In early 2020, the world was overwhelmed with a novel virus, COVID-19. As the disease began to spread across the United States, the virus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Simultaneously, officials here in the U.S. began acknowledging that the government would not be able to contain it. En lieu of effective medical or governmental intervention experts began asking everyday Americans to start the practice of “social distancing,” or isolating oneself from everyone outside each persons’ household.
The posts here were designed to be shared on social media in the early days of the pandemic when it seemed compliance with government guidelines, including the practice of social distancing, might serve as the only defense against the novel virus. Users could take a screenshot, edit the image to fit the design, and share on social to encourage friends and followers to follow guidance from the top medical pros of the day.
