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• 2020-10-06

  My Life During COVID-19

  In early March of two-thousand twenty, my husband and I had just begun a journey of going back to mass on a weekly basis. When the governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, mandated that all gatherings of more than five people had to be shut down, that included our local church, gyms, local restaurants, and more. This mandate closed local parks, schools, and many businesses for the remainder of the Spring season. Easter mass was also cancelled which personally impacted my family as it is a tradition to gather at our local church with extended family for the holiday. My husband and I were both considered essential employees at our places of employment during this time. We had to carry a letter to prove our being essential while we drove to and from work. Working in the front office of a physical therapy clinic, the patients arriving before treatment and exiting afterwards began to feel unsafe due to the fear we all felt leaving our homes. This fear also resonated with my two co-workers because one was a Type I diabetic and the other was six months pregnant. Throughout the month of April, I began working from home in order to decrease my hours so that my coworker with diabetes was able to keep his hours. My other coworker who was pregnant took a leave of absence for two full months before returning during phase two. Since the state began phase two and released restrictions, churches and gyms reopened with capacity limits to provide social distancing from one another. My sister, who works for a private preschool, was uncertain if classes would reopen in the fall. She was making daily Zoom calls with her small preschool students from March until summer break began in June. As the state slowly begins to open up, our lives have changed with the use of masks and hand sanitizer. The distancing that has been placed over society has increased concerns about leaving home. The world is holding onto hope for a sense of normalcy that will soon arise from the clutter of dirty masks and used gloves.
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  2020-03-19

  A comparative evacuation

  This is my own story of evacuating Malaysia in March due to covid-19 during my Fulbright grant. This story is important to me because, while I did not want to leave Malaysia, it is a humbling reminder of how privileged I am to have been able to evacuate somewhere when so many people throughout the world had no option but to stay put and brace themselves for the pandemic.
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  2020-08-31

  Mask bin

  Note the overflowing mask bowl next to the car keys and hand sanitizer. This illustrates the new protocol for leaving the house, which now means grabbing a mask as well as your phone and car keys. To me, this speaks volumes about the way the pandemic has affected daily life and our routines and what we consider “normal” to be
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  2020-09-03

  The Billion Dollar Hand Sanitizer

  This meme is bringing light and making fun of the price inflation of relatively cheap common items. Once the pandemic officially made its way into America, there has been a shortage of items such as Hand Sanitizer, Masks, Toilet Paper, and other common essentials. This has led to the price inflation in these goods. At one point during the Pandemic, I found a pack of six Purell Hand Sanitizers going for more then 80 dollars.
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  2020-06-13T06:06:06

  The Hungry During The Corona Pandemic

  Workers from the food bank of lower Fairfield County in Connecticut took this picture This is a photo that I found on CNN of one of the shelves in a food bank. The amount of people that are relying on food banks has drastically changed since the begging of the pandemic to now. From the pandemic, Feeding America predicts that an estimated 1 in every 6 Americans may face hunger due to the conditions. This photo made me think how fortunate my family and I are and how lucky we are that we don’t have to be concerned with where our next meal is coming from. I think that this Is an important photo because it shows how many people are in need of food and are unable to support themselves. since more people are out of jobs because of not being able to come in contact with other people has affected the income of many and the amount they can spend on food.
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  2020-06-01

  Precautions at Retail Shops Related to Covid-19

  This image shows what precautions retail stores are taking relating to the corona virus. Though I found this picture on the internet, I have also experienced going to the stores and seeing how they have changed because of Covid-19. For example, when I walked into the store, the employees were keeping track of how many people were in the store at a time and limiting the max occupancy. After waiting in line outside, they provided hand sanitizer before I could enter. There was a sign similar to the one in the picture that explained what they were doing to protect their customers, such as requiring masks and marking places to stand throughout the store to make sure I was social distancing. This image outlines the extremities of the pandemic and how stores are taking measures to ensure their customers are safe.
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  2020-08-24

  health code

  It is the health code that is required for every Chinese citizens to enter public buildings and use public transportations. It proves that you have not encountered any one who has been tested positive nor did you traveled to a high-risk area in the last 14 days; you would only be allowed to go into the public if the health code is green. It has become a daily essential for me, like face masks and hand sanitizes.
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  2020-08-20

