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Collected Item: “Parallels between today and the "Spanish flu" of the 1910's”

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Parallels between today and the "Spanish flu" of the 1910's

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

Essay on the historical relationship of this moment.

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It shows that this time feels very significant in the eyes of those going through it; it made me seek out and reflect on history in an attempt to understand the current moment.

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historical, reflection, past, newspaper, news

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

Matt Fanelli

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2020-10-02
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