Coronavirus six months later: Everything we know right now

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It's hard to believe we've been living in our weird, scary, coronavirus-ridden world for six months now. CNET first covered the novel coronavirus in December 2019, when it was still a "mystery virus." By January 2020, the US cases hadn't even topped 10 people total, and the experts were telling everyone not to worry.

Oh, how quickly that changed. It seems like in an instant, US cases skyrocketed, lockdowns were enforced, travel restrictions abounded, Zoom's worth shot through the roof and the entire world shifted into a quasi-online version of what we used to know, complete with too much anxiety and too many "what ifs?"

No one can blame anyone for their nonchalant attitudes during the early days of the pandemic: The virus just seemed so far away and insignificant, and the US has a tendency to collectively say, "That'll never happen to me."

There was a light at the end of the tunnel in May and June 2020, when many states started to loosen stay-at-home orders and other restrictions. That feels like false hope now that US cases are once again on the rise.

Throughout all of this, some corners of the internet have managed to keep hope and positivity alive with memes and solidarity. And, though the novel coronavirus is still largely a mystery, we do have much more information than we did six months ago. Here's what we've learned to date.

https://www.cnet.com/health/coronavirus-6-months-later-what-we-know-now/

[Laelth]

1. This article told me nothing I hadn't already heard.

It pompously presumes that everyone has medical insurance. If not, obviously, you’re just screwed.

-Laelth

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. Nothing new

And the presumption of having insurance was crass knowing how many people don't have jobs which insurance stupidly is contingent upon.

Must have been written by a republican.