Families Gather in Novel Ways in Pandemic

The novel “coronavirus” (also called “SARS-CoV-2”) causes the disease “COVID-19.” It first appeared in late 2019 and was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019. Here’s a link to the WHO’s site for the latest global information. At this point, the virus has infected nearly two million people, including those on every continent except Antarctica, and over half a million in the United States alone. The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on social and family lives. The virus has spread at gatherings like weddings and funerals. Here’s a story of how it impacted a small town due to the spread at a funeral. Here’s another story of how it killed four members of the same family who attended a family reunion and resulted in the hospitalization of several other family members. But, people are adapting to this new normal. Weddings are being postponed or downsized. Here’s a story of how weddings have…