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A P R I L 15 - A P R I L 21, 2020 • VO L. 21 • N O. 16 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS • INWOOD • HARLEM • EAST HARLEM
N O RT H E R N M A N H AT TA N ’ S BILINGUAL N E W S PA P E R E L P E R I O D I C O B I L I N G U E D E L N O R T E D E M A N H AT TA N
NOW EVERY WEDNES DAY
TODOS LOS MIERCOLES
Corona Exchange
NEW YORKERS:
STAY HOME TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS
New Yorkers working together and staying home can slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York City.
When you go out for essential needs, work or to get fresh air, keep distance between yourself and others
and take the following precautions.
PROTECT YOURSELF PROTECT THE REDUCE
IF YOU ARE SICK MOST VULNERABLE OVERCROWDING
AND OTHERS
• Keep at least 6 feet between yourself • Stay home. • Stay home if you have lung disease, • Stay home.
and others. • If you have a cough, shortness of heart disease, diabetes, cancer or a • Telecommute if possible.
• Wash your hands with soap and breath, fever, sore throat and do not weakened immune system. If you do go out:
water often. feel better after 3-4 days, consult with • Stay home and call, video chat or text • Stagger work hours away from peak
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue your doctor. with family or friends who have one of travel times.
or sleeve when sneezing or coughing. • If you need help getting medical care, these conditions.
• Walk or bike.
• Do not touch your face with call 311.
• Do not gather in crowds.
unwashed hands. • NYC will provide care regardless of
• Monitor your health more closely than immigration status or ability to pay.
usual for cold or flu symptoms.
Text COVID to 692-692 for real-time updates or visit nyc.gov/coronavirus. Bill de Blasio
Mayor
Call 311 to report harassment or discrimination. Call 888-NYC-WELL, text "WELL" to 65173 or chat online at nyc.gov/nycwell to connect with a counselor. Oxiris Barbot, MD
Commissioner
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2 APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com
City Council to hold first-ever remote stated meeting
T here’ll be a change in the
chambers.
lifting up their well-being remain,” added
Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
“This remote Stated meeting is symbolic of
For the first time in over eighty years, the the amazing resilience of New Yorkers in
New York City Council will hit “remote.” this difficult moment.”
On April 22, the Council will conduct a Looming before the Council is one major
Stated meeting in remote fashion, a first in agenda item: finalizing the fiscal year 2021
the Council’s history. budget.
It will be the legislative body’s first When unveiled in January, Mayor Bill
meeting since the coronavirus outbreak. de Blasio’s $95.3 billion budget was billed
Members of the public will be able to as necessarily limited in scope, due to the
watch the meeting online in real time via the expected $6 billion deficit in funding from
Council website. Albany. De Blasio’s 2021 budget projections
“It isn’t easy to get an bumped up less than 1 percent from the
82-year-old legislative previous year’s spending ($94.6 billion),
body up and running representing the smallest spending increase
The next Council meeting requested to date. Missing also were the
remotely for the first time will be held remotely.
in its history, but I am announcement as in years past of any large-
proud of the work that the used to introduce and vote on scale programs such as pre-kindergarten
staff put in to make this legislation. expansion.
happen in a secure and “My colleagues and I are “We’ve never seen this kind of state
publicly accessible fashion. I speak for all proud of the work we’ve done together so far deficit, we’ve never seen this kind of threat
members in saying we are eager to resume in the fight against coronavirus,” said Council to our Medicaid recipients, we’ve never
legislating for the people of New York,” Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo. “We are seen this kind of threat to the Health and
said Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the excited to get back to passing bills and Hospitals Corporation,” said de Blasio on
announcement, made public on April 15th. holding hearings on behalf of New Yorkers. January 16th as he unveiled his spending
“The coming weeks and months will not be Our constituents need us now more than ever plan.
easy for us as a city, but I can guarantee that and we are absolutely here for them in this De Blasio said then such prudence was
the Council will do everything in its power trying time.” a necessary outcome of looming fiscal
to help us weather this difficult time.” “Our legislating, our representing the concerns – months before New York City
Since mid-March, all Council meetings needs of our shared communities, is a key would become the new epicenter of the
have been cancelled due to COVID-19. part of our work to protect the vulnerable and coronavirus crisis.
Prior to the pandemic, the Council held a meet urgent needs. With this remote Stated “The Council will do everything to
meeting, our work takes on a new form, but help us weather this difficult time,” For more information, please visit
stated meeting every two weeks and once a said Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
month during the summer. The meetings are the values of protecting our communities and council.nyc.gov.
