Collected Item: “The Smell of the Pandemic, Face Coverings in 2020”
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The Smell of the Pandemic, Face Coverings in 2020
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
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.
One of the longest lasting memories for me of the Pandemic will be the olfactory association I will forever have between the smell of musty, soiled fabric and this period of time. The combination of coffee, toothpaste, sweat and laundry detergent was a defining one for me this year. As a high school teacher and coach, my days were long and required extensive periods of lecture based discussion and non negotiable face coverings. While the requirement was understandable from a safety perspective, the result was a facemask that always either smelled like it needed washing or had just been washed. For that reason, these scents will always remind me of this period
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#COVID,#STINKS,#WEARYOURMASK
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Colin Donovan Photo
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2021-01-11