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Editor's note: Cheryl Aarnio is a journalism student at Washington State University who interned at the Edmonds Beacon last summer. Here, the 19-year-old Woodway resident shares her experiences abroad and how the coronavirus has affected her studies.

Shortly after arriving in France in January, I learned that someone who had been at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had tested positive for coronavirus.

I don't recall if I knew what coronavirus was at the time, let alone how dangerous it could be, but I knew that I didn't want to have it. Luckily, I learned that he had been there two day...