The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it many legitimate hardships of both the physical and economic varieties. It’s understandable that people of any age are concerned with both reality and the future beyond these long days of quarantine and self-distancing. No matter the generation, we’re all affected by this unprecedented event. An overwhelmed healthcare system, rising unemployment, and business instability affect us all.

In the midst of the crisis, there appears to be a tendency for some to declare millennials as the ones for whom life has been the most unfair. This insular line of thinking not only dismisses our shared experience, but is glaringly ignorant of history.