El Ayuntamiento celebrará la primera reunión de forma remota
H abrá un cambio en las cámaras.
Por primera vez en más de ochenta
remota es un símbolo de la increíble
resiliencia de los neoyorquinos en este
momento difícil”.
años, el Concejo de la Ciudad de Nueva York Se avecina ante el Concejo un tema
hará impacto de forma “remota”. importante de la agenda: finalizar el
El 22 de abril, el Concejo llevará a cabo presupuesto del año fiscal 2021.
una reunión declarada de manera remota, la Cuando se dio a conocer en enero, el
primera en su historia. presupuesto de $95.3 mil millones de dólares
Será la primera reunión del cuerpo del alcalde Bill de Blasio fue promocionado
legislativo desde el brote del coronavirus. como necesariamente limitado en su
Los miembros del público podrán ver la alcance, debido al déficit esperado de $6 mil
reunión en línea en tiempo real a través del millones de dólares en fondos de Albany. Las
sitio web del Concejo. proyecciones presupuestarias del 2021 de de
“No es fácil lograr que un cuerpo legislativo Blasio aumentaron menos del 1 por ciento del
de 82 años funcione de manera remota gasto del año anterior ($94.6 mil millones),
por primera vez en su historia, pero estoy lo que representa el aumento de gasto más
orgulloso del trabajo que el personal realizó pequeño solicitado hasta la fecha. También se
para que esto suceda de manera segura y perdió el anuncio, como en años anteriores,
de forma públicamente accesible. Hablo por de cualquier programa a gran escala, como la
todos los miembros cuando digo que estamos expansión del pre jardín de infantes.
ansiosos por reanudar la legislación para el “Nunca hemos visto este tipo de déficit
pueblo de Nueva York”, dijo el presidente del estatal, nunca hemos visto este tipo de
“Nuestros electores nos necesitan ahora más amenaza para nuestros beneficiarios de
Concejo Corey Johnson en el anuncio, hecho que nunca”, dijo la líder de la mayoría del
público el 15 de abril. “Las próximas semanas El alcalde Bill de Blasio.
Medicaid, nunca hemos visto este tipo de
Concejo, Laurie Cumbo, aquí con Johnson. amenaza para la Corporación de Salud y
y meses no serán fáciles para nosotros como
ciudad, pero puedo garantizar que el Concejo Hospitales”, dijo de Blasio el 16 de enero
“Mis colegas y yo estamos orgullosos del “Nuestra legislación, nuestra representación mientras daba a conocer su plan de gastos.
hará todo lo que esté a su alcance para trabajo que hemos realizado juntos hasta de las necesidades de nuestras comunidades
ayudarnos a superar este momento difícil”. De Blasio dijo que esa prudencia era un
ahora en la lucha contra el coronavirus”, dijo compartidas, es una parte clave de nuestra resultado necesario de las preocupaciones
Desde mediados de marzo, todas las la líder de la mayoría del Concejo, Laurie labor para proteger a los vulnerables y
reuniones del Concejo fueron canceladas fiscales que se avecinaban, meses antes de
Cumbo. “Estamos entusiasmados por volver a satisfacer las necesidades urgentes. Con esta que la ciudad de Nueva York se convirtiera en
debido al COVID-19. aprobar proyectos de ley y celebrar audiencias reunión declarada remota, nuestro trabajo
Antes de la pandemia, el Concejo celebraba el nuevo epicentro de la crisis del coronavirus.
en nombre de los neoyorquinos. Nuestros adquiere una nueva forma, pero los valores
una reunión declarada cada dos semanas y una electores nos necesitan ahora más que nunca y de proteger a nuestras comunidades y elevar
vez al mes durante el verano. Las reuniones se Para más información, por favor visite
estamos absolutamente aquí para ellos en este su bienestar permanecen”, agregó el concejal council.nyc.gov.
utilizan para presentar y votar leyes. momento difícil”. Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. “Esta reunión declarada
APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3
No to Gender Violence No a la garantizando refugio alternativo, entre
otros servicios.
Llame a la línea directa de violencia
violencia
doméstica las 24 horas de la ciudad:
800-621-HOPE (4673) para obtener una
planificación de seguridad inmediata,
asistencia para refugios y otros recursos.
de género
Llame a la línea directa de salud mental
y uso de sustancias las 24 horas de la
ciudad: 1-888-NYC-WELL para obtener
asistencia gratuita y confidencial.
