Investigations by Priyanka Bansal, Sarah Doherty, Alexander Lewis, Xiaoyu Li, and Margaret Shepherd
a deep dive into the coronavirus pandemic in new jersey
introduction
South Jersey shore towns battling to keep visitors out.
Immigrants and the homeless more isolated and forgotten than ever.
Nurses faced with war-like conditions overnight.
Students and professors straining to adjust to a new life of online learning, while foreign students were
stranded and unable to go home.
These are just some of the unprecedented stories a Rutgers student I-Team discovered across New Jersey during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020.
The dynamic nature of this virus revealed how unprepared governments, administrators, and
organizers were for a pandemic, with federal and regional policies changing on an almost
daily basis. The pandemic’s historic effect on Rutgers, on New Brunswick, and on the state are almost impossible to measure.
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