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Collected Item: “When a cough isn't just a cough...”

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When a cough isn't just a cough...

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

Meme

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.

I suffer from severe allergies pretty much year round... So occasionally I sneeze or cough a few times when the pollen is particularly bad. But now, with the pandemic, anytime anyone sneezes or coughs, everyone gives you 'the look.' I find myself automatically explaining my sneeze, "Allergy Sneeze... nothing to see here," each time, so when I saw this meme on pinterest, it made me chuckle!

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#humor #allergies #covid #wildfires #hst580 #ASU

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

pinterest meme, original creator unknown

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2020-09-18
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