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Collected Item: “The Virus”

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The Virus

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

text story

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.

When covid hit it was really hard to travel anywhere, and my family wanted to go to florida.

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?

#virus, #scary, #symptoms

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMS56dwIooggojC_7tI6IJnwwxC4tF4xRVi_ltqsgpjDP9-7XFZz5WGVJYR3VHevUlKuzN-BQju0BcoHdiyA:https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tribdem.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3d/e3d20f4c-72b7-11ea-8667-238aed9fd880/5e82407c7e134.image.jpg%3Fresize%3D971%252C539&amp;usqp=CAU" alt="Bedford, Indiana only local counties to log additional COVID cases | Coronavirus | tribdem.com"/>

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

google

Give this story a date.

2019-05-26
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