The city that never sleeps has always held a special place in our dreams, but the daily reality in Manhattan has become the stuff of nightmares.
With some eight million people living crowded into an area of just 470sq km, it’s a focal point of international tourism, trade and politics. And yet, warnings ranging from international epidemic specialists down to sandwich-board prophets failed to alert its governing authorities.At the time of writing, the figure was some 3202 - eclipsing the number of people killed at the World Trade Centre on 9/11. At the time of reading, it is no doubt much higher.
He compared the challenge to that of Pearl Harbor – the trigger for the US joining World War II. He compared it to 9/11 – only with nationwide impact.Doctor Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, offered a different scenario: “This next week is going to look bad because we are still not at that apex.
Bodies are wrapped in protective plastic in a holding facility at Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home. The company is equipped to handle 40-60 cases at a time. But amid the coronavirus pandemic, it was taking care of 185 Thursday morning. Picture: John Minchillo/APThe National Tennis Centre is a case in point. It’s now filled with medical tents, and doctors enforcing triage rules. Only those most likely to recover are getting treatment.
“Our closeness is what makes us special. Our acceptance, our openness is what makes us special. It’s what makes us feel so connected one to another. It’s what makes us so accepting of one another. It is the closeness that makes us the human beings that we are,”“It is also that closeness and that connection and that humanity and that sharing that is our greatest strength, and that is what is going to overcome at the end of the day. I promise you that.”.
President Trump’s administration has been criticised for squandering the first 70 days of the crisis. Picture: Alex Brandon/AP“All we’re trying to do is slow the spread. But it will spread – it is that contagious,” he said.It’s on track to reach the higher number. And the US navy hospital ship Comfort, sent by President Donald Trump is designed to treat non-COVID-19 patients. It remains docked at the New York piers, largely empty.STATE OF THE UNION
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