{"id":2496,"date":"2020-10-04T14:35:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:37:58","slug":"the-world-blames-covid-on-young-people-but-if-we-had-the-option-to-sit-on-our-asses-we-damn-well-would","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2020\/the-world-blames-covid-on-young-people-but-if-we-had-the-option-to-sit-on-our-asses-we-damn-well-would\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The world blames COVID on young people \u2013 But \u201cIf we had the option to sit on our asses, we damn well would\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Podcast: The world blames COVID on young people \u2013 But \u201cIf we had the option to sit on our asses, we damn well would\u201d\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/MplzVqurkJ3PC5TGREg5-_Hr1q8=\/469x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/IQM22P3LL5C3LBCI54ZJAVLYDU.jpg\" alt=\"How to reduce the impact of coronavirus on our lives - The Washington Post\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calista Davis is a university student with two minimum wage jobs and an immense amount of debt. 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