âHuman-to-human coronavirus transmission confirmed.â
On Jan. 21, this headline and Associated Press story appeared in the bottom right-hand corner of The Daily Nonpareilâs front page. It was the first time the Nonpareil had picked up a story about an outbreak that was happening on the other side of the world.
It was not the first news of the pandemic. Stories of an outbreak in China had dotted national news outlets â in print, television and digital. At the time, many of us didnât know what exactly a âcoronavirusâ was. We had heard people were getting sick â -including the health care workers who were treating sick patients.