  Coronavirus and Activism

  I belong to a local organization called the “United Neighborhoods Of East Boston”. We are involved in the fight for affordable housing. As soon as the Coronavirus hit our focus shifted to advocating for renters rights and an extended eviction moratorium. The online meetings were much different than the large, noisy events and marches we were used to doing. But, we were able to do one event in person, which is shown in the picture, where we were educating people about their rights as renters. It felt very different to be wearing masks, social distancing, and giving out hand sanitizer like it was water.
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  2020-07-20

  My Experience Flying During the Covid-19 Pandemic

  This is specifically about my experience flying domestically to another state.
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  2020-06-05

  Appeals court tosses order that required face masks, hand sanitizer for inmates at geriatric Texas prison

  Two inmates filed suit in late March asking for better practices to protect them from covid. The judge sided with the inmates but by that time the Texas Department of Criminal Justice had already enacted similar protocols across the state, though many argue they are not followed. Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, is also quoted in this article saying, he "felons deserve personal protective equipment over frontline warriors." This is the same man that was quoted on new across the nation as saying that older people should be willing to die from Covid to keep the economy open for the benefit of their grandchildren.
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  2020-08-07

  The only Texas prison reporting zero coronavirus cases is where inmates make soap. But that’s not what’s credited with protecting it.

  One prison unit in all of Texas still doesn't have any confirmed Coronavirus cases in incarcerated persons or staff. The Roach Unit attributes this to being located in a community with a low population and following the rules set out by the state for corrections facilities. Ironically, this facility is also where soap and hand sanitizer is also made for prisons. Though most prisons will not allow hand sanitizer to be given to inmates because it contains alcohol, they could drink it or use it as an accelerant to start a fire. While the warden states he is just following the rules, others say it is his strict adherence to the rules that has kept everyone healthy. Other facilities could possibly use this facility to learn from.
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  2020-04-11

  Walmart CEO says we're in the 'hair color' phase of panic buying

  In recent weeks, Americans’ shopping patterns reflects how the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve and affect daily lives. From hand sanitizer, disinfectants and toilet paper, now to hair clippers and hair dye are flying off shelves.
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  2020-04-08

  My mom prepares lots of medical supplies to prevent getting COVID-19

  Due to the COVID-19, we didn't go out. Every time we did, we had to do lots of preparation, such as using disinfection spray, taking shower when we come back, wearing mask and gloves. COVID-19 had a great impact on my world. To keep distancing, I never go out, and even staying at home, we will wash our hands frequently.
• 2020-08-04

  Hand Sanatier

  Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been very careful when we handle goods that we buy from the grocery store. We also use our hand sanitizer to kill the germs that we may have on our hands. I submitted this because hand sanitizer is a big part of staying safe and killing germs to reduce the chance of obtaining COVID-19.
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  2020-06-01

  Newburgh IN St. John's Catholic Church, Newburgh

  These photographs were taken to document some of what people in Evansville and its Tri-State region saw and experienced as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic came to the area in the spring of 2020. Many of these images represent literal signs of the time, while others figuratively depict signs of the pandemic.
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  June 1, 2020

  Newburgh IN St. John's Catholic Church

  These photographs were taken to document some of what people in Evansville and its Tri-State region saw and experienced as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic came to the area in the spring of 2020. Many of these images represent literal signs of the time, while others figuratively depict signs of the pandemic.
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  2020-07-26

  Hand sanitizer donation accepted at San Quentin never reached the inmates

  These are images of a Tweet and the responses explaining how rapper, E-40, donated hand sanitizer to San Quentin for their incarcerated people and it never got to a single inmate. Many of the respondents believe the prison staff took it for their own use or to sell it.
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  2020-07-13

  Fear, Terrible Fear

  The story that I have uploaded talks about how the pandemic has impacted people and is a reflection of how I feel as a young individual amongst all of it.
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  2020-06-29

  Summer School is a Go

  As of June 22, 2020, the Boise, Idaho metro was rolled back to stage 3 of reopening. After new cases of COVID-19 soared, the governor decided to close bars, night clubs, and various restaurants. While some school districts have already decided to go online for the summer, my school district decided to return to in-person classes for summer school in June. While we have been rolled back to stage 3, our summer school session is still a go. Today, June 29, 2020, teachers received an email from our principal outlining the procedures for returning to school. As of now, students will not be served meals while at school and will instead take lunch and breakfast for the next morning home with them at the end of each school day. Additionally, teachers are required to wear facemasks while interacting with students. I think this session of summer school is acting as a trial run for the district to understand better what the upcoming school year may bring.
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  2020-04-03

  Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health Orders: April 3 - April 4, 2020