V ivir con alguien que te causa daño no
es fácil, especialmente cuando tienes
que crear un plan de seguridad para
Visite qtnyccovid.wordpress.com
para recursos COVID-19 para los
neoyorquinos LGBTQ.
buscar refugio en otro lugar. Por favor visite nyc.gov/nychope
para recursos adicionales.
Las personas que sobreviven a la
violencia en sus hogares
pueden estar experimentando
un mayor aislamiento y una
L iving with someone who
causes you harm is not easy,
especially when having to create
whose lines are open and staffed with experts
ready to offer free and confidential assistance
with safety planning, securing alternative
mayor exposición al riesgo
causado por las medidas
de distanciamiento social
shelter, among other services. debido a la pandemia del
a safety plan to seek refuge • Call the city’s 24-hour Domestic Violence COVID-19. Los sobrevivientes
elsewhere. Hotline: 800-621-HOPE (4673) for a menudo tienen necesidades
immediate safety planning, shelter específicas en materia de
People who are surviving violence in assistance, and other resources. seguridad y confidencialidad.
their homes may be experiencing increased • Call the city’s 24-hour Mental Health & No está solo y el apoyo está
isolation and increased exposure to risk Substance Use Hotline: 1-888-NYC-WELL disponible 24/7. Hay varias
caused by social distancing measures due for free and confidential support. organizaciones sin fines de
to the COVID-19 pandemic. Survivors • Visit qtnyccovid.wordpress.com for lucro en los cinco condados,
often have specific needs around safety and COVID-19 resources for LGBTQ New cuyas líneas están abiertas
confidentiality. Yorkers. y cuentan con expertos
You are not alone and support is available listos para ofrecer asistencia
24/7. There are several not-for-profit Please visit nyc.gov/nychope for gratuita y confidencial con
organizations throughout the five boroughs additional resources. planificación de seguridad,
April 6 – April 11
Uptown Love in the Time of eyes of your fellow New Yorkers. The gnawing
Coronavirus: Clap Because You uncertainty of what tomorrow will bring and
Care the inability to meaningfully interact with one
another is testing our collective sanity.
I think I speak for many in this And then at 7 p.m., at least for a spell, we
neighborhood and throughout this great are not alone. We are united and the clouds
city when I say that the 7 p.m. clapping and over this city briefly part and we can see a
noise-making sessions for our courageous brighter day on the horizon. The eruption of
healthcare heroes on the frontlines is the joy and togetherness provide the sustenance
highlight of the day, every day. This simple we all need to survive the pandemic. We are
act of stopping whatever you are doing truly all in this together.
and showing appreciation for those real-life Great nations need exceptional leadership
superheroes provides a comfort and solace in times of crisis. We don’t have that at the
that is hard to describe. We owe them a debt federal level where it is so badly needed. The
that we can never repay. The same can be American Experiment is in trouble. This is an
said of all the “essential” workers who keep existential crisis that goes beyond healthcare.
this society running and who do not have the The novel coronavirus is brutally exposing
privilege of working from home. what has become of a once-great country.
The timing of the daily appreciation God help us all!
manifestations could not be any better as
they usually start after the daily Trump Pa’lante Siempre Pa’lante!
propaganda briefings are over. Tyrant Trump
has turned what is supposed to be a medium Keep checking us out at
for crucial information on the nation’s fight www.uptowncollective.com.
against the novel coronavirus into a political
rally whose primary goal is the reelection of Led Black
Donald Trump. Let me state this as plainly as Editor-in-Chief
I can, America will not survive a second term The Uptown Collective
of Donald Trump.
Our lives have changed profoundly. We no The UC’s mission is to become “the” definitive, transformative
and community-based force impacting the arts, culture,
longer venture outside except for necessities. business and New York City’s overall perception of Upper
The once lively Alto Manhattan is eerily Manhattan. Its objective is to reset, reboot and positively
redefine Uptown’s artistic, political, cultural and business
and uncharacteristically quiet. When you do spheres via the online space as well the collective’s initiatives
go out you can see the fear and despair in the and functions.
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New benefits agreement for family of fallen transit workers
A new benefits package has help the families left behind and to further
The ranks of transit workers honor our lost heroes’ great sacrifice to
been announced for the have been hit hard by the virus.
this city and state.”
family of transit workers whose “This is a major step in reassuring our
lives were lost to COVID-19. workers out there on the frontlines that
we know the risk they are taking,” said
The Metropolitan Transportation SMART General Chairman Anthony
Authority (MTA), Transport Workers Simon.
