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Collected Item: “RIP Dr. Wayne John Edwards”

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RIP Dr. Wayne John Edwards

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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 is a screenshot from the Black Alberta Instagram page about the passing of Dr. Wayne John Edwards to COVID-19, as the description stated: "Dr. Wayne John Edwards is the seventh Albertan health-care worker - and the second doctor to die from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Alberta Health. Edwards died at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge on Tuesday at the age of 66. #BlackAlberta #YEG #YYC #edmonton #calgary #alberta #albertacanada #calgaryalberta #edmontonalberta #albertacanada🇨🇦"

According to the comments of the post, Dr. Edwards was a respected and beloved family psychiatrist, the comments were full of love and respect for Dr. Edwards, he will surely be missed.

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doctor, black Alberta, Instagram, loss, psychiatrist, Canada

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CNx5GrBh-s-/

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

Black Alberta @BlackAlberta_, https://www.instagram.com/blackalberta_/

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2021-04-17
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