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Scrivener7

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12. Speaking for myself, I don't know if the rest of the
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:11 AM
Apr 2025

country had the same experience of Covid as NY.

We were ground zero. It hit us hardest in those early months when we had no treatments and no knowledge about it. We didn't even know yet about proning. In my neighborhood, the local mall parking lot was turned into a tent hospital, which was always full, and the local skating rink was made an overflow morgue. All we could do in those early days was watch friends and loved ones die.

For all his faults - which are gross and multiple, and some of them affected me directly - he was a lifeline during those days. I think many New Yorkers can forgive a lot because of that.

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