Union Local 100 (TWU), the International To help protect workers against
Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and COVID-19, the MTA has distributed
Transportation Workers (SMART), and millions of pieces of personal protective
International Brotherhood of Teamsters equipment, including 2.7 million pairs of
Local 808 (IBT) have announced an gloves and nearly 750,000 masks, since
agreement to provide benefits for families March 1. The agency also implemented
of transit workers who died due to the rear-door bus boarding and is conducting
COVID-19 pandemic. comprehensive disinfecting efforts
The benefits include a payment of systemwide.
$500,000 from the MTA to the surviving “The work and sacrifice made by our
family of any worker who lost their life frontline workers during this pandemic
as a result of COVID-19, in can never be properly quantified,” said F.
addition to providing health Christophe Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer
insurance to the spouse of the International Brotherhood of
and dependents to Teamsters Local 808. “We mourn with the
the age of 26 of the families of those lost and hope that this is
surviving family for our frontline workers have are ongoing with additional labor unions a step towards the healing process.”
three years. done during this pandemic is to extend the COVID-19 family benefits “New York wouldn’t have a fighting
“Transportation nothing short of heroic and agreement to all members of the agency’s chance against this virus if transit workers
workers are the we believe this agreement unionized workforce. weren’t getting the blue collar heroes of
moving heroes of is another crucial step in The agreement, which is subject to board this pandemic – nurses, paramedics, food
this public health recognizing their sacrifice. ratification, will also be extended to all non- service workers – to the front lines of the
crisis, continuing to The losses the MTA family has represented employees, the MTA said. battle all across the metropolitan region,”
get healthcare workers, suffered are heartbreaking and “We can’t bring back our heroic co- TWU International President John
first responders and other our thoughts are with the families workers but we can make sure their families Samuelsen said. “This COVID-19 death
essential personnel where they of our beloved colleagues during this are taken care of,” said TWU Local 100 benefit is a recognition of the incredible
need to go and saving lives,” said MTA challenging time.” President Tony Utano. “We will continue contributions and sacrifices our workforce
Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye. “What According to the MTA, discussions to fight in Albany for additional benefits to has made.”
Nuevo acuerdo para las
familias de trabajadores
del tránsito caídos
S e ha anunciado un nuevo paquete
de prestaciones para las familias de
trabajadores del tránsito cuyas vidas se
perdieron por el COVID-19.
La Autoridad Metropolitana de Tránsito
(MTA, por sus siglas en inglés), el Sindicato de
Trabajadores del Tránsito Local 100 (TWU, por
sus siglas en inglés), la Asociación Internacional
de Trabajadores de Metal Laminado, Aire,
Ferrocarril y Tránsito (SMART, por sus siglas
en inglés), y la Hermandad Internacional de
Camioneros Local 808 (IBT, por sus siglas
en inglés) han anunciado un acuerdo para
proporcionar beneficios para las familias de los
trabajadores de tránsito que murieron debido a la
pandemia de COVID-19.
Las prestaciones incluyen un pago de
$500,000 dólares de la MTA a la familia
sobreviviente de cualquier trabajador que haya
perdido la vida como resultado del COVID-19, “No podemos traer de vuelta a nuestros
además de proporcionar un seguro de salud al heroicos compañeros de trabajo, pero
cónyuge y a los dependientes hasta la edad de podemos asegurarnos de que se
26 años de la familia sobreviviente por tres años. cuide a sus familias”, dijo el presidente
de TWU Local 100, Tony Utano.
Vea FAMILIAS p15
APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 5
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6 APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com
Zoo Sick
Not that kind of party.
Going viral
goes global
By Sherry Mazzocchi
N ews about tigers stunned the
world earlier this month.
And no, it’s not an episode of Tiger King.
After Nadia, a four-year-old Malaysian
tiger at the Bronx Zoo developed a dry cough The result was the zoonotic disease, or a making it easy for these diseases to become
and lost her appetite, she tested positive for disease transmitted from animals to humans. pandemics.
