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Collected Item: “Diary of a Quarantinee”

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Diary of a Quarantinee

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text story

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I was ordered into enforced quarantine on arriving in the NT on 25 March 2020. It felt somewhat like being in a police state, especially when two burly police officers came to my place of quarantine to check on me. After railing against my 14 day imprisonment, I gradually saw some advantages in isolation, and finally wanted to stay in quarantine forever!

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#Darwin #NT #mandatory quarantine #Covid19 #self-isolation

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www.dinadavisauthor.com

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

Dina Davis

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0020-06-01T07:00:00
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