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Collected Item: “The Stay At Home Order Lifted - Good or Bad?”

Give your story a title.

The Stay At Home Order Lifted - Good or Bad?

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

A video from TikTok

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.

Being in CA, especially the OC area where the protests were held, this sense of selfishness is very well now. Many people here tend to be extroverts and feel the need to go out. What they don't know is how fast this virus spreads and how long it takes before you can actually feel the symptoms. Just because your state has slowly started to open up again, it doesn't mean the virus has slowed down or that all of a sudden you're immune. Also, living with my grandfather and grandmother, I see how scary this time must be for them. I try to stay home as much as possible because I know if I get it, they'll get it as well and that puts their life at risks. We are under quarantine for a reason and I think people need to realize that. People's lives are at risk. Please try and stay home or always social distance yourself when you are out. I don't want to lose my family members.

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?

#tiktok, #angry, #socialdistancing

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

molly russo

Give this story a date.

2020-05-12
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