Interview with Eric Fleming
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Interview with Eric Fleming
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Donor (dnr): Connecticut Historical Society
Creator (cre): Eric Fleming
Creator (cre): Peter Moran
Creator (cre): Abbie Cowan
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Interview with Eric Fleming
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(a) Interview with Eric Fleming. Interviewed by Peter Moran and Abbie Cowan on April 22, 2022 at the Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth Street, Hartford. (b) Photograph of Eric Fleming 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. Eric Fleming is 60 years old and is a Walt Disney employee at ESPN. He first heard about COVID-19 at home in late January/early February 2020 through the news. The first major disruption to his daily life occurred when the NBA shut down after a basketball player tested positive for COVID-19. Then all of the major sports leagues began to shut down, which had a major impact on his work at ESPN. He was nervous because COVID-19 was not something that could be seen. He related it to the war on terror and 9/11 – you could see the planes crashing into the buildings and the buildings falling, but you could not see the COVID particles in the air. The biggest disruption to his life was working from home. His routine was changed and he was uncertain of having to work from home (if he was able to, if he had the proper equipment, and the space within the house). At the very beginning of the pandemic no precautions were taken as everything was still unknown. Within a week or two, he began to wear masks and social distance. He remembers the cloth masks and the debate regarding those and the social distancing dots on the floor of supermarkets and public places. He described the lockdown as “eerily quiet” – there was no one out except getting essentials and no one out driving on the highway. He remembers gas being very cheap as no one was going anywhere. He felt like COVID-19 did not discriminate against race/gender/socioeconomic status. With choice comes collective responsibility – the need to help and realize your actions and the impact it has on others (toxic individuality).
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Duration: 1 Hours, 28 Minutes, 54 Seconds
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The Connecticut Historical Society (1 Elizabeth Street), Server
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tms: 2022.20.3a-b
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19641700
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Interview with Eric Fleming
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(a) Interview with Eric Fleming. Interviewed by Peter Moran and Abbie Cowan on April 22, 2022 at the Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth Street, Hartford. (b) Photograph of Eric Fleming 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. Eric Fleming is 60 years old and is a Walt Disney employee at ESPN. He first heard about COVID-19 at home in late January/early February 2020 through the news. The first major disruption to his daily life occurred when the NBA shut down after a basketball player tested positive for COVID-19. Then all of the major sports leagues began to shut down, which had a major impact on his work at ESPN. He was nervous because COVID-19 was not something that could be seen. He related it to the war on terror and 9/11 – you could see the planes crashing into the buildings and the buildings falling, but you could not see the COVID particles in the air. The biggest disruption to his life was working from home. His routine was changed and he was uncertain of having to work from home (if he was able to, if he had the proper equipment, and the space within the house). At the very beginning of the pandemic no precautions were taken as everything was still unknown. Within a week or two, he began to wear masks and social distance. He remembers the cloth masks and the debate regarding those and the social distancing dots on the floor of supermarkets and public places. He described the lockdown as “eerily quiet” – there was no one out except getting essentials and no one out driving on the highway. He remembers gas being very cheap as no one was going anywhere. He felt like COVID-19 did not discriminate against race/gender/socioeconomic status. With choice comes collective responsibility – the need to help and realize your actions and the impact it has on others (toxic individuality).
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