{"id":3990,"date":"2023-03-20T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:19:10","slug":"troy-students-reflect-on-3-year-anniversary-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/03\/20\/troy-students-reflect-on-3-year-anniversary-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"TROY students reflect on 3-year anniversary of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 March 11, 2023 marked three years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a big moment in history as people were told to stay home and follow health guidelines. Some Troy University students reflect on the moment they found out about the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think it was like the first day we got home from Spring Break in high school,&#8221; said junior Terry Thomas. &#8220;I was probably somewhere in my living room. At first I probably felt excited because I didn&#8217;t have to go back to school for a while. When you actually let it settle in, because that was my senior year, I was like &#8216;dang. Ain&#8217;t going back to school.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was a sophomore in high school and it was around the springtime,&#8221; said freshman Elijah Turman. &#8220;I think it was around Spring Break. We was getting out for Spring Break and turns out we just never went back to school.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From online learning to social distancing to even having to wear masks on school campuses, students faculty and staff all had to adjust to a new normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was kind of weird honestly,&#8221; Thomas said. &#8220;People sitting all spaced out in the classroom or you&#8217;re doing Microsoft Teams. It&#8217;s something that you weren&#8217;t used to going from high school. It was a strange situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Just being around people is different because like we had to be like six foot in between people and stuff like that,&#8221; Turman said. &#8220;It was like pretty difficult at first.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although COVID is still prevalent in the world, some people are glad that life seems to be getting back to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see a timeline of the coronavirus pandemic, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention&#8217;s (CDC) website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/museum\/timeline\/covid19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 March 11, 2023 marked three years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>It was a big moment in history as people were told to stay home and follow health guidelines. 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