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Collected Item: “Costco under the COVID-19”

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Costco under the COVID-19

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I took the photo at the front of the Costco store

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I was the very first few weeks after the lockdown. At that time, most of the groceries are sold out at the local grocery stores (Albertsons, Ralphs). No meat, milk, even toilet paper can be found on the shelves. Costco became the only store where food supply is sufficient. My roommate and I went to Costco to stock up some food. The store opened at 10 am and when we got there, the line was all the way to the end of the road (~50 meters). People were following the social distancing and 1/3 of them were wearing masks

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Tianyi Yang

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2020-03-17T10:08:27+00:00
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