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Abandoning Masks Puts >100 million Americans at Risk of Severe Illness or Death. Me included.
COVID-19 has been one of the top leading causes of death in the past two years and we have removed the strongest barricade against it. It’s heartbreaking.
#MaskTogetherAmerica
A journey of a mother who is determined to rally America to mask up against COVID-19.
“You Do You” –NYC Transit System’s Self-Mockery Campaign Backfired
M.T.A. signs no longer promote safety, but now joke about mask-wearing. They insult the memory of workers and riders who died of COVID-19.
Humanity Behind Masks
Wearing a mask has been criticized as a sign of weakness, paranoia, lack of faith, infringement of civil rights, un-American, and most ridiculously, as something that can suffocate a wearer by lowering oxygen intake. If that’s true, then doctors and nurses who wear masks all day ought to be superhuman to survive.
New York Mojo
Since late March, the residents of our Upper Westside neighborhood started banging pots and pans, joining the rest of the city to cheer for the first responders and medical workers. Initially, whether I was cooking or between bites, I would grab my wok and wooden spatula. While my son covered his ears, I would send the loudest “gong” through the skinny crack my apartment’s windows can open to. Not like my neighbors across from us, who can step out and cheer on the balconies.
Mask With Me
My response to New York Times article — ‘A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter by Annie Correal and Andrew Jacobs
Viral Reality
“Today is March 20, 2020!” I said to myself, amazed to be able to recognize the unusual numerical pattern in the date, as I set out to share another anecdote about Wuhan, the central hub of China that is now infamous for starting the pandemic.
Viral Reality
As I write to you, 22 New Yorkers have been infected with coronavirus, 2,733 are currently in home isolation.