Interview with Jorge Rosado
Date2022 September 29
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 22 Minutes, 37 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionInterview with Jorge Rosado. Interviewed by Kathleen Capon on September 29, 2022 at Catholic Charities Diocese Willimantic office, Willimantic, Connecticut. He was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing his experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Jorge heard about COVID on the news and his mother told him about it. Jorge’s mother provided a lot of information to Jorge throughout the pandemic. He recalled being scared that he would catch COVID and it would kill him.
Jorge’s cousin had COVID, but was asymptomatic and unknowingly spread it to family members. Jorge protected himself by wearing a mask, social distancing, and trusting God to protect him.
He did not vote in the 2020 election and didn’t follow politics.
Jorge used drugs to help relieve his pain and worries. He found that he was more depressed and anxious because of the pandemic. Jorge also relied on his faith throughout the pandemic. He described the pandemic as a “death sentence.”
Jorge heard about COVID on the news and his mother told him about it. Jorge’s mother provided a lot of information to Jorge throughout the pandemic. He recalled being scared that he would catch COVID and it would kill him.
Jorge’s cousin had COVID, but was asymptomatic and unknowingly spread it to family members. Jorge protected himself by wearing a mask, social distancing, and trusting God to protect him.
He did not vote in the 2020 election and didn’t follow politics.
Jorge used drugs to help relieve his pain and worries. He found that he was more depressed and anxious because of the pandemic. Jorge also relied on his faith throughout the pandemic. He described the pandemic as a “death sentence.”
Object number2022.20.43
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.Cataloging Note: This cataloging project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-249472-OMS-21.
Subject Terms
- Willimantic
- People of color
- Oral history
- Interviews
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
- Oral narratives
- Hispanic people
- Hispanic Americans
- Men
- Puerto Ricans
- Fear
- Family
- Religion
- Face masks
- Masks
- Social distancing (Public health)
- Social distancing (Public health)
- Health
- Vaccines
- Biden, Joseph R., Jr., 1942-
- Relationships
- Death
- Mental health
- Drug use
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project IMLS Museums for America Grant
- COVID-19 Pandemic Collection
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- COVID-19 Pandemic Oral History Interviews (Community History Project), 2022-2023
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