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Collected Item: “Covid: 'How a picture of my foot became anti-vaccine propaganda'”

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Covid: 'How a picture of my foot became anti-vaccine propaganda'

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Text story

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.

A woman named Patricia developed severe blisters on her feet several days after receiving a placebo COVID-19 virus. While attempting to raise money for her medical bills, her story became twisted, causing it to spread across the internet that the vaccine had caused her new skin condition - even though this was not the case.

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HST 494, Arizona State University, vaccine

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https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-55179300

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

Marianna Spring

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2020-12-09
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