当COVID-19大流行的威胁突然出现时，每个人都有不同的时刻。这可能是他们听到当地案件报告的那一天，可能是有人下班回家的那一天，也可能是学校关门的那一天。

对许多人来说，那是2020年3月11日——这一天新闻从未停止，病毒颠覆了一切。美国国家篮球协会暂停了本赛季的比赛；汤姆·汉克斯宣布他对冠状病毒的检测呈阳性；世界卫生组织（WHO）正式宣布，COVID-19的爆发是一场大流行。

BuzzFeed News与科学家、制片人、竞选顾问、百老汇表演者、NBA球员以及其他人进行了交谈，以捕捉经历那些时刻的感觉，这些时刻显示出一切都将发生多大的变化。

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NBA副局长马克·塔图姆（Mark Tatum）描述了在国会听证会上看到安东尼·福西谈论联盟的情景：

Dr. Fauci was asked whether the NBA was underreacting or the Ivy League was overreacting following the Ivy League’s decision to cancel its conference tournament. We were all watching when Dr. Fauci said, “We would recommend not having large crowds. If that means not having anyone in the audience when the NBA plays, so be it.” That was the morning of March 11. We all heard it.

世卫组织发言人玛格丽特·哈里斯（Margaret Harris）在会议室出席总干事特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）在记者招待会上宣布，COVID-19是一种流行病：

Because there was a buzz around the term “pandemic” and this sort of sense of moment around the term, we did realize people would take it as a more important moment than it was in terms of management of the resp***e. But we also realized that it was important to be describing it that way because it was critical that countries got the message: This is very, super, super serious. This is not a game. This is not a test. This is not a dress rehearsal.

而切特·汉克斯谈到上Instagram是为了让人们放心，他的父母“很好”

Everyone I know was hitting me up, sending their wishes and whatnot, so I just figured I would just address it on Instagram because people were really worried, and I just wanted to reassure people that my parents were OK and everything was good.

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