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30 People Shared Their First Coronavirus Tweets In This Thread And They Range From Hilarious To Cringe
It's hard to believe, but we've been in a pandemic for over a year already. No one really expected it to last that long, or at least most of us hoped that it would go away if we followed the restrictions for a little while. But alas, we're even starting to forget what life looked like before the global shutdown.
Now we can only laugh at ourselves and how naïve we were a year ago. Indeed, do you remember what your thoughts about the virus were last March? Twitter user @AliceAvizandum thought it would be fun to remember what the tweets were like when this whole deal was new to us and asked people "show me the first tweet you did containing the word 'covid' or 'coronavirus.'"
Image credits: AliceAvizandum
Let's go down the memory lane and take a look at what were people's first tweets about the coronavirus. Don't forget to upvote the ones you like the most and comment if you think that the tweets maybe didn't even changed that much from then till now.
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#1
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On the last day of 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) took notice of report on the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission's website that there was a cluster of 'viral pneumonia' cases in the city. And on the first day of the new year, WHO started investigating how serious the matter was.
On January 9, 2020, WHO announced that the outbreak in Wuhan was caused by a novel coronavirus. The organization reiterated the measures that should be taken when controlling a new virus, but on January 13, the first case outside China was confirmed. Two months later, on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic.
#3
Cigdem Kanburoğlu 4 years ago
My friend came from Wuhan. We had dinner with our families, I asked where is Wuhan since it is not a very known place in China. We talked about the coincidences of climate change. One of us mentioned when someone has a cold, he/she must stay away from other people, causing other people sick is a sin, we need to wear a mask on sick days etc.. Two days later we saw videos of people were falling on the streets in China on
XxxPotatoes_rockxxX 4 years ago
you gonna get hit in the back (its just a joke) by covid just watch it gonna jump on you
#4
Julie C Rose 4 years ago
I’m a New Zealand millennial so I question (1) other governments’ handling of corona and (2) our government’s handling of pretty much everything except corona.
shado 4 years ago
Zoomers are just yet another passing fad so no one really counts them anyway
birdie asf 4 years ago
the term "zoomers" is a nickname for gen z, a whole mf generation and not a fad-
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#6
It was a scary time, dealing with a new disease which spread around the world in such a short time. When countries started to announce lockdowns, at first it sounded kind of fun, staying home, having more time to fix our leaking sink or baking banana bread. We probably didn't let ourselves think that originally a two-week lockdown would be extended this much.
#7
Heather Makemson 4 years ago
Be dealt his way right into the luxury suite at Walter Reed! Sweet wheeling and dealing, my dude!
#8
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
Who would personally persecute any asian person for that ? Nobody is that stupid.
Draco Malfoy 4 years ago
yeah, hate crimes towards asians has since increased due to covid. people are really dull brained
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#9
We didn't know what was in the future, so some of the first tweets about it sound so out of touch in today's context. Nevertheless, some of them are actually funny and to be fair, we still joke about COVID-19, even when we have seen what a serious disease it is, because what else is left there to do?
Most of these tweets are more light-hearted than those we see now, but there were people who caught on from the very beginning that we should be careful and not think about this new virus as just another simple flu.
#10
#11
Vorknkx 4 years ago (edited)
Is it weird that I haven't worked from home even one day yet? Our workplace is kinda isolated, so we were able to keep working as usual throughout the entire pandemic.
Linda Cowley 4 years ago
Yes it's weird. All but two of my office can WFH, so the two of us that can't, are perfectly isolated at work
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hydrostatic joints 4 years ago
They were looking forward to working from home for what they thought would be only two weeks, but they are still doing it.
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idraax poission 4 years ago
Yeah, I think the only places that handled it well were places that were already mostly remote or had a remote option available... otherwise it was pretty much a global pilot for remote work
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Heather Makemson 4 years ago
I had watched that Netflix doc, Pandemic, sometime around November 2019 & the minute that first Rona case landed right here in my home state (WA) I stocked up on essentials and my BFF who laughed at me & made tinfoil hat jokes ended up being super grateful when I drove 3hrs to deliver her some much needed TP, paper towels, flour & rice because she only had a Walmart& a Safeway within 1 hr of her and they went weeks at a time without staple items on the shelf.
