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Collected Item: “Mobile Morgue”

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Mobile Morgue

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News Article

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Eastern Washington and other small towns in Washington are having so many extra deaths from Covid, they are having to bring in refrigerator trucks to store the bodies before they can be buried. This information is still not enough for some people to get vaccinated and try to stop the spread of Covid. Many areas, like in Wenatchee where this article originated, are struggling to keep up with the influx of unvaccinated sick people and are having an even harder time trying to find a place to put their bodies.

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#Wenatchee, #death, #morgue, #influx, #hospitals, #unvaccinated

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/web/20211008200939/https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/28-covid-19-patients-died-in-september-at-central-washington-hospital-setting-new-record/article_0e7ecf6e-222a-11ec-ae22-b7b29c7469bb.html

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Oscar Rodriguez

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2021-09-30
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