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In virus times, have Americans found a shared experience?

by AP National Writer
| April 1, 2020 12:03 AM

As an uneasy March unspooled, as coronavirus dread descended upon the United States, it became commonplace — and, for public figures, quite practical — to point out how, unlike most major events in the 21st century, this was an unusually communal moment.

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