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Collected Item: “COVID paranoia alive and well in 2023”

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COVID paranoia alive and well in 2023

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Photograph

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.

At a stop light this morning my attention was grabbed by a car with lots of writing on it. I wish I could have gotten a picture but the light turned green before I could. The car message was about Marxism and how fear controls its “movement” the message went on to predict that masks will be back because all these recent events have all been staged in order to gain control. The message went on to say that on the 15th of September we will all be mandated to wear masks again. It ended by encouraging people to resist the mandates. It was interesting to me to see how people are still living in very serious conspiracy bubbles. I got home and searched the page that this car had in one corner. I saw that this person is very passionate against masks, mandates and against the vaccine. They are clearly on the extreme left politically and very religious. I’m curious to see if anything were to happen on the 15th and if not, how this page will respond to the “normality” of September 15. I guess we’ll see in two weeks.

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Unmask, politics, vaccine, Arizona, Gilbert, freedom, truth, America, paranoia, fear, conspiracy, prediction

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https://gab.com/UnmaskRFreedom

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

Unmask Our Freedom

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2023-08-30
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