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It’s been nearly a year since Bay Area public health leaders enacted the nation’s first stay-at-home order, the opening salvo in our prolonged battle against the new coronavirus. To mark the anniversary, the Mountain View Voice is preparing to publish a two-part series, “One year in,” that captures how the pandemic and the shutdown have affected local residents and their perspectives on life.
And as part of this reporting project, we’d like to hear from you, our readers. What’s your takeaway from this unprecedented year of isolation? What will the legacy of the pandemic be in how you live your life?
The health and economic crises have impacted different groups of people in divergent ways: Front-line hospital workers are increasingly exhausted, and some are angry, at the never-ending influx of patients; those who have been unemployed are facing mounting debt and fearing the day that back rent will be due; others have volunteered to help others and, through doing so, experienced the world in new and different ways.
The Voice’s “One year in” will publish in two parts starting next Friday. Our journalists are busy interviewing and photographing people from different walks of life, but we’d also like to include your contributions in this series. So what’s your story been during the pandemic? How are you different today than you were one year ago?
We welcome your thoughts, whether brief or lengthy. Send us your perspective by emailing editor@paweekly.com or by leaving us a three-minute voicemail message at 650-223-6514 by Wednesday, March 10. You’ll need to leave your full name and a way for us to contact you.
Find comprehensive coverage on the Midpeninsula’s response to the new coronavirus by Palo Alto Online, the Mountain View Voice and the Almanac here.
