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Collected Item: “Don't Touch ANYTHING”

Give your story a title.

Don't Touch ANYTHING

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

Birthday Card

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 of the biggest things throughout this pandemic was washing your hands and using hand sanitizer. If you touch something in public or that isn’t yours, it’s like your hands are on fire and you need to immediately put them out. I open the door to a store and I immediately grab one of the five hand sanitizers in my purse and drown my hands in it. This object pokes a little fun at the coinciding of the pandemic and those who’s 21st birthday was during COVID restrictions. Joking that this is the best alcohol someone could receive this year as they are finally legal to drink, when most people would probably be thrilled with hand sanitizer as a gift. This item would be of interest to future historians because it illustrates something particularly significant about 2020, the importance and use of hand sanitizer and all those who had makeshift 21st birthdays.

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?

#HST241 #CovidMiniCollection #Suffolk #Turning21DuringPandemic #BirthdayCard #HandSanitizer

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/875278868/funny-birthday-card-coronavirus-pandemic?ref=search_recently_viewed-3&frs=1

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

CaptainObviousDesign

Give this story a date.

2020-12-03
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