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Collected Item: “Do We Even Matter?”

Give your story a title.

Do We Even Matter?

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

Poem

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.

This poem talks about the failure of our medical field when it came to covid. They focused more on those with Covid than those who were struggling with cancer. My grandfather became one of those victims.

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?

#pain, #struggle, #family, #survival, #chicago, #cancer

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

Mireya Villarreal

Give this story a date.

0021-10-26
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