The Library of Congress and StoryCorps announced this week that they have created a website for people to record for posterity their experiences with the covid-19 pandemic. They will be preserved in the Library’s American Folklife Center. https://t.co/2fEZeCIXq9
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… Stories or interviews with others who were touched by the pandemic can be recorded online. They will be preserved in the library’s American Folklife Center and made accessible at archive.StoryCorps.org.
“Our goal for the COVID-19 Archive Activation page is to honor those who experienced this tumultuous moment in our nation’s history, commemorate those who were lost … and to educate future generations about what life was like during” the pandemic, Nicole Saylor, director of the American Folklife Center, said in a statement.
“We are particularly interested in doing this work through people’s stories, as storytelling is a crucial medium of communication,” she said.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in the statement: “Recording the voices and stories of Americans’ experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic for our national collections will … ensure these stories will not be forgotten.”…
Last night's update: Nearly 250,000 new cases, 2,575 new deaths https://t.co/OyctIaNpnT
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This is the 4th week in a row with more than 2,000 new deaths, or 9,218 deaths combined. This is also the 20th week in a row with more than 1,000 new deaths, or nearly 33,000 during the same period.
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