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Collected Item: “Walmart Associate Checks Coworker’s Temperatures”

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Walmart Associate Checks Coworker’s Temperatures

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

Photograph, my father sent it to me. He is the man in the photograph.

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.

The day this photograph was taken was the day that my father, a Wal-Mart employee, was commissioned to begin taking the temperature of all Wal-Mart employees in the store. His regular duties were covered by another employee and each time a fellow coworker entered the building, they had to have their temperature read, recording, and asked a number of questions to ensure it would be safe for them to work their shift that day. This was never a procedure until COVID-19 spread and Wal-Mart employees were deemed “essential workers”.

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#pandemic, #HST485, #ASU, #walmart, #foodislife

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

James Morrell

Give this story a date.

2020-05-01
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