Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?

According to multiple older adults I have asked, there has never been anything like this coronavirus lockdown in their lifetime. Perhaps 9/11 can equate somewhat, but the lockdown after that incident lasted only about a week. We've been at this for three weeks now. Everything is locking down. The whole world is going crazy. 

This is certainly the first major crisis that I've been old enough to understand. I was only four when 9/11 happened, and I wasn't old enough to understand the true meaning of the 2008 financial crisis. Sure, I saw a lot of businesses go under and a lot of for sale signs, and sure my dad tried his best to explain the debt economy to me, but I was too young. Ten years old, maybe eleven. 

So this crisis is new to me. I've never experienced anything like it. While my own small town is doing relatively well as far as lockdowns go, I doubt I'll be able to continue my life like it was before the crisis for quite some time. 

The scariest thing is that people say a vaccine is more than a year away. Will we be experiencing recurring lockdowns over the next twelve to sixteen months?

One of the strategies that I heard discussed was letting go of the lockdowns for a period of time to purposely get a portion of the population infected, only to lock down again once the medical system was at its limit. I heard a quote that the curve won't be a single up and down motion but more like a sine wave. 

Everyone in this crisis is experiencing something new. There's been nothing like it in the lifetimes of anyone after the Great Depression. 

I just hope that the coronavirus doesn't permanently change the way people live. That would be a difficult thing to accept and process. The most we can do is hope for a vaccine as soon as possible. 

Have you experienced anything like this virus in your lifetime? 

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