Collected Item: “Handwashing @ the National Records of Scotland”
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Handwashing @ the National Records of Scotland
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photograph
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It is summer 2024, I am visiting Edinburgh, Scotland for a study abroad class with ASU online MA history students. Today, I am working at the National Records of Scotland. As I visited the loo before I headed upstairs to research, I noticed this sign reminding staff and the public to continue washing their hands to reduce the spread of COVID-19. I hope that none of our students/staff get COVID while here and that it is a mild strain if they do. It feels like a phantom on the past, but one that could certainly reappear unexpectedly.
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Edinburgh, Scotland, public health messaging, sign, toilet, National Records of Scotland, study abroad, ASU
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2024-06-18