On this date two years ago, the NBA suspended its 2019-2020 season, Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, announced they had tested positive for Covid 19, and the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic had started.   

Since then, nearly one million deaths from the virus have been reported in the United States. Worldwide, six million deaths have been reported. Since then, the Covid-19 health threat to Americans has been reduced. In the years ahead, the virus is expected to pose a threat about as bad as the winter flu.