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Collected Item: “COVID Took Over My Life”

Give your story a title.

COVID Took Over My Life

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

photograph; https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/a-rare-look-at-an-empty-las-vegas-strip-1995147/

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 photo screenshot is from a clip of the LAs Vegas Strip taken on March 30th of 2020, by Michael Quine.
When this photo was first released on social media, I could feel my heart sink. This is the photo that made me realize how serious COVID was getting. My city. The city that never sleeps. Being silent. Out of the seven years that I’ve lived in Las Vegas, this was the first time where I had seen a street completely empty. When I look at this photo today, it reminds me of the day all of our lives changed, but I also think of how this is now considered the norm. Everyone wears masks and hand sanitizers every way you look.

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?

#unlv, #mlphelps, #psc101

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/a-rare-look-at-an-empty-las-vegas-strip-1995147/

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

Michael Quine

Give this story a date.

2020-11-07
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