
Two years and four months ago.
That’s when most Americans began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In those early days, we learned about the proper way to wear a mask (does it go over the nose?) and we loaded up on hand sanitizer if we could find it, and we started working from home, and every night for a while in the cities, residents would stand at their windows and bang pots and pans to show support for essential workers.