One year, five months, and 16 days. That’s how long it’s been since COVID-19 was discovered in the United States. Since then, more than 100,000 small businesses have been destroyed, an entire generation of students have fallen behind, and, tragically, more than 600,000 Americans have died.

The coronavirus pandemic devastated our economy, isolated us from one another, and affected every aspect of Americans’ lives. And yet, after all this time, we still don’t know how the virus originated.