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Collected Item: “Covid on the Media”

Give your story a title.

Covid on the Media

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

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.

I was scrolling through Tiktok just like a normal day. Everyone was talking about this virus from China, so I felt the need to do some research. This is where I found out what it was, and how to protect myself.

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?

#Tiktok, #Covid-19, #fear, #mask, #staysafe

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

A lab in China.

Give this story a date.

2020-02-28
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