Looking Back on Coronavirus

On February 17th and March 9th of 2020, I made two blog posts about how COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus, has had an effect on our world. However, I would have never imagined that this virus would have this much of an impact on the world.


The picture on the left shows how Times Square has changed from a normally heavily crowded place in New York City to a near ghost town. It's amazing to think that we're living in a time where nearly the entire country is on lockdown due to the threats of a highly contagious virus.

It's even more stunning to compare photos from before the lockdown occurred. In fact, here's Times Square during Broadway Week (late January to early February).

Just look at the difference between people and cars from the two photographs. The amount of people and cars that are visible between the two photographs is so big that it almost looks like they're two different cities. It's astonishing to think that this could even happen in a month!

No matter the result of this outcome, everyone in the world can already tell that the coronavirus outbreak and global lockdown will be written in the history books where it will be studied by future students for generations.

Another thing to wonder about between the two photos is the stores in the background. Now that only essential businesses are open, a new perspective is being brought upon the American people. Normally, we would think of essential businesses and the people who work there as nothing special, but now they are the ones who are getting all of the attention in this strange time, especially doctors and nurses. Even though living under the threat of a highly contagious virus is bad, something like this may (hopefully) never happen again.

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