Interview with Dustin Currier
Date2022 July 7
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 4 Minutes, 41 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Description(a) Interview with Dustin Currier. Interviewed by Penny Newbury on 7 July 2022 in Norwich, Connecticut. (b) Photograph of Dustin Currier taken at his interview. He was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing his experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
At the time of the interview, Dustin was a landscaper at The Arc of Eastern Connecticut.
Dustin first heard about Covid while living in a group home. During Covid, Dustin spent time online researching Covid, cars, and fire departments. He also played video games. He stayed in touch with his family, though he could not see them because he lived at a group home. He was out of work.
Dustin protected himself by staying away from people who had Covid.
He was happy when he learned about the vaccine and felt that some places should require masks, but some should not. During the pandemic, Dustin was scared that he was going to catch Covid and die from it.
Dustin’s advice to people who experience a future pandemic is to wear your mask and stay away from a lot of people.
At the time of the interview, Dustin was a landscaper at The Arc of Eastern Connecticut.
Dustin first heard about Covid while living in a group home. During Covid, Dustin spent time online researching Covid, cars, and fire departments. He also played video games. He stayed in touch with his family, though he could not see them because he lived at a group home. He was out of work.
Dustin protected himself by staying away from people who had Covid.
He was happy when he learned about the vaccine and felt that some places should require masks, but some should not. During the pandemic, Dustin was scared that he was going to catch Covid and die from it.
Dustin’s advice to people who experience a future pandemic is to wear your mask and stay away from a lot of people.
Object number2022.20.64a-b
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
- Norwich
- Oral history
- Interviews
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
- Oral narratives
- Vaccines
- Masks
- Face masks
- Job loss
- Relationships
- Fear
- Health
- Fire fighters
- Family
- Group homes
- Games
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project IMLS Museums for America Grant
- COVID-19 Pandemic Collection
Collections
- COVID-19 Pandemic Oral History Interviews (Community History Project), 2022-2023
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