Interview with Laurie Cianci
Date2022 June 7
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 14 Minutes, 21 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.62
DescriptionInterview with Laurie Cianci. Interviewed by Molly-Anne Alape on 7 June 2022 at New Britain High School, 110 Mill St., New Britain. She was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing her experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Laurie is a registered nurse who was working in a nursing home during much of the pandemic. Despite making preparations at the nursing home for COVID, Laurie and her colleagues were still underprepared when COVID hit because they did not know how profound it would be. Laurie worked a lot at the nursing home throughout the pandemic to help alleviate the difficulties caused by short staffing.
Laurie discussed noticeable differences in transmission rates between when her staff did and did not wear masks around nursing home residents. She praised the vaccine and noted that if people did contract COVID after they had the vaccine, their symptoms were minimal.
She recalls being very stressed because she was working so much, worried about her mom who had contracted COVID, and worried about bringing COVID home to her immediate family.
The pandemic caused Laurie to lose time with her family because she worked a lot. It taught her to live in the moment and appreciate every day.
Laurie chose the word “terrifying” to describe the pandemic.
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Historical Society’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the impact of Covid-19 on Connecticans, particularly on Black and Brown communities, funeral homes, and on nursing home and elder care populations.Laurie is a registered nurse who was working in a nursing home during much of the pandemic. Despite making preparations at the nursing home for COVID, Laurie and her colleagues were still underprepared when COVID hit because they did not know how profound it would be. Laurie worked a lot at the nursing home throughout the pandemic to help alleviate the difficulties caused by short staffing.
Laurie discussed noticeable differences in transmission rates between when her staff did and did not wear masks around nursing home residents. She praised the vaccine and noted that if people did contract COVID after they had the vaccine, their symptoms were minimal.
She recalls being very stressed because she was working so much, worried about her mom who had contracted COVID, and worried about bringing COVID home to her immediate family.
The pandemic caused Laurie to lose time with her family because she worked a lot. It taught her to live in the moment and appreciate every day.
Laurie chose the word “terrifying” to describe the pandemic.
Cataloging Note: This cataloging project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-249472-OMS-21.
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