COVID-19. She isn’t the only big cat who “It can go both ways,” explained Walzer, The huge open air, or “wet” markets are
probably has it. Her sister Azul, two other Executive Director of WCS’s Global Health an important part of Chinese life. Fruits,
Amur tigers and three African lions also have Program. vegetables, meat and fish are
similar symptoms. A spokesperson from the Nadia, a four-year-old Malaysian He and fellow conservationists all sold there. Often, some
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said it tiger at the Bronx Zoo, has recently hosted a “One Health” endangered and rare species
is very likely the animals caught the disease tested positive for COVID-19. webinar briefing on COVID-19 are sold as items of luxury and
from an asymptomatic worker and they will that delved into the connections others are touted for medicinal
practice social distancing from now on. people, and domestic animals has made between wildlife, livestock, and value.
The large cats are improving and are remaining few tiger populations more humans. But the main cause for
expected to make a full recovery. But it vulnerable to infectious disease. Walzer noted that zoonotic concern is the section where
reveals how closely the health of people and Even before the cats started coughing, diseases have increased over the wildlife—including animals
animals are intertwined. the WCS called for an immediate halt in the past four or five decades. such as bats and illegally traded
In the past century, wild tigers have lost trade and consumption of wildlife. While the Other types of zoonotic disease animals like pangolins—are
over 95% of their habitat and are limited origins of the COVID-19 are “murky,” said include SARS, MERS, Ebola, openly slaughtered and sold.
to small areas with human communities in Dr. Christian Walzer, the sequenced genome and avian-based influenza. Because the world Walzer called for a worldwide ban on
close proximity. of the coronavirus shows it likely originated is so much more interconnected, outbreaks
The increasing contact between tigers, from bats in an outdoor market in Wuhan, can spiral across the globe very quickly, See ZOO p13
China.
Zoológico
Walzer, el genoma secuenciado del coronavirus
Interconectados.
muestra que probablemente se originó en
murciélagos en un mercado al aire libre en
Wuhan, China.
enfermo
El resultado fue la enfermedad zoonótica,
o una enfermedad transmitida de animales
a humanos. “Puede ir en ambos sentidos”,
explicó Walzer, director ejecutivo del Programa
de Salud Global de WCS.
Él y sus compañeros conservacionistas
Lo viral se organizaron recientemente un seminario web
“One Health” sobre COVID-19 que profundizó
en las conexiones entre la vida silvestre, el
vuelve mundial ganado y los humanos.
Walzer señaló que las enfermedades
Por Sherry Mazzocchi zoonóticas han aumentado en las últimas
cuatro o cinco décadas.
L as noticias sobre tigres Otros tipos de enfermedades zoonóticas
sorprendieron al mundo a principios incluyen SARS, MERS, ébola e influenza
aviar. Debido a que el mundo está mucho
de este mes. más interconectado, los brotes pueden
girar en espiral en todo el mundo
Y no, no es un episodio de Tiger King. muy rápidamente, lo que facilita que
Después de que Nadia, un tigre malayo están la salud de las personas y de los Los mercados al aire libre estas enfermedades se conviertan en
de cuatro años en el zoológico del Bronx animales. “húmedos” son un pilar. pandemias.
desarrollara una tos seca y perdiera el apetito, En el siglo pasado, los tigres salvajes Los enormes mercados al aire libre
dio positivo para COVID-19. Ella no es el único han perdido más del 95% de su hábitat o “húmedos” son una parte importante
gran felino que probablemente lo tiene. Su y están limitados a pequeñas áreas con de la vida china. Ahí se venden frutas,
hermana Azul, otros dos tigres Amur y tres comunidades humanas muy cercanas. verduras, carne y pescado. A menudo,
leones africanos también tienen síntomas El contacto creciente entre tigres, algunas especies raras y en peligro de
similares. Un portavoz de la Sociedad para la personas y animales domésticos ha extinción se venden como artículos de
Conservación de la Vida Silvestre (WCS, por hecho que las pocas poblaciones de tigres lujo y otras se promocionan por su valor
sus siglas en inglés) dijo que es muy probable restantes sean más vulnerables a las medicinal.
que los animales contrajeran la enfermedad enfermedades infecciosas. Pero la principal causa de
de un trabajador asintomático y que a partir de Incluso antes de que los felinos preocupación es la sección donde la
ahora practicarán el distanciamiento social. comenzaran a toser, la WCS pidió un alto vida silvestre, incluidos los animales
Los grandes felinos están mejorando y se inmediato en el comercio y consumo de como los murciélagos y los animales
espera que se recuperen por completo. Pero vida silvestre. Si bien los orígenes del
esto revela cuán estrechamente entrelazadas COVID-19 son “turbios”, dijo el Dr. Christian Vea ZOOLÓGICO P13
APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 7
Plasma, panic
and pandemics
Dr. Craig Spencer talks COVID-19
at online community forum
By Gregg McQueen Spencer, who now serves as an emergency
room doctor and Director of Global Health
B lood treatment was a bust for
Craig Spencer.
in Emergency Medicine at New York-
Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical
Center, warned against over-confidence in
In 2014, Spencer became Patient Zero – quick potential cures as the city continues
New York City’s first Ebola patient. to grapple with the coronavirus crisis.
