Colorado Sun:
In the early days of the pandemic, before social distancing was even a thing, Kelly Hoang noticed people avoided sitting by her on the bus ride home from school.
They were unsettled by her, said Kelly, the 16-year-old daughter of Chinese immigrants. Across the nation, people — including the former president of the United States — were calling the coronavirus the “China virus.”
Kelly tried to focus on the positive and joke her way through her isolation. She was worried about being around other people anyway.
