How the Covid-19 Anniversary Might Mess With Your Head

It’s been a year since the U.S.’s first lockdowns. Disaster experts explain why that’s significant.

Colleen Hagerty
Elemental
Published in
6 min readMar 8, 2021

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A man wearing a mask while sitting with his hands clasped.
Photo: Korakoch Sookkerd/EyeEm/Getty Images

Today is March 8, 2021. But somewhere on the internet, there’s undoubtedly someone marking it as another date — March 373rd. Or is it 374th?

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Colleen Hagerty
Elemental

Colleen Hagerty is a freelance multimedia journalist specializing in disaster reporting. More at www.colleenhagerty.com.