Outbreaks of Ebola, a rare but deadly “Right now, the only thing we know
virus, most commonly surface in sub- that decreases cases and mortality is Dr. Craig Spencer is an ER
Saharan Africa. staying home. That’s it,” remarked physician – and Ebola survivor.
In 2014, approximately eleven cases Spencer. He noted that medication such as
hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin have online Q&A session, hosted by City Council the ER,” said Spencer, who noted that
surfaced in the United States including Health Committee Chair Mark Levine, to medical personnel who don’t normally
Spencer, who had returned from working shown promise but more research needs to
be done to confirm their effectiveness. discuss COVID-19 answer questions from work in the emergency room are now
with Doctors Without Borders in West community members. Also joining in was being used in that role. “It’s an all-hands-
Africa. He was treated, and recovered, at “But we don’t have the data yet to prove
their efficacy,” he said. “We hope that they Congressman Adriano Espaillat. on-deck scenario. Quite frankly, it’s
Bellevue Hospital. During the session, Spencer described overtaken everything that we’ve done,”
Among the therapies used to save his all work, but we don’t know.
Now the Harlem resident is on the the high number of coronavirus patients he said.
life was blood treatment, in which he coming into hospital emergency rooms in Spencer acknowledged that not every
received plasma infusions from an Ebola frontlines against another deadly virus,
working directly with COVID-19 patients recent weeks. He said the deluge has meant patient who reports to an emergency room
survivor. that most hospitals have turned their entire with coronavirus symptoms is admitted to
“It didn’t work. It gave me some at the ER at New York-Presbyterian
Hospital. facility into an ICU for COVID-19 patients. the hospital. Admissions are reserved for
complications,” recalled Spencer. “It’s forcing us to recreate and redevelop
On April 13, Spencer took part in an See PLASMA p12
El Dr. Craig Spencer
habla sobre el Plasma, pánico y pandemias
COVID-19 en un
foro comunitario
Por Gregg McQueen
E l tratamiento de sangre fue un
fracaso para Craig Spencer.
En 2014, Spencer se convirtió en el Paciente
Cero, el primer paciente con ébola de la ciudad
de Nueva York.
Los brotes de ébola, un virus raro pero
mortal, aparecen con mayor frecuencia en el
África subsahariana.
En 2014, surgieron aproximadamente once
casos en los Estados Unidos, incluido Spencer, El concejal Mark Levine
quien había regresado de trabajar con Médicos organizó del foro en línea.
sin Fronteras en África Occidental. Fue tratado,
y se recuperó, en el Hospital Bellevue.
Entre las terapias utilizadas para salvar su discutir preguntas sobre el COVID-19 de los
vida estuvo el tratamiento de sangre, en el que miembros de la comunidad. También se unió el
Las admisiones están reservadas para los pacientes más enfermos, dijo Spencer. congresista Adriano Espaillat.
recibió infusiones de plasma de un sobreviviente
del ébola. Durante la sesión, Spencer describió la gran
lidiando con la crisis del coronavirus. pero no lo sabemos”. cantidad de pacientes con coronavirus que
“No funcionó. Me dio algunas “En este momento, lo único que sabemos que Ahora, el residente de Harlem está en la línea
complicaciones”, recordó el médico. han ingresado a las salas de emergencia de
disminuye los casos y la mortalidad es quedarse de batalla contra otro virus mortal, trabajando los hospitales en las últimas semanas. Dijo
Spencer, quien ahora se desempeña como en casa. Es todo”, comentó Spencer. Señaló que directamente con pacientes con COVID-19 en la
médico de la sala de emergencias y director que la avalancha ha significado que la mayoría
los medicamentos como la hidroxicloroquina y la sala de emergencias del Hospital Presbyterian de de los hospitales han convertido todas sus
de Salud Mundial en Medicina de Emergencia azitromicina han demostrado ser prometedores, Nueva York.
