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Collected Item: “The New Pandemic Flash Point: Your Vacation”

Give your story a title.

The New Pandemic Flash Point: Your Vacation

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

This is a text story, found on the website of the New York Times

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.

This story explores the question of whether or not there is an acceptable form of travel in the midst of Covid. It is an opinion piece focusing on a man who travels regardless of regulations and shut downs. He tells his story of the backlash he is receiving from both his professional and personal life. He is skeptical about the severity of the pandemic and does not realize the impact this traveling could cause. This is an important piece because is shows the world through the eyes of a traveling skeptic. Someone who may be spreading the virus while being asymptomatic. This article explores the realms of acceptability in travel and asks the reader if there is any form of travel that is acceptable these days.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#ASU #HST580 #PandemicSummer #NewYorkTimes

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/travel/vacation-travel-coronavirus.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR0PKlq2J5njeNc9gIk1W8VTWV2OdhN72K2H_GNV7q6JC-RKbn7r2qfy8cE

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

Tariro Mzezewa

Give this story a date.

2020-08-25
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