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Collected Item: “Made the worst discovery of my life”

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Made the worst discovery of my life

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

Tic Tok video

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.

Woman works with covid patients and wakes up one morning to discover she can no longer smell. In the video she goes around the house trying to smell different items. Her face becomes more distraught as she realizes she is not smelling anything. This is a popular Tic Tok video type right now. Many people's first sign that something is amiss is the loss of smell and taste.

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?

#ASU, #HST580, senses, smell, taste, covid,

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.tiktok.com/@nak0tac0/video/6893533462519614725?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

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

Nakota, Username: nak0tac0

Give this story a date.

2020-11-10
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