The news in recent days has focused more on the unjust police killing of George Floyd (and its aftermath) than the coronavirus, and understandably so. That being said, as there is an ongoing coronavirus situation in my city and state, I would like to provide my usual weekly update.
On all fronts, everyone in my family is doing physically okay. All of us remain healthy, though allergies definitely continue to be an issue! The other day I had a coughing fit because of those allergies while I was outside, and I was legitimately worried that someone would confront me for the coughing fit! Thankfully, that didn’t happen.
While I already mentioned above that I’m not going to go too much into the situation with the anti-racism protests in New York, it’s worth my mentioning that I don’t live near the center of it all, so the abnormally heavy police presence that some of you may be hearing about from New York doesn’t apply to me. It applies to my friends who live in or near areas where these protests are happening, though.
New York City seems to be continuing to go in the right direction with regards to the coronavirus. We have not started our reopening process yet, but Governor Cuomo has said that if we continue heading in the right direction in New York City, we might be able to begin the reopening process on June 8th. Fingers crossed. Hopefully by this time next week, I will be talking about a New York City that’s beginning a safe reopening process.
People may be wondering how the protests over systemic racism (which I unequivocally support, not that the protests need my support) may affect COVID rates. Based on what I’ve seen on television, it looks like the overwhelming majority of protesters are wearing face masks, which are key in trying to keep the coronavirus from transmitting to others (even if you have it yourself). Since so many of the protesters are wearing face masks, I am not as worried as some about how the protests may affect coronavirus transmission. We’ll see if my lack of worry holds true.
I hope others are doing okay!
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I’m glad you and yours continue to be safe Brendan. 2020…This year will certainly be one for the history books. I’ve noticed how many of the protesters are wearing masks which has me hopeful that there won’t be a huge outbreak of cases in the coming weeks. Stay safe!
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Yeah, this is a year people won’t forget anytime soon. A pandemic, mass protests, economic depression…it’s one for the history books for sure.
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Reblogged this on By Hook Or By Book and commented:
Here’s Brendan’s weekly update from NYC. A pandemic and mass protests against racism and police brutality. 2020 is one for the books.
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An interesting update, Brendan. It will be good to know whether all this faith in face masks is, in fact, warranted. If people get sick despite the face masks we will know they are just a ploy to try and give people a crutch to hang on too. Have a good weekend. I look forward to next week’s update.
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Yeah, I’ll also be interested to see whether the faith in facemasks is warranted. Hopefully so, because if so, then there’s a lot more we’ll be able to do.
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