Quarantine Diaries

The Bay Area shelter-in-place order is now entering double digits. On March 17, leaders from six Bay Area counties announced a policy that’s closed all but essential businesses and confined most people to their homes.

Since then, we've been checking in regularly with a mix of people from all around the Bay, including a restaurant owner, a mom and daughter, a grocery store worker, an artist, an Uber driver and a college student. Together, this group sketches out how the coronavirus epidemic is already changing how we live and work.

Quarantine Diaries: The First 10 Days Around The Bay

It’s been just a little over two weeks since the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place policy took effect. And it has dramatically changed how most of us live and work. Hear from people all around the Bay Area about daily life during the coronavirus epidemic.

Quarantine Diaries: 17 Days Later

It’s been twenty-four days since the shelter-in-place order went into effect in the region. Since then, as part of our ongoing Quarantine Diaries series, we have been checking in regularly with a mix of people from all around the Bay, including a teacher, a restaurant owner, an artist, a grocery store worker, a nurse, and a ten-year-old. Together, this group is sketching out our new shared reality and how the pandemic is changing how we live and work.

Day#24: Quarantine Diaries

It’s been 38 days since the shelter-in-place order went into effect in the region. Since then, as part of our ongoing Quarantine Diaries series, we have been checking in regularly with a mix of people from all around the Bay, including a teacher, a restaurant owner, an artist, a grocery store worker, a nurse, and a ten-year-old. 

Together, this group is sketching out our new shared reality and how the pandemic is changing how we live and work.

Quarantine Diaries Day#38

Quarantine Diaries Week 5

Day By Day Quarantine Diaries Week 11

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Day By Day Quarantine Diaries Week 11

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