The Martha's Vineyard Times
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On March 13, 2020, the novel coronavirus went from a distant concern to a full-fledged, in-our-backyard worry. The Island had not yet had its first case of COVID-19, but it was already feeling the effects.
Schools were shut down for what was initially expected to be two weeks, and cancellations began flooding into our email in-boxes faster than we could process them. Restaurants were told they would have to transition from in-person dining to “curbside pickup.” Virtually everything came to a crashing halt as we waited for the inevitable.