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Collected Item: “Let 1,000 coronavirus flowers bloom”

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Let 1,000 coronavirus flowers bloom

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news 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.

A medical lab technologist in New York City has started making art out of biohazard labels. He calls his art "The Biohazard Collection" and plans to donate it to the New-York Historical Society.

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art, medical personnel, New York City, New York, HSE

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https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-coronavirus-oommen-biohazard-a-20201027-l27fz47fhfffhfi7nsjisjdzra-story.html

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

Emily S. Rueb

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2020-10-27
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