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Mendy Perdew started #SafetyCall on Tiktok, providing one-sided conversations for use in situations where people who are alone might feel unsafe and thus providing the illusion of being in direct contact with someone else. She has created many different conversations for different scenarions, and since #SafetyCall was created at the begining of the pandemic it has generated almost 5 million views.

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