By Pat James, GoHeels.com
As the number of coronavirus cases across Europe rose last month, surging in Italy, Spain and her native Germany, Feline Guenther watched from afar, aware of what was going on but unable to fully grasp the outbreak's severity.
A North Carolina field hockey senior in her last semester at UNC, Guenther regularly heard from her parents back in Hamburg about the dangers of the virus. The more it spread, the more concerned they became. And by early March, they started discussing the prospect of Guenther returning home. Guenther, however, didn't believe that was necessary.