  These orders offer guidance on the maximization of healthcare availability, the compounding and sale of over-the-counter hand sanitizer at pharmacies, the continued expansion of the available pool of medical personnel, and public health guidance on the operation of garden centers/nurseries as an essential service.
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  2020-06-19

  100 Days In

  Comic joking about how 100 days would usually be a positive milestone, but in the pandemic the only "something special" we are cracking open is a bottle of hand sanitizer
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  2020-04-30

  Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Addresses Tribal Elders

  “Tribal Elder, During this time, I find myself filled with emotion as I watch the COVID-19 coronavirus overtake thousands of people across the nation including Indian Country. Our ancestors endured challenges like this and still survived. We, the proud people of the Cheyenne and Arapaho, will face this challenge together if we take all precautions and stay safe. We have set forth a plan for this health crisis unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetime. This administration stands by our principle since day one that ‘Tomorrow Starts Today.’”
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  2020-05-29

  Pandemic essentials

  This picture shows the essentials I have to bring now whenever I leave my house as a result of this pandemic.
• 2020-04-08

  Coronavirus supplies: Bay Area distilleries switch gears to produce much-needed hand sanitizer

  This is a news article covering the decision made by various distilleries in the San Francisco Bay Area to shift production to hand sanitizer instead of spirits. The article highlights the 10th Street Distillery in San Jose, Sutherland Distilling Company in Livermore, as well as the company Endless West in San Francisco and LangeTwins Family Winery in Lodi. The hand sanitizer produced by the above companies is being used to support front line workers across the Bay Area. https://perma.cc/GJ8V-DHYT
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  2020-04-06

  Living Through Covid-19: 04/11/2020

  This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc.
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  2020-05-24

  Weird Ways

  [Curatorial Note]: Reflections on death of a family member and alternative funeral/memorial due to COVID19.
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  2020-05-14

  FedEx Safety Promise

  I needed to use FedEx to return some books, and noticed the sign posted on a table at the entrance. A manager rushed to help me as soon as I entered, and told me to feel free to use as much hand sanitizer as I wanted. It seems part of an effort to keep the number of people inside the store to a low number, and get people in and out as quickly as possible. *Joey Dorion took the photo *Photograph, taken at the local fedex store *FedEx created the sign
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  05/17/2020

  No More Different, Please

  I really want more than really anything right now to go back to my usual routine and especially go back to swim practice. I am really fed up with doing different cross training to try to make my swimming not suck. It feels like even though I have been swimming competitively for seven years like I am not a swimmer. I haven’t even been in the water or gone to a practice in almost two months. I really don’t like how even if I go outside and go to a store that is open everything is so different and I can’t help wondering if these changes are going to last. Today I woke up I think the latest I have ever woken up. The difference is that when I saw how late it was, I jumped out of bed and got straight to work. I finished my workout so early that I got to make doughnuts. If COVID-19 had not happened I would have not learned all of the recipes I got to learn. However, I might have had my championship swim meet and been a better swimmer. *Original text in Creator: Nicole Dumitrascu #LSMS #NSD
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  2020-05-18

  Go Back to Normal!!!

  I have learned in this quarantine that is you want to do something and not be lazy, then you must attack it head on and just go for it. The hardest part of accomplishing something is definitely starting. If you can start the thing you want, then you are more motivated to finish it because you have already spent time and effort trying to accomplish the thing you want. Even when I get out of this quarantine, I am going to try to apply this to my daily life. I really wonder when things are going to get back to normal, or if things will go back to normal. This might be the new normal which is a scary thought. I hope this is not the new normal because I had a plan for my future. Well kind of, but this is definitely not what I had planned. I am trying to remember that it is not about what I want for my future or what I think is supposed to happen in my life. It is about God’s plan and what he wants to happen in my life. *Original text in Creator: Nicole Dumitrascu #LSMS #NSD
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  05/18/2020

  Make sure you have your phone, keys, wallet, and all of this stuff too

  This is the new normal. During this time of uncertainty, it can't hurt to go a little overboard with the caution.
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  2020-05-15

  Mobile Palm Sunday

  This was a funny story. We were walking around for a bit in my grandmother's neighborhood, when we saw a priest in a car while we were crossing the street. My dad gave him a bowing gesture, and in return, the priest gave him a sign of the cross. But then, once we had crossed the street, the car pulled over to us, and offered to give us our Palm Sunday palms. He told us they had been sanitized, and blessed, and that he had a whole box of them he had been giving out. He told us that he had been going around all day giving palms and blessing to people. It was quite the uplifting experience, as we hadn't at all expected to get anything Palm Sunday related this year.
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  2020-05-11

