Covid and Culture

Social media is one, if not the biggest influences in our lives. It is something we are all on and share details about our life. Unlike any other global pandemic before, social media allows us to all have the platform to share our unique experiences during it. There are so many more primary sources available now because of it rather than the newspaper articles and black and white photos from before. I am a very big Hamilton fan so when it got added to Disney+ during the middle of the pandemic I was ecstatic and watched it numerous times. I also really enjoyed parodies of the songs, no matter the subject. This one I found was very fitting to our time as it discusses the argument about wearing a mask or not. Although it is not informative and made primarily for entertainment, I love seeing the creativity and humor that people express during hard times. 

Another social media post about Covid-19 I found from outside of the US. Through a class I took over the summer I became close friends with Mariana, a student who is also taking Geo 261 with me. She lives in Columbia and we’ve talked extensively about the different impacts Covid made, not only in our countries but our local communities. She has expressed to me that Covid hit the working class there especially hard. Since she lives in Bogota, I found this news video that further elaborates the lockdowns in place as well as how it has effected people.