27 Things The Pandemic Ruined In 2020 That Are Still Tainted 5 Years Later In 2025

27 Things The Pandemic Ruined In 2020 That Are Still Tainted 5 Years Later In 2025

Some things are still not the same...View Entire Post ›

The classes of 2020 and 2021 still feel the echoes of a pandemic milestone missed

The morning of her high school graduation in June 2020, Ronnie Bar didn’t rush to a salon or slip on a cap and gown. The world was shut down. The pandemic had erased every plan. Instead, she sat in her living room wearing pajama pants and a wrinkled senior sweatshirt, watching her graduation livestream on YouTube. “I didn’t hear my name called,” Bar said. “I didn’t hug anyone. I just watched the screen and thought, ‘So … that’s it?’ It felt like…