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.

Self reflection on my own experiences during the early days of the 2020 day pandemic.

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 short, personal account of first day of official COVID-19 pandemic

Donald Koger, a 36 year old Army Veteran reflects on his memory of the days surrounding the March 11, 2020 declaration by the World Health Organization of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The perspective of a teacher during the first days of a declared pandemic (March 10-March 12).

An account by graduate student Christopher Perez about the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic.