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It's Been a Minute

Coronavirus: The Great Equalizer — Or Maybe Not

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.79.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Depending on where you live, your race, and your income, the coronavirus pandemic can look dramatically different. Sam's NPR colleagues, Leila Fadel, based in Los Angeles, California, and Kirk Siegler, based in Boise, Idaho, compare how differently rural and urban populations are dealing with the pandemic and what they may have in common. Then, Sam speaks with a listener who had COVID-19 and thinks she may have passed it on to a co-worker who later died. And listeners share all the things helping them cope and getting them through this time.

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0:00.0

Hello. Hey. Hi.

0:02.0

Tough folks who you are. Hey, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.

0:05.0

And this is Betty's nephew, Sam. How are you, Betty?

0:09.0

I'm good. Thanks, Sam. How are you?

0:11.0

I'm pretty good. You know, so usually we have you introduce the show and the themes and the guests.

0:16.0

But for the second time now, we're going to mix it up because we're doing a special coronavirus episode this week.

0:24.0

Okay. Sounds good.

0:26.0

Yeah, yeah. You know, coronavirus has changed everything and it's changing the show right now.

0:30.0

And we wanted to take some time this week just to see how coronavirus is affecting people differently.

0:36.0

Right.

0:37.0

So in this episode, we're going to dig into that, which may be wonder, like, what is coronavirus been like for you in Delaware?

0:45.0

Well, I'm working from home, which is really great because I'm in a classification that makes me at high risk.

0:52.0

So I don't have to go out in it, but I do get out a couple of times a week just to run errands.

0:59.0

And I'm noticing that while there is still traffic out, there's not nearly the traffic that it was a few months ago.

1:07.0

I think overall, I've seen a difference in how people are reacting.

1:11.0

So what do you miss most as you're having to just spend so much more time at home?

1:14.0

I really miss my church. I miss the getting together with the people at church.

1:20.0

That was my circle, my friends and my squad and all of that.

1:25.0

I just feel kind of isolated sometimes.

1:27.0

I can be at home. I'm okay being in my house, but I do miss the congregation,

1:33.0

leaving getting with the people at church.

1:35.0

Yeah. I think we found the biggest difference in our coronavirus experiences.

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