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12 months into the pandemic, One year in series seeks readers perspectives
Weekly to publish reflections from local residents on how coronavirus has changed them and their lives
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The Palo Alto Weekly is seeking perspectives from readers on how their lives have changed one year since the COVID-19 pandemic left them under a stay-at-home order. Photos by Magali Gauthier.
It s been nearly a year since Bay Area public health leaders enacted the nation s first stay-at-home order, the opening salvo in our prolonged battle against the new coronavirus. To mark the anniversary, the Palo Alto Weekly is preparing to publish a two-part series, One year in, that captures how the pandemic and the shutdown have affected local residents and their perspectives on life.