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Collected Item: “Emptiness Around Us: Empty Bus”

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Emptiness Around Us: Empty Bus

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

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.

A CDTA bus pulling up to a bus stop on State Street in Downtown Albany, NY in late April. All riders were required to wear masks, and there were barely any riders on the bus. Its electronic sign reads, “STOP THE SPREAD.”

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#FordhamUniversity #SOCI2960 #April2020 #EmptinessAroundUs

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

Emily Lynch

Give this story a date.

2020-04-19
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