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Collected Item: “A comparative evacuation”

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A comparative evacuation

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.

This is my own story of evacuating Malaysia in March due to covid-19 during my Fulbright grant. This story is important to me because, while I did not want to leave Malaysia, it is a humbling reminder of how privileged I am to have been able to evacuate somewhere when so many people throughout the world had no option but to stay put and brace themselves for the pandemic.

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?

#Malaysia, #Regret, #Sadness, #Evacuation

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https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/covid-19

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

Haleigh Morgan

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2020-03-19
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