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Collected Item: “Vacant Waiting Rooms”

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Vacant Waiting Rooms

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Photograph from the Web

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Waiting rooms across the country, like this Emergency Room at West Virginia's Veterans Affairs hospital, are a common sight amid the COVID-19 pandemic as people opt to not seek treatment for fear of contracting COVID-19.

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#ASU #HST580 #Healthcare

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Chip Hitchcock

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2020-04-07
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