Making connections, grappling with misinformation: How Gen Z is using social media during the pandemic

While it's still too early to tell what the lasting impact of the pandemic will be on Gen Z, experts and historians say it will undoubtedly affect young people for years to come. — Dreamstime/TNS

When Central Bucks South became one of the first Philadelphia-area high schools in the United States to close due to fear of coronavirus exposure in early March, 16-year-old sophomore Andrew Chen knew that things were not going to return to normal as quickly as some of his peers hoped.

But still, the transition from seeing his friends on the swim team during daily practices to learning alone at home was jarring.