Stories of COVID-19: Connection, Part 2
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In Part 2 of Connections, we share two more stories about finding new ways to connect during the pandemic. Our first story is from psychologist Shreya Varma, who is based in New Delhi, India. In her story, Shreya struggles to connect with her patients in the same way when she's treating them over web video.
Our second story is from storyteller and comedian Ivy Eisenberg. When Ivy's father enters hospice during the pandemic, her family must find a new way to come together to say goodbye.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to StoryClider's Stories of COVID-19 series. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm your host, Artistic Director Aaron Barker, and today we're bringing you part two of our episode on Connections. If you missed part one, we shared a story from computational biologist Brandon Ogbono about how he's managing to connect with people in his life through a computer screen. We also spoke with neuroscientist Danielle Schiller about how these new ways of communicating are affecting our brains. |
| 0:40.5 | And now we have two more stories for you about the unconventional ways we're finding connection during this time. |
| 0:47.5 | Our next story comes from psychologist Shreya Varma. |
| 0:50.9 | It was recorded in her home in India. |
| 0:53.2 | Because we weren't able to ship equipment to Shreya, her story is recorded using her smartphone microphone, |
| 0:57.8 | and we appreciate your understanding with regard to the audio quality. |
| 1:08.7 | I work as a clinical psychologist in a hospital in Delhi, in India. |
| 1:15.1 | And I remember when COVID was declared a pandemic, I used to actually still take the public transport. |
| 1:22.6 | And I remember on the day that it was declared a pandemic by the UN, I was taking the public transport |
| 1:29.8 | and I was surrounded by people. And I was thinking, okay, I definitely shouldn't be getting |
| 1:35.9 | close to them. I should probably like stand up, sit down. So I'm thinking, should I sit down? |
| 1:41.3 | Should I stand up? And I'm thinking, okay, my father told me there's this man who tested positive, who takes |
| 1:48.5 | the same route. |
| 1:49.8 | So I'm thinking I definitely can't touch anything right now. |
| 1:54.0 | I somehow survived that metro ride and I get to the hospital and then I'm thinking, okay, |
| 1:59.6 | now I need to touch the door handle. |
| 2:02.6 | And then I open the door and then I greet everybody. |
| 2:05.6 | I quickly go up to wash my hands. |
| 2:08.6 | And I've been told that singing Happy Birthday Twice covers 20 to 30 seconds, |
| 2:13.6 | so I'm singing Happy Birthday to you. |
| 2:16.6 | And I'm washing my hands and then after that I go to my |
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