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Collected Item: “Be skeptical”

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Be skeptical

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

text story

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.

My older brother has a friend named Rory. Now this happened sometime in late July 2020. Rory's wife Kayla went into labor with their first child. When Rory alerted his parents told his parents to come visit the kid they decided they should get tested for Covid-19 just to be sure they signed in and registered for the test, then they waited inline to get tested, and after about an hour of waiting they decided to leave and just go see the baby. After visiting them they went home and life continued. About 4 days later they received a letter from the hospital that said "Unfortunately your tests came back positive for Covid-19" which was odd since they didnt get tested.

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?

#fake, #rigged

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

Me

Give this story a date.

2020-07-24
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