One year later: What we’ve lost, and learned, during COVID-19. What’s next? -- A year ago, so many things were supposed to be different. A new virus in China was worrisome, but it appeared to pose so little threat to Bay Area residents that joyful Lunar New Year festivities and Super Bowl parties went on as planned. Masks were discouraged. Good viral tests were imminent. Toilet paper was plentiful. Ocean cruises were still a special travel pastime. Unemployment was low and commercial office space was in tight supply. Lisa M. Krieger in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 1/24/21
A year of COVID-19: A sobering look at how California, U.S. compare to the rest of the world -- A year after a new coronavirus was identified as the cause of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China, SARS-CoV-2 has redefined life around the world, but nowhere has it been more keenly felt than in the United States. John Woolfolk, Harriet Blair Rowan in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 1/24/21
