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Collected Item: “Coronavirus is the Apocalypse Now--Sign.”

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Coronavirus is the Apocalypse Now--Sign.

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Instagram post

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When the Coronavirus struck and most all of the stores closed, the streets were deserted. It truly did look like the apocalypse had come.

The humor here is that the bookstore jokingly said that it was putting all the Sci Fi post-apocalyptic books into the current events section.

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#HST580, #ASU, #bookstore, #apocalypse

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An Instagramer

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2020-03-26
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