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Collected Item: “Isolation Gown Photograph”

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Isolation Gown Photograph

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

Tweet and photograph

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.

Hospital CEO Patrick Gaskin takes a photo in an isolation gown created by Barbarian Sportswear in Kitchener, Ontario. Barbarian Sportswear began manufacturing isolation gowns in response to the need for PPE.

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?

Canada, HIST9801, PPE, tweet,

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://twitter.com/CMH_CEO/status/1265343404508151809

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

Patrick Gaskin

Give this story a date.

2020-05-26
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