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Collected Item: “Life Just Before COVID-19”

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Life Just Before COVID-19

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Text story

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At the start of February, life was perfectly normal. We went out somewhere fun every week, and had a lot of laughs. We visited my grandparents very often, and played with their dogs a lot. We even went shopping all together as a family. I had no idea what COVID-19 was, and the first time I heard about it was when my friend texted about it randomly. I wondered what he was talking about, but didn’t pay too much attention to it at the time. Suddenly, my way of life changed. Going outside was dangerous. Hand sanitizers were worth their weight in gold, and stores having stock was a thing of the past. My life would never be the same.

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Owen Yang

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2020-12-10
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