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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's been one year since coronavirus was declared a global

pandemic. And in that time, our lives have changed dramatically. The virus has imposed disease,

death, and loss on the U.S. and the world.

It forced sweeping changes to daily life almost overnight.

For this special episode of Prognosis, Bloomberg reporters Emma Cort and Nick Corello

spoke with people across the U.S. about what this last year has been like for them

and how things could change moving forward.

Here's Emma.

A year ago, my day would start with a train ride alongside thousands of fellow commuters into Manhattan.

Once I got to work, I might get pulled into a meeting or two or have lunch with a source.

I would grab coffee with a colleague and after work get dinner with friends.

In other words, it was all pretty normal.

Because I write about health care, the novel coronavirus had been on my radar and in my reporting for weeks at that point.

Still, the infectious disease seemed far away, out of remove from daily life.

That changed suddenly.

One Thursday morning, the train cars were emptier than ever before.

Hours later, city and state politicians declared a state of emergency and put restrictions on

gatherings. New York City ground to a halt.

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