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Ronald Charles: Doing Your Part During the Pandemic, Baltimore
In 2021, a coalition of national museum and library associations awarded the Peale (Baltimore, Maryland) a Communities for Immunity grant. The goal of the project is for trusted, local institutions to engage their communities in order to boost COVID-19 vaccine confidence. Since being awarded the grant, we've been gathering stories from people about their experiences with COVID and getting the vaccine.
Speaker 1 (00:02): Let's begin with your name and who you are.
Ronald Charles (00:06): My name is Ronald Charles.
Speaker 1 (00:09): Where do you live at Mr. Charles?
Ronald Charles (00:11): I live in east Baltimore Darley Park community.
Speaker 1 (00:15): Thank you. How has COVID vaccination affected your community positive or negative?
Ronald Charles (00:23): Negatively.
Speaker 1 (00:25): Why would you say negative?
Ronald Charles (00:27): Well, it actually stopped people from communicating, gathering outside, doing community things and getting problems solved in our neighborhood.
Speaker 1 (00:42): That's true. How has vaccinations changed the way people interact?
Ronald Charles (00:48): Well, a lot of vaccinations people agree and disagree. The vaccinations work, and some didn't work. I'm one of the believers that everyone should get vaccinated, but to each his own.
Speaker 1 (01:03): That's true also. What are the social components of the pandemic that no one really talks about?
Ronald Charles (01:14): The financials affect that it has on a lot of people. A lot of people assume that the government that gave us stimulus money and this and that and the others. Work good for the people that disadvantages and poor, but there are people out here including myself that don't get assistance from the government that do even worse. Like a person that get food stamps and me, we go to the supermarket, their carts runneth over where though mine is not even half full because I have to pay for it out of pocket with my own money.
Speaker 1 (01:55): What positive have you seen come out of the pandemic in relations to the way people act towards each other?
Ronald Charles (02:07): Well, socially, a lot of people just decide to stay away from a lot of people. So in a way it's good and it's bad. It's good that people stay away from each other. So they won't see how could I put it, get it infected with the virus, but it also, some people that's very sociable want to gather and do things together. So the pandemic sort of helps some people in some ways it hurt people in other as far as socializing.
Speaker 1 (02:48): Have you noticed any difference in yourself during this time?
Ronald Charles (02:52): Yes.
Speaker 1 (02:52): Pandemic?
Ronald Charles (02:54): Yes, I have. I noticed I done got a little bit lazier. I become a couch potato because staying socially distancing away from everybody, I done got into a relaxed mode. Being though I'm retired. So yes, it did have made me a little bit more lazier.
Speaker 1 (03:13): Okay. During the time of isolation, have you experienced or know anyone that experienced sickness, trauma, death, mental health problems?
Asset ID: 2022.05.21
Find a complete transcription on the Peale's website.
The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in the recordings for this project do not necessarily represent those of the Peale or the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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By The PealeIn 2021, a coalition of national museum and library associations awarded the Peale (Baltimore, Maryland) a Communities for Immunity grant. The goal of the project is for trusted, local institutions to engage their communities in order to boost COVID-19 vaccine confidence. Since being awarded the grant, we've been gathering stories from people about their experiences with COVID and getting the vaccine.
Speaker 1 (00:02): Let's begin with your name and who you are.
Ronald Charles (00:06): My name is Ronald Charles.
Speaker 1 (00:09): Where do you live at Mr. Charles?
Ronald Charles (00:11): I live in east Baltimore Darley Park community.
Speaker 1 (00:15): Thank you. How has COVID vaccination affected your community positive or negative?
Ronald Charles (00:23): Negatively.
Speaker 1 (00:25): Why would you say negative?
Ronald Charles (00:27): Well, it actually stopped people from communicating, gathering outside, doing community things and getting problems solved in our neighborhood.
Speaker 1 (00:42): That's true. How has vaccinations changed the way people interact?
Ronald Charles (00:48): Well, a lot of vaccinations people agree and disagree. The vaccinations work, and some didn't work. I'm one of the believers that everyone should get vaccinated, but to each his own.
Speaker 1 (01:03): That's true also. What are the social components of the pandemic that no one really talks about?
Ronald Charles (01:14): The financials affect that it has on a lot of people. A lot of people assume that the government that gave us stimulus money and this and that and the others. Work good for the people that disadvantages and poor, but there are people out here including myself that don't get assistance from the government that do even worse. Like a person that get food stamps and me, we go to the supermarket, their carts runneth over where though mine is not even half full because I have to pay for it out of pocket with my own money.
Speaker 1 (01:55): What positive have you seen come out of the pandemic in relations to the way people act towards each other?
Ronald Charles (02:07): Well, socially, a lot of people just decide to stay away from a lot of people. So in a way it's good and it's bad. It's good that people stay away from each other. So they won't see how could I put it, get it infected with the virus, but it also, some people that's very sociable want to gather and do things together. So the pandemic sort of helps some people in some ways it hurt people in other as far as socializing.
Speaker 1 (02:48): Have you noticed any difference in yourself during this time?
Ronald Charles (02:52): Yes.
Speaker 1 (02:52): Pandemic?
Ronald Charles (02:54): Yes, I have. I noticed I done got a little bit lazier. I become a couch potato because staying socially distancing away from everybody, I done got into a relaxed mode. Being though I'm retired. So yes, it did have made me a little bit more lazier.
Speaker 1 (03:13): Okay. During the time of isolation, have you experienced or know anyone that experienced sickness, trauma, death, mental health problems?
Asset ID: 2022.05.21
Find a complete transcription on the Peale's website.
The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in the recordings for this project do not necessarily represent those of the Peale or the Institute of Museum and Library Services.