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Collected Item: “Scott Adams Oral History, 2020/10/10”

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Scott Adams Oral History, October 10, 2020

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Oral History

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Scott Adams, a graduate student at Arizona State University, lives in Camarillo, California. In this interview, he reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected his life. He highlights the effects the pandemic and quarantine has had on mental health and employment. He also touches on the division caused by COVID-19, politics, and the politicization of the pandemic by both the right-wing and left-wing. Scott also describes the precautions taken by he and his friends to avoid catching the virus, and how the quarantine and the current political divide has affected their relationships.

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HST580, Arizona State University, relationship, mental health, unemployment, teaching, California

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Elizabeth Sconyers

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2020-10-10
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