These Unprecedented Times

In late January, as news was breaking about an outbreak of pneumonia-like cases in China that were later identified to be caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a friend of mine shared that he believed this virus would become widespread in the United States based on what he knew from a medical and epidemiology standpoint. While I certainly trust his expertise, I never would have imagined the next few months would unfold the way they have.

Yet here we are. Thirty days after first being rep…