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Collected Item: “Coronavirus shoppers”

Give your story a title.

Coronavirus shoppers

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

This is a political comic that I found on the internet.

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 comic shows how much of an impact the coronavirus had on grocery stores and shoppers. It also shows how people could have overreacted to the fact that they can't find toilet paper or foods like spaghetti sauce. The main focus of this comic though is the doctor who is looking at the other row of shelves. The shelves are labeled, "face masks," "test kits," and "ventilators." This shows how not only food was a shortage, but also very important medical supplies that were needed to keep people alive. This is important to me because it shows the different struggles between everyday necessities, and what people need to stay alive.

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?

#shopping, #doctor, #boohoo, #facemasks, #toiletpaper, #ventilators, #shortage, #upset, #disappointed.

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/cartoons/coronavirus-grocery-store-shortages-ventilators-face-masks-test-kits-20200331.html

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

Signe Wilkinson

Give this story a date.

2020-03-31
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