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Quinn The Quarantine Fox is a campaign mascot for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (USCPSC) coronavirus-related safety messages on Twitter. The fox's head is typically photoshopped into product safety images which were initially posted in March 2020. Some members of the furry community on Twitter created fan art of the fox.

Origin

On March 20th, 2020, the Twitter[1] account for the USCPSC posted an image of clean supplies with Quinn the Quarantine Fox included captioned, "'Let's keep these cleaning products in their original bottles and locked up out of reach of young children.' – Quinn the Quarantine Fox #FridayThoughts #QuaratineAndChill (spl?)" (shown below). The tweet gained over 60 likes in three weeks.

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On April 7th, 2020, Twitter user @MrJimmyDaFloof[2] replied to a USCPSC Twitter post with a furry meme comparing Quinn in the beginning of quarantine and at the end (shown below, left). The tweet garnered over 630 likes and 110 retweets in a day.

That same day, The USCPSC[3] posted another image of Quinn the Quarantine Fox with a mask that read "courage together" with the caption, "#tuesdayvibes" (shown below left). The tweet received over 800 likes and 280 retweets in a day. Fur Affinity
"An art gallery for all things fluff, scaled, or feathered" reposted the USPSC's tweet to their Twitter[4] account with the caption, "The United States government just tweeted 'Quinn, the quarantine fox' We're okay with this" (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 150 likes in a day. The NY Times[5] published an article about the fox.

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External References

[1] Twitter – USCPSC

[2] Twitter – MrJimmyDaFloof

[3] Twitter – USCPSC

[4] Twitter – FurAffinity

[5] NY Times – Quinn Quarantine Fox



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