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So much has changed in the last 12 months, but a few things are returning to "normal." The Los Angeles Zoo reopened in February after closing for the second time during the pandemic. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images
The "Great Pandemic of 2020." Let's hope future historians don't eventually have to tack more years onto that title. These last 12 months have touched virtually every person on the planet in some way and affected virtually every aspect of our lives. As of early March 2021, the roughly one-year-anniversary of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, more than 115 million cases have been reported worldwide and more than 2.5 million people globally have died.