COVID collectivism in New York is over. Now the city is somewhere new: the era of 'good luck with that'
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images The city is over the pandemic and wearing a mask is embarrassing. Sitting close together is the thing. In-person is the thing. I like to keep up; I take off my mask, I sit close. I say: I’m so bored of this whole thing. I am bored of this whole thing. I have multiple sclerosis, but I’m still so bored.
A few weeks ago, New York slipped again from butter-yellow to orange on the New York Times case tracker. Cases are still up across the city. Pops of orange and poppy red are spreading upstate. No one is calling it a wave. The mayor had it — but it was really just a raspy voice, he said. The governor sees cases rising but says that doesn’t have to change much about how people go about their day. A college-age friend’s entire a cappella group went down. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
Or: I go for an infusion every month for my M.S. Last time I went, another patient told me she’d had four vaccinations — first and second, booster and booster — and still has no antibodies. She doesn’t know how much protection her body will offer if she catches the virus or what that will mean for her in the long run. She’s a teacher, and she’s going in to work — there’s no work-from-home option anymore.
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