This Pandemic
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Stephanie Huynh
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May 15, 2020
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Given our current situation, I wanted to voice my narrative so that looking back, maybe someone can relate to this.
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Springfield College
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Stephanie Huynh
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English
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Kaleb Hibbard
HSCI 325-21
First off, I want to state that this is a weird topic for us to reflect on right now as this
pandemic is still alive and ongoing. We have not yet seen what will happen as most people start
going back to work and becoming more social with our loved ones and friends. This pandemic
has limited many of us who have experienced it from seeing those who are closest to us. It has
forced us to either FaceTime or go and visit family from a distance, such as waving from the end
of the driveway. I know for me it has been a slightly different experience living in New
Hampshire with a small population. It has still limited me, however, as I can no longer go to visit
my great grandmother who is living in a retirement house with many other elders. This is the
hardest part for many of us because we truly don’t know how long we have to wait to see them
nor do we know if we can wait this length of time due to their old age. Another part that has
impacted me in terms of seeing my loved ones is that I’m no longer able to visit my sister,
brother-in-law, niece, and nephew. As an uncle, this has really upset me because the kids are
very young, ages 3 and 1, and I know the importance of starting to build a strong bond at this
young age.
On top of missing out on that time with my loved ones, this pandemic is affecting the
routine of everyday life even more. All the schools have been shut down, there are no live
events, such as sports or late night shows, and all the stores are closed. Personally, this has left
me with a lot of free time that should be spent with friends, finding something new or creative to
focus on. I am a person who visits the gym everyday, and not being able to do so has made me
focus on how to truly understand what I am doing at the gym when I lift and the science behind it
rather than just completing my normal lift. I have found myself asking more questions about
everything because I now have this time to figure out the answers. The thought of this quarantine
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might go down in the history books as a major negative, but there are also some positives to take
away from it. For example, it has allowed many of us to figure out a new and healthy lifestyle
that will better us even more after the COVID virus has gone away.
I think some of the weirdest changes that I have seen in New Hampshire is that the once
friendly faces and people are now distant and covered. In my state, it has become mandatory for
all residents to wear face masks, which has brought a new “normal” look to everyday life.
Before, face masks were seen as different, but now you stand out if you don’t have a face mask.
Prior to the breakout of this illness, people were very willing to help out and be social, often
leading to a great conversation with a person you may never see again. Now, the people of my
state will look at you weird or go out of their way completely to avoid you when you are in
public. In my neighborhood, this is most evident as it is mostly made up of elders. Many will no
longer leave their house whereas it used to be a community that would hold monthly meetings on
how to improve the area. The biggest social aspect that I think is different is the fear that you see
in everyone, especially the shoppers. There are various items that can no longer be found on a
daily shopping trip, such as toilet paper, meat products, and home gym equipment because they
either aren’t restocked or they sell out in a matter of minutes.
Every day, we would talk about the impact COVID-19 could have on the world. At first,
a couple of my teachers were excited for this as the death rate of the disease is very low, making
it seem like the perfect dream for a public health professional to study. As time went on,
however, it started to worry some kids about their own personal health, and by the end of the
discussions, we were trying to figure out if we were going to come back after spring break as
many schools had already closed. The next question was if we would come back the following
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year, and as of today when I’m writing this paper, we don’t know. It has now been two months
of “nonessential” businesses being closed and all major sports have been shut down.
As I was leaving campus, our professors couldn't tell us whether or not we were going
home for the rest of the school year because no one knew the exact answer to this question. Each
day almost felt like a new month or new year. Unfortunately, the way the illness was spreading
was something no one ever saw before, so another major question was if sending us home was
the safest thing to do since we almost had our own little bubble on campus. If we went home,
we'd be populating the infected area with more bodies that could contract and spread the illness.
In the end, they felt like sending us home was the best choice because if our campus had one
person who contracted the illness, it was thought that it would be likely for everyone else to get
it. This idea was still an uncertainty due to having no information about how the virus spread or
how long it could live on surfaces.
When Covid-19 broke out, I wasn't on campus much longer than anyone else, but I was
the last to move out. As this was happening, I was able to see the first of how public areas would
be treated. The workers on campus were disinfecting everything and the people who were left on
campus were unsure of what they could and could not touch. You would see people go out of
their way to not touch stuff that you don’t normally think about avoiding, such as railings,
elevator buttons, and even public bathrooms if possible.
If there was one positive thing about the whole Covid-19 break, it was the way it has
forced people to appreciate the time you get with others, how to educate yourself more, and how
to be more productive. I say this because, not only did it limit the social in-person contact, but it
has slowed the use of social media since there is barely any news to post about other than the
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HSCI 325-21
virus. Throughout this event, I have learned how to educate myself more about the body and
what will help me get the results that I am looking for in a workout. I have also learned that time
is not unlimited, so the time I have with friends or family I should not take for granted.
The most difficult part of this for me was finding a new daily routine. I have become used
to having work, basketball, and the gym, as well as my meals throughout the day. Now, I have
learned how to make every second count and have found myself away from my phone more. I
am still able to get my workout in, but have to get creative with it as there are no longer available
gyms to provide equipment. Originally, I think that another difficult part was creativeness, but
overtime, it became a strong point. At first, it felt weird going out of my comfort zone to do new
things or old activities in a new way, but when this is all said and done I feel like I will have
discovered many things that I’ll bring with me outside of quarantine.
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Title
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Health Sciences Epidemiology Classes
Description
An account of the resource
This collection includes items submitted by students in the Health Science major who were enrolled in HSCI 325: Biostatistics, HSCI 340: Principles of Epidemiology, or HSCI 420: Evidence-Based Health Care in the spring 2020 semester. These three courses cover topics related to the distribution and determinants of disease, and in spring 2020 these topics were illustrated using examples related to COVID-19. At the end of the semester, students were given the option to contribute to this archive for extra credit towards their final project grade. To receive extra credit, students were asked to identify, capture, and describe an item that could be used as a primary source by future historians and researchers to study the experiences of Springfield College during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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My Pandemic Experience
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Talking about how COVID-19 has impacted me.
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Kaleb Hibbard
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May 15, 2020
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Springfield College
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Kaleb Hibbard
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English
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Health and Safety
Home Life