Introduction

Three years ago today, there were 53 known cases of COVID-19 in the United States. The first U.S. death was recorded five days later at the Evergreen Health Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington. At that point, the only lockdown was in a city that would become the most famous on Earth. Now to grow in concerns about the deadly coronavirus around the world, I'll step up health screenings on passengers arriving from New York.