The COVID-19 Project: Coronavirus Pandemic 2020

In December 2019, a novel Coronavirus emerged within the World we live. First declared a National Emergency in China, then a global Public Health Emergency, and ultimately a Pandemic, it altered the way we live, work, play, and survive. The population has been reduced to lockdowns, sheltering at home orders, forever washing hands, social distancing, disinfecting everything, standing in grocery lines for food, and finding bare necessities inside. Named COVID-19, the virus became a Malware that has disrupted the source code of society, our Operating System if you will, the very mechanics & stability we once knew. It has exposed weaknesses in global healthcare systems, gross negligence in disaster planning & execution by governments, the value of reasonable & logical actions & assurances, and also the terror in the absence of. The virus forced nations to deploy lifestyle-change orders & guidelines as never seen before. Non-essential businesses were closed, global stock markets roiled with uncertainty, people became sick, and many have died. Many are still dying. Small towns, cities, states, entire nations have shutdown, and as a result the world has been relegated to grey, empty, silent, unsure, and scared. A world speckled, and watermarked with disease. Carless streets & empty seats, barren trails and wearing masks...just to prevail. Six feet apart, contrasted by emotional uprisings saturated with restart. We are now concerned about a future that not long ago seemed so reliable. Overcome with worry about family, friends & loved ones, many of whom are essentials still at work, or manning the front lines of the battle being waged. Prognosticating victory, or even a timetable for a return to some form of a "new normalcy" is problematic at best, and one that most everyone agrees will not happen anytime soon. This gallery "The COVID-19 Project" is a small snapshot of life after the onset of the Pandemic, a sampling of the people, places and things that are surrounding us. But there is a positive side to this story as well, of resilience, of heroes in the making. As this viral watermark fades, a story that will be told in a new gallery in the coming weeks and months ahead.