On March 11, 2020 — exactly two years ago Friday — the World Health Organization declared SARS-COV-2 a global pandemic, changing daily life in Southern California as we know it. Take a look back at the earliest days of the pandemic here:
On March 11, 2020 -- exactly two years ago Friday -- the World Health Organization declared SARS-COV-2 a global pandemic, changing daily life in Southern California as we know it.
As a statewide order was issued for roughly 40 million Californians to stay at home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, things started to look different. Freeways normally clogged with cars flowed freely. Baseball stadiums were empty of cheering fans. Movie theater marquees displayed public health recommendations and messages of support instead of lists of the latest flick. Even LAX became a ghost town.
Two years later, things aren't quite the"normal" we knew before, but they're different again from the first quiet days before social distancing, vaccines and boosters.90 photosA giant T-Rex wearing a protective mask sends a coronavirus message to a mostly empty intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. People hike on a trail in Los Angeles on May 7, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
An empty Santa Monica Pier is seen in Santa Monica, California on March 23, 2020, as people are encouraged to stay at home to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The Strand walking path and beach of Hermosa Beach are closed in an effort to prevent crowds and gatherings of people in the south bay town and slow the spread of the coronavirus, March 28, 2020. Aerial views of Dodger Stadium the day before opening day that was postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
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