It has been a long time since a person or thing has captivated and commanded the attention of the entire planet like the COVID-19 pandemic has done, making 2020 a year like no other.
It has left us in awe and fear and bursting with anxiety all at the same time as we try to preserve our own lives and those of our loved ones while struggling to maintain our mental health as depression, brought on by stay-at-home orders, mount.
So pervasive was the ongoing pandemic in our everyday lives and daily conversations that the severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, could easily have been crowned the ‘Person of the Year’ for 2020. However,