The last vivid social experience was at a small hangout with my friends. I planned for all of us to hang out and for all of us to reconnect.  It was so worth the planning and headaches. We played video games, exchanged funny stories, and just enjoyed the moment that we shared together. One of my favorite memories of the time was watching a scary movie and listening to one of my friends make funny commentaries to the entire film. During this time we were becoming more aware of the dangers of Covid-19  especially when the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services declared Covid-19 a public health emergency on January 31, 2020. After that, things became tense.   

 

 As the Pandemic grew and swelled in dominance. The world around me started to become increasingly difficult to settle in both mentally and physically. When Covid was declared a pandemic by The World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, all I remember is panic. With my friends and family, the experience was even more terrifying. Having people close to you catch the exact same virus that caused small businesses of decades to crumble, the exact same virus that caused us to isolate and break apart from the enjoyable social norms, and break families apart. As of March 2020 continued to go on social distancing and social restrictions started to shift and increase.

 

I remembered working in a hospital and hearing the stories from nurses, doctors, and even the lunch ladies in the cafeteria. People were on edge and in worse cases, some seemed completely detached from the pandemic. They did not take it seriously and ruled off the virus as a simple cold, and that mindset continued even when our death rate surpassed Italy on April 10, 2020. I can still vividly remember walking down the hallways and hearing conversations about dying patients and the lack of respirators in the hospital or having to shut down areas of the hospital due to the rising cases and despair that seemed to loom everywhere.

 

Sited Sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html (Covid Timeline)

https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/mayor-s-office/city-of-atlanta-covid-19-response