Reflecting on the Covid-19 Pandemic Years Later

It was six years ago this week that the local government enacted the first shelter-in-place order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was the beginning of the hunkered-down lifestyle: some working from home, some not. Lots of comfy clothes. Ordering everything for delivery. Canceling plans: travel, concerts, and eating out. Creating your Covid bubble of safe people to socialize with. Learning how to Zoom. Getting your school-age children to focus on their online classes.

At that time, we really did not know what we were in for. Setting politics aside completely, I think it is easy for people to forget that the reasons local authorities across the country enacted the shelter-in-place were threefold

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