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Collected Item: “Social distancing”

Give your story a title.

Social distancing

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

Screenshot

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.

This photo is taken from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page. (May 2, 2020, author unknown)
I look at this photo and remember when social distancing was still fresh and new and everyone did it. Now, it feels like people are starting to lose that boundary of personal space and wanting to stand as close as they can behind you in a check out line. I remember actually enjoying the distance people were forced to take, and a part of me wishes social distancing was still in effect.

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?

CSI, HST 718, Staten Island, Covid-19

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

CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page

Give this story a date.

2020-05-02
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