en el New York-Presbyterian/Centro Médico instalaciones en una UCI para pacientes con
pero se necesita hacer más investigación para El 13 de abril, Spencer participó en una COVID-19.
de la Universidad Columbia, advirtió contra confirmar su efectividad. sesión de preguntas y respuestas en línea,
la excesiva confianza en las curas rápidas “Nos está obligando a recrear y reconstruir la
“Aún no tenemos los datos para probar su organizada por el presidente del Comité de
potenciales a medida que la ciudad continúa eficacia”, dijo. “Esperamos que todos funcionen, Salud del Concejo Municipal, Mark Levine, para Vea PLASMA p12
8 APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com
“They The organization was
founded over 100 years ago.
were
going
hungry” They were saying they were going hungry,” To help resolve the food insecurity, the
Sustenance and “We’re going to get through
said Englisher.
Prior to COVID-19, the Y would serve
Y made an arrangement with local eatery
Koko Grill to prepare and deliver meals
lunch for up to 200 seniors per day at to members with the most pressing food
solidarity at the Y it,” said Martin Englisher, here
with Dr. Ruth Westheimer. its Nagle Avenue headquarters. But the needs. The meals are being paid for by a
pandemic shutdown was preventing many large private donation.
By Gregg McQueen of them from accessing food. “The situation for some is really dire,”
But even Englisher, the Y’s Chief
M
While Englisher said that some seniors remarked Englisher, who said he hopes to
artin Englisher has seen a lot. Executive Officer, is floored. were obtaining meal deliveries from the expand the number of meals provided.
“I’ve faced a lot of things in my 40 years city’s Department for the Aging (DFTA), he The Y is currently seeking donations
For over four decades, Englisher here, but I’ve never faced this,” he remarked, said the packages alone were not enough for to help provide meal services to seniors,
has served at the YM & YWHA of noting that COVID-10 has presented historic sustenance. Englisher said.
Washington Heights and Inwood (the Y), challenges for the staff and members alike. “It’s not necessarily meant for your Initially, The Y staff continued to
an organization with an astonishing 103 While New York City remains on pause diet. It’s meant to be emergency food, not prepare grab-and-go meals for two weeks
years of history in Northern Manhattan. due to the coronavirus pandemic, residents sustaining food,” said Englisher. following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s
The group has endured numerous remain in need of essential services provided Also, some of the meal packages include “pause” order, distributing them to
challenges since its founding, including by community organizations. canned goods that are difficult to open, he community members at the front entrance
moving locations twice and weathering This includes Northern Manhattan seniors said. of their apartment buildings. However,
periods of tumult when crime and violence reliant upon meals from the Y, which “That’s been the really frustrating part for DFTA urged the Y to stop that practice as it
plagued uptown streets. Many of the provides social services and enrichment seniors. They receive badly needed food but was considered unsafe for seniors to leave
organization’s older members are Holocaust programs for all ages. sometimes they can’t even open it,” he said. their homes.
survivors. “We were getting calls from our members. “It’s been a real challenge.” See SOLIDARITY p18
La Y ha servido durante mucho tiempo como
un centro de actividad intergeneracional.
"Estaban pasando hambre"
Sustento y El grupo ha resistido numerosos desafíos
desde su fundación, incluyendo cambio de
solidaridad en la Y ubicación en dos ocasiones y períodos de
tumulto cuando el crimen y la violencia plagaron
las calles del Alto Manhattan.
Por Gregg McQueen Pero incluso Englisher, el director general de
la Y, está pasmado.
M artin Englisher ha visto mucho.
Durante más de cuatro décadas,
"He enfrentado muchas cosas en mis 40
años aquí, pero nunca esto", comentó, y señaló
que el COVID-10 ha presentado desafíos
Englisher ha trabajado en la YM & YWHA históricos tanto para el personal como para
de Washington Heights e Inwood (la Y), una los miembros, que incluyen sobrevivientes del
organización con 103 años de historia en el norte
de Manhattan. Vea SOLIDARIDAD p18
APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 9
“A harsh renewal”
Artists in a life As a real estate reporter, he is covering an
industry in a tailspin. But his literary career
is on hold.
of quarantine Sidransky’s first novel, Forgiving Maximo
Rothman earned a lot of acclaim. His latest
By Sherry Mazzocchi novel The Interpreter, was getting strong
momentum. Authors and preliminary
T hese are uncertain times and we reviewers were calling it his breakout novel.
