Five years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Since then, there have been over a million COVID-19 deaths in the United States alone.

It can be challenging to recall a time with so much fear, trauma and loss. But today, we’re revisiting the earliest days of the pandemic and asking you, what do you remember?

We’ll hear from the Pandemic Journaling Project out of UConn, and from Marked By COVID. This is a survivors-led organization working to establish a permanent National COVID memorial.

What are your earliest memories of the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic?

GUESTS:
Kristin Urquiza: Co-founder of Marked By COVID
Sarah Willen, PhD, MPH: Co-founder of the Pandemic Journaling Project and Professor of Anthropology at University of Connecticut

Five years ago today, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html#:~:text=March%2013%2C%202020,countries%20due%20to%20COVID%2D19.">the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.</a> Since then, there have been over <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/01/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s">a million COVID-19 deaths</a> in the United States alone.
It can be <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/03/13/brain-memory-pandemic-covid-forgetting/">challenging to recall a time</a> with so much fear, trauma and loss. But today, we&rsquo;re revisiting the earliest days of the pandemic and asking you, what do you remember?
We&rsquo;ll hear from the <a href="https://pandemic-journaling-project.chip.uconn.edu/">Pandemic Journaling Project</a> out of UConn, and from <a href="https://www.markedbycovid.com/memorial">Marked By COVID</a>. This is a <a href="https://www.markedbycovid.com/about">survivors-led organization working to establish a permanent National COVID memorial.</a>
What are your earliest memories of the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Kristin Urquiza: Co-founder of <a href="https://www.markedbycovid.com/leadership">Marked By COVID</a></li>
<li>Sarah Willen, PhD, MPH: Co-founder of the <a href="https://pandemic-journaling-project.chip.uconn.edu/person/sarah-willen/">Pandemic Journaling Project </a>and Professor of Anthropology at University of Connecticut</li>
</ul>

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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.