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Collected Item: “Bottleneck for U.S. Coronavirus Response: The Fax Machine”

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Bottleneck for U.S. Coronavirus Response: The Fax Machine

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

article

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

One problem the United States is facing during the pandemic is a fragmented health care system that is reliant on outdated technology, like the fax machine. This article goes into detail about why we are in this situation and the effects it is having on the nations response to the virus.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

technology, fax machine, healthcare, Houston, testing

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/upshot/coronavirus-response-fax-machines.html?fbclid=IwAR2Op3DlGxs9rUd_S212Kpl-CzhPHwwrgGeRBEwdWKqXubidNBnwc1dQLkU

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz

Give this story a date.

2020-07-13
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