Chapter 15 Millennials and COVID-19

Hidalgo, Benjamin; Marín-García, Gerald; Wu, Edwin; Hidalgo, Allyson

News about this novel virus that was striking China has started roaming around. They said that while it started like the common cold, the virus led to severe respiratory distress and failure. It was taking their health-care system to its limits. We did not know much, but after several weeks, we were talking about this virus been all over China and Europe. The tension started to build, but we were not doing a lot. As the virus reached Seattle and started to spread around the United States, that tension promptly progressed to anxiety. This led to increased efforts in preparation to what seemed inevitable. But by then, it was too late. Even though we were preparing for it, we underestimated the virus capability to spread.