Stories of COVID-19: Fear
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This week, in our final Stories of COVID-19 series, we bring you stories about managing the fear the pandemic introduced into our lives.
Part 1: A disagreement about COVID-19 precautions drives a wedge between Archy Jamjun and his partner.
Part 2: Julie Grace Immink tries to hide her fear from her young son when her husband is hospitalized for COVID-19.
Archy Jamjun is the curator of Outspoken LGBTQ Stories at Sidetrack. He is a two time winner of The Moth Grand Slam, a guncle, and has been published by BarrelHouse and The Coachella Review.
Julie Grace Immink is a photojournalist based in Milwaukee. She works on documentary projects about the human condition. Her working-class upbringing has inspired her work to focus on the socio-economic landscape of subcultures and communities. You can also find her kayaking the wilds of the Midwest or talking to strangers (the stranger the better). See her work at: juliegracephotography.com or on Instagram @FORMandGROOVE
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome to the Story Collider's third and final series of stories of COVID-19. |
| 0:19.9 | This week, we're bringing you two stories about managing the fear that COVID-19 pandemic |
| 0:25.0 | introduced into our lives. |
| 0:27.2 | Our first story today is from Archie Jamjun. |
| 0:30.4 | It was recorded in January 2021 at his home in Chicago. |
| 0:44.7 | Thank you. at his home in Chicago. It's 8.45 on a Friday night in July. |
| 0:47.8 | The Zoom fundraiser I was part of had been cut short, and I have a decision to make. |
| 0:53.1 | Should I stay home or stop by our roommate Char's birthday party to have a quick drink on |
| 0:58.4 | a patio and pick up my fiancee jare? |
| 1:01.6 | I have every reason to stay home. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm a server working 12 hour days in the summer sun and on the concrete, but I'm not only |
| 1:10.6 | a tired server because it's |
| 1:12.2 | 2020, Corona time. Thus, I am also the masked police. I can now eagle eye six feet with the |
| 1:19.8 | accuracy of a tape measure. I am a daily statistics checker and a public reference to the safety |
| 1:26.1 | guidelines that need to be implemented |
| 1:28.0 | and followed. |
| 1:29.0 | And thus, I'm aware my roommate's party at a shutdown indoor bar is totally illegal. |
| 1:35.6 | And I fucking hate it. |
| 1:38.4 | When he first mentioned the idea weeks ago, I didn't give it much thought because it was |
| 1:42.4 | weeks off, and at this point, one week is |
| 1:45.3 | ambitious long-term planning. Two days before, though, on Wednesday, I'd ask Jare, my partner |
| 1:52.3 | through Life's trials, if we could skip the party and buy him dinner on a patio instead. |
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