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Collected Item: “How fast things can change”

Give your story a title.

How fast things can change

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

video

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.

At the start of 2020, and even into the beginning of March, we had absolutely no idea what was lurking right around the corner. I recently got shown this video, and I thought it did a perfect job of capturing the suddenness of the pandemic. So much happened in only a matter of a few weeks; the shift in what life was and would be like in April compared to January was stark.

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?

suddenness, time travel, confusion, humor, funny, hindsight, change, lifestyle

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7capx4Cb8

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

Julie Nolke

Give this story a date.

2020-04-09
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