It's been more than three years since we started to hear headlines like these.

A dangerous virus is spreading rapidly in China and US officials are very worried that

it could come here.

Sadly, never seen before coronavirus has now been found in four other countries.

The World Health Organization will me to decide if the virus represents an international

public health emergency.

It has now spread to Europe, Australia and the United States.

It was March 11, 2020 that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we're deeply concerned both by

the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.

Just two days later, then President Trump made this announcement.

To unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort today, I am officially declaring

a national emergency.

In the days and weeks that followed lockdowns began to kick in all over the country.

California is shutting down bars and wineries and asking those 65 and older to self isolate.

So I regret to have to announce that as of tomorrow, our public schools will be closed.

Stay at home that is the order tonight from four state governors as the coronavirus pandemic

spreads.

New York, California, Illinois and Connecticut.

And seemingly overnight, our lives changed in nearly every imaginable way.

Stay at home orders meant time away from the office, time away from school, stores, friends,

even haircuts.

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