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Collected Item: “The Billion Dollar Hand Sanitizer”

Give your story a title.

The Billion Dollar Hand Sanitizer

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

I have chosen a meme to portray Corona Virus. I found it at https://cheezburger.com/10811141/fresh-tweets-to-kill-your-monday-pain

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 is bringing light and making fun of the price inflation of relatively cheap common items. Once the pandemic officially made its way into America, there has been a shortage of items such as Hand Sanitizer, Masks, Toilet Paper, and other common essentials. This has led to the price inflation in these goods. At one point during the Pandemic, I found a pack of six Purell Hand Sanitizers going for more then 80 dollars.

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?

#inflation, #shortage, #expensive, #money

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://cheezburger.com/10811141/fresh-tweets-to-kill-your-monday-pain

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

MotleyTheMutt

Give this story a date.

2020-09-03
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