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Collected Item: “Elderly in the Americas”

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Elderly in the Americas

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

Image with article

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.

Image shows two elderly people, one man and one woman, both wearing masks. These people are clearly not white but they do live in the Americas. PAHO, where the picture/article was found, states that the Americas are not doing enough for those who are over the age of 60.

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ASU, HST485, #Over60, racial, ethnicity, pandemic, masks, americas, indigenous

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https://www.paho.org/en/news/30-9-2020-people-over-60-have-been-hardest-hit-covid-19-americas

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

PAHO, Pan American Health Organization

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2020-09-30
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