Loo paper, karens, rona: How COVID-19 controlled our lives
Coronavirus was the overseas disease. Until it wasn't. We knew it was on cruise ships and we had locals from Mackay and Whitsundays on board in late February. But back then I was still planning on jetsetting to Italy and Spain for my friend's 50th. "It'll be fine. The virus is just in the north of Italy," we assured ourselves. "We're young and this virus is hitting the oldies," we told our families. On March 10, our trip was cancelled when Italy closed its borders to try to shut down the spread of COVID-19 as hospitals were overrun with patients and deaths escalated.
Source: dailymercury.com.au