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Collected Item: “Should We Have Accepted Adapting to the Pandemic?”

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Should We Have Accepted Adapting to the Pandemic?

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

images

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 Tweet discusses the fact that the US has adapted its entire society to function in a pandemic rather than fighting the pandemic. The author asks if we should have done this? Also included are SOME of the replies to this Tweet showing peoples feelings.

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?

Twitter, pandemic, adjustment, normal, conditioned, economy, leadership, corruption, capitalism

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://twitter.com/chancsmith_/status/1302939502676189184

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

Chance Smith

Give this story a date.

2020-09-07
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