One year of COVID in Colorado: How the pandemic has changed our daily lives A year after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic, we look at the changes to our daily lives and what may be here to stay. and last updated 2021-03-12 09:29:28-05 DENVER â The COVID-19 pandemic changed almost everything overnight. For the Scott family, one of the many parts of life that has changed is the rules of preschool for their 3-year-old daughter. "What are the rules of preschool?" Henry Scott asked his daughter over a family Zoom. "No hugging, no kissing and no touching... air kisses at school," his young daughter said.