One Year of Covid Has Changed Life in the U.S. Forever.

In the 365 days since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, America's people and economy have been remade by numbers that few could have imagined: More than 29 million infected and 529,000 dead, about 10 million unemployed. Name: Valerie Steele, 65Home: New York CityProfession: Director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology By eliminating the need to dress well, the pandemic has accelerated a shift in the fashion world toward casualization. Name: Chase Cannon, 33Home: Seattle, WashingtonProfession: Infectious disease doctor The first case of Covid-19 was identified in the U.S. on Jan. 21, 2020, in the Seattle area. [Extracted from the article]

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