Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

Life in Canada: When the pandemic just began, we were still going out

16 Mar 2020 · 3 min

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In this March 2020 vlog, Kaberi Dutta Chatterjee records herself at a Tim Hortons in Canada, offering a first‑person snapshot of daily life as the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold. She notes that streets, parking lots, and store aisles are unusually empty, while a few people are present, most wearing masks. Kaberi emphasizes the heightened focus on hygiene—she constantly sanitizes her hands and the tabletop she works at. She mentions panic buying, describing it as more alarming than the disease itself, yet reassures viewers that she and her community are “all well” and taking precautions. The tone is conversational and reassuring, aiming to calm nervous viewers by sharing a calm, observational view of the local situation.

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Kaberi from Canada once again. In the middle of this coronavirus, which we have to— we are also very badly hit and people are getting very nervous and panic is spreading here too. So I just wanted to make a video to show that we are all well. Nothing is really serious over here, but we are taking a lot of precautions. Here, for instance, this is a new addition to my desktop table where I work. Where I'm going, so constantly we are sanitizing our hands and like whenever touching something. And I've sanitized this table because I'm in a public. I'm at Tim Hortons actually. So there is there way too people at Tim Hortons right now, and mostly the roads are completely empty. Roads are really empty. It's a beautiful bright sunlight day, and there should have been more people on the roads. Car parking is also. also quite empty, quite like there's not many cars on the parking lot. And you will see even the shops, like most of the shops and around, all the aisles are all empty. So we had to get a few stuff to survive us for a week at least because all aisles are empty. People are panic buying and that is getting That is more serious than you know the disease itself. Disease is not that serious, though it's of course serious, but it's like not that pandemic as much as it it appears to be. So you can see the you can see the Steve Hawkins in here and yeah, I have soup and working on my laptop. So. This is how it looks like in this one place. People are more concerned and carrying, you know, carrying masks, wearing masks, a lot of people. You see that it's more relaxed, not much of a panic here in Timbuktu. So I hope you guys can get reassured that Have a good day.