Mini Curation: Old World, New Normality by Oscar Pardo, Michoacán, Mexico (Curation Number Eleven)
Oscar Pardo
Mini Curation: Old World, New Normality
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ctrd01fjw0
In this video we see what kind of toll COVID had on Mexico. In the video we hear the lady mention that seven people on her street have already passed away due to COVID, not including her mom who also passed from COVID. Or at least that is what the family speculates as to why the mother passed. In the latter part of the video, we then see the gentleman say that no one is really taking the virus serious. That statement sounds familiar here in the US too. He also mentions that the President of Mexico doesn’t wear a mask himself, but rather tells people that he prays, and he has lucky charms that keep him safe. Sounds just like the clown we had leave office not too long ago.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olMSHQR7fM8
This video exposes us to a different perspective of how low-income individuals or those living in subsidized housing had to deal with COVID. This family is from Canada and they live in a subsidized housing complex. In the video we see what the family tried doing to cope with the lockdown and having to be inside all-day. The grandma mentions that the only thing they can really do is just step outside, about 10 feet from their front door, and play paddleball or “tennis”. She mentions that the kids can’t really play anywhere and even though they have a little playground area within the housing complex, they are not allowed to go on it or else they face a $500 fine, which for some people is half of their monthly grocery expense. This family is at a disadvantage because they don’t have any type of credit card, which makes it difficult for them to be able to order groceries online and have it delivered. Which is even worse because during the early stages of COVID, a lot of people were freaking out and were wiping out all the shelves at stores.
The article talks about the huge increase in mental health here in California. COVID definitely kicked a lot of people’s ass, including mine. I didn’t have much of a psychological toll, but I definitely dealt with substance abuse. I became a heavy user of marijuana and was smoking about 3-5x’s a day on a daily basis for about a month and a half (I didn’t know that I could smoke that much in a given day). Luckily, I was able to recognize my bad habit and was able to correct it. I am forever grateful for having the opportunity of living through something like this because it showed me what I’m made of and what kind of a toll something like this can have on me. I ditched the marijuana for some time and proved to myself that I was able to overcome that addiction I had. After my recovery, I can proudly say that I have continued to smoke/consume it at the rate I used to, 2-3 times a week. If I do 3 times in a week, I usually stop for a week straight. This also taught me to never underestimate external forces because they can be stronger than one thinks. Though the article talks about toll on mental health, I thought I’d share this personal experience of mine.
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I chose this picture because it’s an image that will be used to talk about this historical period, we all lived in/though. Obviously not this same exact picture, but the layout of it definitely will because this is a world map all covered in red, which indicates how bad things were in each continent. It will help simplify all the explaining in the future. Young individuals then will be able to look at pictures of the COVID era world map and will get a sense of how bad things were. For those who were born in December of 2020 or during the early months of 2021, they will understand why they came to be… parents were stuck at home with nothing to do so they… you know... got to doing cardio to put it into simplest terms.
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