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January
A strange new virus appeared in china and was causing an outbreak -
February
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash, memorial was held in February. The Coronavirus was not viewed as a threat at the time -
March
On March 11, the World Health Organization called the coronavirus a pandemic, quarantine started following the virus outbreak -
April
Worldwide cases hit 1,000,000 to start the month off, face masks were a common sight, our world as we knew it had drastically changed -
May
George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed during an encounter with police in Minneapolis later that month- an encounter that was caught on video as an officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The streets quickly up filled night after night with thousands of protesters calling for justice, police accountability -
June
Protests went worldwide with everyone uniting under one refrain, "Black Lives Matter" . oronavirus cases came Storming back across the globe. In the United States, experts warned premature reopenings may have sent the country toward another round of chaos and death. -
July
Coronavirus spikes in England, Spain etc. Re-opening of bars, pubs, clubs proved to be a big mistake in all parts of the world -
August
Schools re-opened, in person and online. Schools who opened back up quickly saw cases show up among students and staff members. This has caused school districts like my own to extend remote learning