The World Health Organization announced on March 11, 2020 that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. The following is an account of what I was doing, thinking, and feeling on that day. My opinions and actions currently are drastically…

A meme about college seniors on March 10th and on March 16th realizing how Covid is going to affect their last semester.

A photograph of Hudson Yards, with New Jersey in the background, as seen from The Vessel, on March 11, 2020: the day that the WHO declared the Covid-19 crisis a pandemic.

A photograph of The Vessel, at Hudson Yards, looking down from the top, on March 11, 2020: the day that the WHO declared the Covid-19 crisis a pandemic.

A photograph with the Empire State Building in the background, and the Vessel at Hudson Yards in the foreground, taken on March 11, 2020: the day that the WHO declared the Covid-19 crisis a pandemic.

A photograph from the bottom of The Vessel, at Hudson Yards, looking up towards the sky, taken on March 11, 2020: the day that the WHO declared the Covid-19 crisis a pandemic.

Account of Stephanie Czeslowski's First Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 10–12, 2020

A photograph of Trader Joe's shelves, in Hoboken, New Jersey, taken around 5 p.m. on March 12, 2020. The shelves are empty due to panic buying associate with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Record of Varoon P's First Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic from March 11-15

The WHO Director-General's announced during a media briefing that the WHO recognizes SARS-CoV-2 as a Pandemic.