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Collected Item: “The Coronavirus Sounds Kinda Dangerous”

Give your story a title.

The Coronavirus Sounds Kinda Dangerous

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

Instagram post

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 is an Instagram post by clarellou. The post is of a comic showing a man with unhealthy habits calling the coronavirus dangerous. This is supposed to be criticism of people not taking care of their own health, while being fearful of something less deadly than being obese or a drug abuser.

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?

pandemic skepticism, health, humor, criticism, ASU, HST580

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

clarellou

Give this story a date.

2021-03-19
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