The shit was really starting to get real by this time last year. We were in full lockdown mode and the numbers of cases and deaths were jumping and really becoming alarming.
Let’s take a look back at my posts from then and there’s also the Covid stats from a year ago today.
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Sunday April 5, 2020: Sunday Links: The Twilight Zone - Plus MBIP Coming Attractions!
Life had turned into The Twilight Zone, so I figured I may as well post some links to online articles about the TV show.
Covid 19 Stats: April 5th, 2020 - There are currently more than 337,000 confirmed coronavirus patients in the U.S., the most of any country, out of 1.27 million worldwide. Italy still has the highest death toll with nearly 16,000.
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Monday April 6, 2020: Saturday Night Frozen Pizza @ MBIP World Headquarters - This Week: Schnuck’s St. Louis Style Pizza.
I totally forgot that we reviewed this pizza, I just reviewed it again for the new Thursday Frozen Pizza reviews post!
Covid 19 Stats: April 6th, 2020 - If North Carolina stops social distancing at the end of April—as President Donald Trump and administration officials have pushed for—there could be 750,000 state residents infected by June, said state health officials.
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Tuesday April 7, 2020: MBIP Food Tours Of The Past - Twenty Tenderloins In Twenty Weeks: Week Number One @ Midway Duck Inn
Since I couldn’t do any more food tours for a while, I looked back at the first week of the Twenty Tenderloins tour.
Covid 19 Stats: April 7th, 2020 - The United States' coronavirus death toll reached 12,722 on Tuesday evening, with an increase of 1,736 deaths during the day. That number marks the most deaths recorded in a single day so far.
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Wednesday April 8, 2020: Easter Feaster: Easter Dinner @ The Fish House
Easter Sunday was coming up and The Fish House had take-out dinners you could order. In honor of this I featured some photos of previous dinners in pre-pandemic times. I was really stretching for content a year ago!
Covid 19 Stats: April 8th, 2020 - More than 400 coronavirus cases are linked to one jail in Chicago, local officials said, making the Cook County Jail the largest known source of infections in the US outside of medical facilities.
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Thursday April 9, 2020: Whoops…
Another whoopsie day in the pandemic times. Morning drinking strikes again!
Covid 19 Stats: April 9th, 2020 - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus approached 17,000 Thursday as New York reported its highest single-day death toll yet.
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Friday April 10, 2020: A Few Photos From Main Street
Since nothing was open back then, I just took some photos on Main Street and called it a day.
Covid 19 Stats: April 11th, 2020 - The country's case total rose to 500,399 on Friday night, the same day the world death toll crossed into six digits. There have been over 18,000 deaths in the U.S.
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Saturday April 11, 2020: Sandwiches Of Peoria - This Week: The Ribeye Steak Sandwich @ Alwan’s Grill
The Ribeye Steak Sandwich from Alwan’s Grill, a classic sandwich.
Covid 19 Stats: April 12th, 2020 - There are at least 524,903 cases of coronavirus in the US and at least 20,389 people have died from it, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases in the United States.
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The Covid News With Seinfeld Music!
Hilarious!
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Related Posts: Rear-View Mirror - Weeks: March 29th, March 22, March 15th, March 8th, March 1st and February 23rd, 2020.