Parmeisan 4 years ago
My guess: The media gets into a frenzy a lot when there's really nothing to worry about. There was a lot of information going around, and some of it really did sound like it wasn't a big deal - I was on the "I'll probably get it eventually, but there's nothing I can do to stop it" bandwagon for a good week or so, before I heard about how ERs were overflowing and actually, there is something we can do to stop it.
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We're already reminiscing about the time when the virus broke out, but we still have a way to go in stopping it and returning to normal life. Hopefully, after another year, we will be looking at the tweets people are posting at this moment and we will take a breath of relief that it is all over.
#14
Clearly sunny 4 years ago
Well thanks for china to go and WARN us!!!! NOT. Stop eating every animal under the sun Asia.
Harry Lui 4 years ago (edited)
Some called it a "hoax". Some called it "just a flu". Some said "mask doesn't do anything". The US president got it, then rip off the mask later. The people of United State had plenty of warnings and look how well we react those warning.
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N G 4 years ago
The US and Europe didn't care much at the start because China was hiding the death rate and dismissing the severity of situation.
Steven Lu 4 years ago
And some 6 months later, Trump urged people to not wear masks and inject clorox to cure covid. Funny huh.
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Yort 4 years ago
Uh covid didn’t hit America a couple months later, our first confirmed case was in January.
Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
True, but the public wasn't really aware of it until a couple months later. I had been watching it beg of Feb and no one else seemed concerned in my area until beg of March. Ppl just thought it would be SARS or MERS all over again
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Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
No, flus aren't getting stronger. 1) 1918 pandemic was way worse (700,000 deaths in the US alone) and 2) we are very familiar with the creation of flu vaccines so rolling one out isn't nearly as difficult as creating one from scratch. The issue with flus is that they are epizootic, meaning many variants affect many types of animals, and they can jump from animals to humans relatively easily. So different variations may be present in a domesticated animal population (like pigs or chickens) swap genes, become very virulent, then jump to humans, and spread rapidly because of how globally we're all connected. Writing this as a biochemist.
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#15
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
I don't get the flu vaccine and I think I got the flu once. I was like 7 or something. (I'm taking the covid one tho)
Hello 4 years ago
Even if you rarely get it, it's a very good idea to get a vaccine appoinment, as the strain for the flu can change every year.
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Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
her thing says glowypanda and now all i can think about is if shes on BP
#17
Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
And Desert Storm up until whatever they are calling the middle east crisis this week...
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Emily Raskauskas 4 years ago
It's not accurate. Cable TV is more than 40 years old.
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C.S. E. 4 years ago
I have had a box full of cute & fun, as well as functional, masks in my closet for years now. 7 years ago, I developed a lung infection that left me with a yearly occurrence of pneumonia and chronic bronchial and sinus infections. I found that I breathed better wearing the masks (filtering the larger irritating particles as well as keeping the air next to my nose and mouth damp and warm) and they cut down on my coughing, mitigating the inevitable laryngitis after a bout. Honestly, in 2020, I wasn't sick once, which was a lovely change, and, as an essential worker, I didn't get to stay home, either. I've honestly pondered just wearing masks all the time now! Combined with being a shy introvert, I was as prepared for this as one can be!
Linda Cowley 4 years ago
I made comfortable and, dare I say, rather stylish masks in all my colour ways. I like them, and will surely be wearing them every winter now. Cos I don't want colds either.
#21
Draco Malfoy 4 years ago
i love this one haha. I'm too healthy and virus free on cocaine right now to read words
𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕪𝔹𝕖𝕖 4 years ago
yes. The only down side to being virus free is that ya can't read words.
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Sista of the moon 4 years ago
Hmmmmm. All I saw was “rumors” and “cocaine” and now don’t stop is stuck in my head XD
jess 4 years ago
these types of theories have been going around in certain circles for YEARS- still going strong today, I see!!
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Christel Nellemann 4 years ago
Well, it is pretty cool to fess up to a situation,where you made a joke , ment harmless but looking .. unsavory. Some introspection and reassesment of ones actions is a really good skill. We need more of that in this world.
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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
There is no tradition of Muslim men covering the face. Some Muslim women do.
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marianne eliza 4 years ago
At the time the original tweet was sent, perhaps that was his first.
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Tacocat 4 years ago
us introverts are comfortable for once...oh wait...thats basically staying home...XD
Load More Replies... Christel Nellemann 4 years ago
Hm, the pandemic has made alot of us really think deeply about relations, innovative ways to do work and studies, really highlight bad things in our societies, inequalities, etc. NOT saying , that is was worth all the sh*tload of massively bad stuff, but it is not as we had a choice in this catastrophy of a sh*tsandwich happening.
