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Collected Item: “Auburn University: 567 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases (August 24-28)”

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Auburn University: 567 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases (August 24-28)

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Screenshot

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Screenshot shared on a friend's Facebook page. She writes that there were over 700 confirmed cases in the first two weeks of school, and yet the college campus remains open. Arizona State University also remains open, we'll see if rising infection rates change the way administrators cope with a public health crisis.

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infection, COVID positive, campus, universities

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

Katy Kole de Peralta

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2020-09-01
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