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• 2020-01-20

  The 2020 coronavirus pandemic

  Even though the coronavirus had origionated in China it soon reached Washington. On the 20th of January, A resident in Washington had the first US case of the coronavirus. Eventually, the virus had gained more than 4.8 million cases in all 50 states. I remember being in school in March hearing everyone talking about the virus tht was spreading, and the stores running out of toilet paper, water bottles, and all types of foods. In April schools had finally shut down, resturants shut down and people were losing their jobs, and we were under quarentine doing online school work. Though I was very happy to be out of school, quarentine really took a toll on mine and many of my firends mental health. Not being able to see my friends and people im comfortable around (besides my familey) for a long period of time really affected me. I spent most of my time either in my room on tiktok or painting, or hanging out with my brother, neice, nephew, and sister. After a while resturants, movie theaters, ect started opening up again, but most places required masks to be able to go in. Its now August and schools are back open, its not very fun though. We have to wear masks at all times in the school, water fountins arent open, doors stay open, theres no lockers, our tempuature has to be taken everyday, and we have assigned seats. Allthough the dethe rate is low, thanks to the technology, knowlge, and nurses we have, we still have to be cautious of spreading the virus even more. Some people i knew and had come in contact with tested poitive for the coronavirus so i had to go get tested and ended up testing negative. Although no one I knew had died from the virus, many peoples family and friends had passed away from covid.