2WheelTravlr 4 years ago
Lower incidents of flu and colds. Drop in fuels, time, and emissions from commuting.
#29
Christine M Quigley 4 years ago
I'm glad you survived- it's nothing to take lightly, for sure...
#30
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Serious question:when do we finally stop wearing masks because of the virus?
whitneygal 4 years ago
It’s good practice and socially considerate to wear masks during cold and flu season, even without COVID around. I’m not sure why people think that getting COVID under control means we can stop caring about whether we infect others with viruses.
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Hello 4 years ago
Yeah, but s/he did write it in June, so s/he should have known better...
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Theory Buchannon 4 years ago
i gotten covid once but that was in November in 2019
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I I 4 years ago
i sat and worried about December 2019 when it first hit China , no way where they steaming cleaning whole cities because it was "just like the flu"
Cori 4 years ago
Yep. That's when I started worrying too. By January, I was actively freaking out because A) I knew who was in the White House and B) I knew the kind of people who put him there. My immediate thought? 'No way in hell any of these idiots are going to take this seriously.' I really wish I had been wrong.
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Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
It didn't save lives in numbers, of course. But the flu rates went way down. Masks and hand washing work. I swear, I may never go back!
Christine M Quigley 4 years ago
And look what happened.. There was hardly ANY flu cases. Proving masks and washing hands works.
#39
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Unfortunately, what Coronavirus really sees is a cat arching her back and bushing her tail hoping she'll look bigger.
#40
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Bummer for your mom's BF. I know a couple people who got it and died.
Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
What does living in the South have to do with it? Plenty of cases here, but we continue to beat it down with the iced tea and pecan pie treatment.
#41
Meko 4 years ago
corona na na na, he took me back to east Havana nan na na, that's were I contracted corona na na na
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#42
AbbiTabbi 4 years ago
No offense but I don't agree with, "sounds so yummy" ... AT. ALL.
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LesAnimaux 4 years ago
Yes and if we don't want to EAT the maggots LET'S SLOWLY KILL THEM can't believe I feel bad for maggots now.
#44
C.S. E. 4 years ago
I was super irritated when that was going around. Yes, we are all aware of the flu, and you should be more concerned about the flu. However, this is it's worse cousin who eats all your food and clogs the toilet before hurling a molotov at your door on it's way out. Months later, after rebuilding and refurnishing, it keeps coming by in the middle of the night cutting wires, injecting termites, sabotaging your water heater, putting sugar in your car tank. You know, just f*** your s*** up for . . . .well, we don't know HOW long at this point.
Jessica Hollinghead Marcus 4 years ago
I feel like this should be plastered on a billboard...or just a worldwide public service announcement. Might resonate with some of these knuckleheads.
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#46
Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
I wonder what percentage got the virus. I wonder what percentage died. Ooooh. Sick bern.
infinite upvote 4 years ago
Protests and rallies ***where people stay masked*** have very low transmission rates
Tina Hugh 4 years ago
That’s kinda cool. Did anything special happen tell?
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What do you think ?
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
I don't remember exactly what I said, but I remember that in mid March 2020 I said something about how my school was closing until about April. Yeah...
Axolotl King 4 years ago
I don't have twitter but uh, this was from either January or February 2020: Corona-608...71-png.jpg 
Jyri Hakola 4 years ago
Didn`t tweet anything. But at early january when we were planning a business trip to China later that spring I quoted to slightly worried co worker that no panic. Either this is handled due April or otherwise no one is traveling to China at April.
bon bon (still purple boi) 4 years ago
me: *sneeze* *cough*. my brain: CoRoNa ViRuS! gEt It ReAl! sHeT iS gEtTiN rEaL!
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
I don't remember exactly what I said, but I remember that in mid March 2020 I said something about how my school was closing until about April. Yeah...
Axolotl King 4 years ago
I don't have twitter but uh, this was from either January or February 2020: Corona-608...71-png.jpg
Jyri Hakola 4 years ago
Didn`t tweet anything. But at early january when we were planning a business trip to China later that spring I quoted to slightly worried co worker that no panic. Either this is handled due April or otherwise no one is traveling to China at April.
bon bon (still purple boi) 4 years ago
me: *sneeze* *cough*. my brain: CoRoNa ViRuS! gEt It ReAl! sHeT iS gEtTiN rEaL!
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