How Long Is a Year, Anyway?

Reading the emails I sent one year ago today is sad, but also strangely comforting

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There is considerable debate as to the exact date of the one-year anniversary of the pandemic in the United States. Is it January 21, when the first case of Covid-19 was discovered in the United States? Or is it February 6, when we had our first death? March 6, when 21 passengers…