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Collected Item: “Coronavirus jokes are spreading (almost) as fast as the actual COVID-19”

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Coronavirus jokes are spreading (almost) as fast as the actual COVID-19

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.

This meme sheds some humor on restaurants and the pandemic trying to make light of a bad situation. Humor can lighten the mood and put a smile on people’s faces when so many people are going through this. The meme states “If you’ve eaten at Casa Bonita you’re immune to the coronavirus.” Implying that if you eat there you can handle the virus. #covidhumor, #foodislife (Arizona State University, HST 580)

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#foodislife, #covidhumor

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https://gazette.com/life/coronavirus-jokes-are-spreading-almost-as-fast-as-the-actual-covid-19/article_bb7847b4-62e5-11ea-8208-830889bba1ff.html

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Photograph from article

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2020-03-10
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