  Noella Flyer #4

  This is part of a series involving my father's small business in Avon, Connecticut. They have recently been allowed to reopen, and this is a flyer that explains new safety guidelines and procedures within the store, during the pandemic.
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  2020-03-29

  A photo of the toilet paper shelfs when the corona virus first began

  This image is a photo of the shelfs that used to hold toilet paper. The reason that they are empty is because when corona first hit and quarantine was beginning, everybody rushed to buy as much toilet paper as they could, in case of a lock down or stores being closed. This led to many stores running out and other individuals having difficulty acquiring toilet paper. For my family personally, we came to a point where we had gone to about three or four different stores and all of them were out of toilet paper, so we had to ask some family friends for some in the meantime.
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  2020-05-09

  New Realities

  When visiting my mother this weekend, we decided to take a trip to the gas station to get some drinks. My mom is immunocompromised and takes Covid-19 very seriously. She said if I planned on going into the convenience store I had to wear a mask. She keeps masks like this in the glove box as well as hand sanitizer in her car. She puts on the mask and sanitizer before she enters the store, and puts sanitizer on again when she returns home, before she goes inside.
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  2020-05-08

  Interpreting a Pandemic

  I chose to focus on creating a collage that incorporates bits and pieces of different notable events that have taken place during this pandemic. This multi-media collage utilizes paper, gloves, masks, and cellophane in order to depict how this pandemic has changed our lives - from overpriced purell to lines at grocery stores and zoom meetings. I tried to incorporate many different pieces of history that anyone that lived through this era could relate to and I hope that came across!
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  2020-04-01

  Pennywise Coronavirus Meme

  This meme was funny to me because it shows the extremes that people are willing to go to, in order to get things like hand sanitizer during this time. This relates to my life because whenever I've gone to the store for groceries, I see signs in the front saying "no hand sanitizer, no sanitization wipes, no toilet paper, etc." or "limit 1 hand sanitizer per person". I didn't know it would get that crazy, but I guess Pennywise has a new way to get kids to come into the sewers with him in 2020. #CSUS #HIST15H
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  2020-04-21

  Homemade hand sanitizer.

  This is a picture of four containers filled with homemade hand sanitizer from strong alcohol with a percentage of over 80% and other things like aloe vera and to make it smell better and not dry out your hands. It costs about 15 dollars to make but you can make it for weeks. The things you will need are: -measuring cup - measuring spoons - whisk - empty spray bottles or empty lotion or sanitizer container 1 cup of 99% isopropyl alcohol 1 tablespoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide 1 teaspoon of 98% glycerin 1/4 cup of sterile distilled or boiled cold water This can yield 2.6 GALLONS of hand sanitizer. Obviously you won't need this much but now you have hand sanitizer as long as you need it.
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  2020-04-20

  Blindsided Change

  Everything is different now. Who would have imagined? If I or anyone I know was told in the fall of 2019 that in the start of year 2020 there would be a world pandemic that placed most of the world on lockdown, we most likely would have laughed or scoffed. We would have thought it impossible. And yet it happened. And it happened quickly, dawning a new decade with an event that will most likely damage societies. What a way to start a decade. Here is to 2020. May the middle and the end be more fortuitous than it’s destructive beginning. Everyone is in quarantine within their homes in hopes of preventing the spread of the new corona virus. A subtle virus that nobody would have expected to cause a worldwide emergency. After all, there are many diseases and viruses that appear to be worse than Covid-19 such as SARS. However that’s the danger, it is so subtle and contagious, it spread from China to the United States of America in a number of weeks. There is an estimated 800,000 confirmed cases of the virus with the States. Who knows if that number is accurate. It may be larger. It may be smaller. The world has changed in a matter of weeks. People rarely go out to areas where they are likely to encounter other people. If they do dare to venture outside, it is often with a face mask, disposable gloves, and hand sanitizer. Business has never been better for Amazon as people flock to their website in order to avoid having to go to the grocery store. Netflix is probably being used more now than anytime before. Schools have shut down and transferred online, many using Zoom as their platform of communication. Most people are stocking up on supplies. My father went to the gun store and said he had never seen the place busier. Toilet paper has become a valuable commodity. There have been more people on walks in my neighborhood than ever. All trying to escape the boredom and the feeling of wasting from remaining still. My sister and I have been placed on quarantine about two weeks before everyone else. I don’t believe I have had a physical interaction that was not digital with another person besides my family in 2 or 3 months. The only place that I have been to besides my house is the National Forest in Flagstaff, Arizona where I am allowed to go for hikes for miles. It is beautifully refreshing in comparison to the same color of wall wherever you turn. I’m allowed to take my truck out for a drive as long as the only destination is my house. I like to drive with the windows down on the highway and be reminded of the movement of nature that is absent in my daily circumstance. It is interesting how affected people become by fear and paranoia. I was driving through the neighborhood when I saw a couple walking. I waved as any friendly person would. The couple glared at me as if I was a threat. As if I would somehow give them the virus while contained in my car on the other side of the street. I found this behavior odd. But then this odd behavior occurred on several other occasions during my drives. I fear what this virus will do to our country. It has already changed our daily lives. I would hate for the coronavirus to turn America into a country where friendliness is unwelcome.
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  2020-04-18

