THREAD: In an era when February feels like a lifetime ago, @AP talked to people across the world about their last “normal” moment before the reality of the pandemic set in. Here’s what they had to say:http://apne.ws/SrSWCrb
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“Everything was normal, until it wasn’t. With the gift of hindsight, we know that our parade this year spread COVID,” said Devin De Wulf, who founded the Mardi Gras Krewe of Red Beans in 2008. On Feb. 24, De Wulf’s krewe danced in the streets as a crowd of 15,000 cheered them on.pic.twitter.com/hqOBLorddU
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“There were many things to do before the corona. But now, nothing,” said Mariana Makramalla of Madaba, Jordan, who usually works in her family’s mosaics workshop.pic.twitter.com/4aFHjMo606
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As the days, weeks and months blur together, read others’ memories of the old normal.http://apne.ws/ETUaOIk
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