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Collected Item: “Looking Back on the Beginning of Quarantine”

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Looking Back on the Beginning of Quarantine

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

Meme from iFunny

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.

When the various stay at home orders were announced around the middle of March, I was optimistic that things hopefully would be managed in a fairly quick manner. Working from home, extra time to work on hobbies, zoom meetings, and the opportunity to drive less all seemed appealing. As time wore on, and various factors and wrong decisions meant that we did not as a country have this under control, staying at home lost its appeal. I don't think anyone wants to do this anymore.

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?

#stayathome, #workfromhome, #learnfromhome, #quarantine

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

Joey Dorion took the screenshot of the meme

Give this story a date.

2020-05-28
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