  Working at a Grocery Store

  This all takes place in March around the week of the 20th I believe? Sadly, I have not been keeping tabs during when the pandemic was actually announced, but I did work that week a few days when the news hit everyone. The week following the mass panic in my area I paid attention to what was going on in the other parts of the U.S. People were stocking up on toliet paper and handsanitzer, so I knew to be ready when I was here. I bought my stuff and people thought I was crazy. When the week came, my little store with only 6 registers was packed. All day long there were from 3-5 people lined up at every register. They bought everything. The shelves were just bare and the meat department was empty. People paniced that we would never get food back in as if trucks weren't going to come on their correct dates with fresh supply. Every single day the trucks came the food was gone. People thought we were hiding stuff in the back, but in reality the moment it got here it was put on the shelves and then gone. I did not work in the morning, but since grocery trucks (the ones with toilet paper) were stocked overnight in the morning it would be packed. Halfway through the week, we put limits on things like meat, eggs, hand sanitizer, and any other sold out items. This concludes for those weeks.
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  2020-04-16

  Grocery shopping

  Description of grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  2020-04-15

  2020 Pandemic iCar Kit

  Items to stored in car to prevent viral contamination - hand sanitizer, bandana to cover mouth and nose and disinfecting wipes.
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  2020-03-31

  San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal President Addresses Community

  Gives directions to tribal members based on CDC requirements. "If you feel sick, please call your local health centers." She also warns citizens to not fall prey to scammers looking for personal information and do all grocery shopping for elders in the tribe.
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  2020-03-27

  Hand Sanitizer or Liquid Gold?

  Artist Darion Fleming created this piece beside the Southern Tiger Collective on the Machine Shop of Charlotte's building in NoDa, Charlotte, NC, demonstrating how hand sanitizer transformed into liquid gold on the market as Coronavirus has struck the US.
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  03/25/2020

  Terp Hand sanitizer

  Describes how University of Maryland College Park are producing hand sanitizer to address the shortage
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  2020-03-31

  Black Mountain Tavern and Distillery making Hand Sanitizer for the public

  Black Mountain Tavern and Distillery, located in Cave Creek, AZ, is making hand sanitizer to sell to the public amid shortages. They are also encouraging take out orders, and their brand of Vodka and Bourbon. Small businesses, like local restaurants, are trying to stay afloat during the Pandemic and keep employees paid and employed.
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  2020-03-29

  Proof Brewing Company Hand Sanitizer - 3rd image of 3rd part of label

  Proof Brewing Company in Tallahassee FL has begun producing hand sanitizer. Available with a purchase of one of their other products as long as supplies last.
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  2020-03-29

  Proof Brewing Company Hand Sanitizer - side of label

  Proof Brewing Company in Tallahassee FL has begun producing hand sanitizer. Available with a purchase of one of their other products as long as supplies last.
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  2020-03-29

  Proof Brewing Company Hand Sanitizer - front of label

  Proof Brewing Company in Tallahassee FL has begun producing hand sanitizer. Available with a purchase of one of their other products as long as supplies last.
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  2020-03-23

  Sign in bottleshop ‘please do not use vodka as a sanitiser’

  A sign in a bottleshop, Liquorland, advising customers that vodka doesn’t work as a hand sanitiser. Shows the scarcity of hand sanitiser at this time!
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  2020-03-27

  Hand Sanitizer Scare - Rx Compound Centre

  After having dozens of families come into our pharmacy looking for hand sanitizer we finally decided to start making some to help people out. The first day we got a call from the Columbia school system for 800 oz of it. Also, almost every customer that came in added a bottle to their order.