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Collected Item: “Corona Clothing #3: "We're All in This Together"”

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Corona Clothing #3: "We're All in This Together"

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Photograph taken on a smartphone

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This is yet another example of Corona themed clothing from a Ross in Round Rock TX. This shirt boasts the popular phrase "We're all in this together" which was a widespread "rallying cry" so to speak for people to unite in weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. The shirt shows smiley faces surrounding the phrase. The shirt is intended to comfort people by letting them know their are not alone while they experience the changes COVID has caused in around the world. The phrase also serves to motivate people to be strong and focus on willingly bearing the changes that need to be borne to defeat the virus.

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#HST494, #CoronaCulture, #CoronaClothing, #Humor, #Texas

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

Kayla Nicole Phillips

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2020-09-24
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