The March 28th publication date came and
don’t know what the future will went. Now he’s not sure what will happen.
bring. “As a result of the virus, I’ve had to cancel
20 events,” he said. “I’m trying to rescue
What we do with our time is important— whatever I can of this launch, come up with
a plan and move some of the launch online.” “It’s a lot more hectic,” says author A.J. Sidransky.
whether it’s caring for others in a necessary
job, trying to educate children while working Before the crisis, he worked at home
from home, or focusing on that book we’ve alone. Now he and his wife are both in their come in handy.” After eight days of illness her
always wanted to write. Or maybe we are Washington Heights apartments, typically on For more information, please visit friend’s fever hadn’t subsided.
just staying home, protecting everyone else different conference calls at the same time. ajsidransky.com. On day nine, he took a turn for
by protecting ourselves. “It’s a lot more hectic,” he said. the worse and then died.
This is the fourth installment in a series Sidransky is a creature of habit. He gets up Michele W. Miller is grateful to be with By the time Miller got to day
focused on the creative community in early, goes to the gym and then spends the rest family and sit on the sofa next to her big dog eight, she was doing guided
our midst. We’ve asked some of the most of the morning and afternoon writing. “Then Hazel. She just recovered from COVID-19. meditations.
ingenious artists and creators who’ve graced I have my guilty pleasure, which is two hours The Washington Heights author of the “Besides the sadness of what
these pages in the past to share what they are of political talk shows on MSNBC so I get my crime novel Widows-In-Law, normally happened to him, you have a
doing and what they are thinking now – and anti-Trump dose. And then I cook dinner,” he wakes before the sun. She writes novels on condition that you have no way of predicting whether
what might be ahead. said. “That hasn’t really changed.” He still the downtown A train and works long hours or not it’s going to be turning worse.”
For more, please visit gets up early. But now goes for a power walk as a driven lawyer. But fever, fatigue and Now her temperature is normal. She was told that
manhattantimesnews.com. and works out at home. “I have to tell you, trouble breathing laid her low. A friend with seven days after her fever was gone she could go
I never thought that the 20 pound weights similar symptoms got sick just a couple of out. “But I waited more like 14 days. I really wasn’t
A.J. Sidransky has more work than ever. and a chin up bar that my son left here would days before she did. comfortable with that.”
“A harsh
Michele W. Miller y su out at home. “I have to tell you, I never Miller busca asegurarse de que las personas estén
labradora chocolate Hazel. thought that the 20 pound weights and socialmente distanciadas de la forma adecuada.
a chin up bar that my son left here
would come in handy.”
renewal”
For more information, please visit
ajsidransky.com.
Michele W. Miller is grateful to be
with family and sit on the sofa next to
her big dog Hazel. She just recovered
Artists in a life from COVID-19.
The Washington Heights author
of quarantine of the crime novel Widows-In-Law,
normally wakes before the sun. She
By Sherry Mazzocchi writes novels on the downtown A train
and works long hours as a driven
T hese are uncertain times and we don’t lawyer. But fever, fatigue and trouble
breathing laid her low. A friend with campaign. She’s only half-kidding when she talks about being the
know what the future will bring. similar symptoms got sick just a couple social distancing police. “I have to go out with a tape measure,”
of days before she did. she said. “It would be some sort of performance art. I could do a
What we do with our time is important—whether it’s After eight days of illness her friend’s whole novel around a character that would think of something like
caring for others in a necessary job, trying to educate fever hadn’t subsided. On day nine, he that. I am that sort of person who will say to a person, ‘Does that
children while working from home, or focusing on that took a turn for the worse and then died. look like six feet to you?’”
book we’ve always wanted to write. Or maybe we By the time Miller got to day eight, For more information, please visit michelewmiller.com.
are just staying home, protecting everyone else by she was doing guided meditations.
protecting ourselves. “Besides the sadness of what Jim Mendrinos said nearly two decades after 9/11, people
This is the fourth installment in a series focused happened to him, you have a condition have mostly forgotten what happened. He wants to document the
on the creative community in our midst. We’ve asked that you have no way of predicting toll pandemic is taking on people’s lives so it won’t be forgotten.
some of the most ingenious artists and creators who’ve whether or not it’s going to be turning The comedian and founder of New Media Company invited
graced these pages in the past to share what they are worse.” performers and artists to send him short videos of what they’re
doing and what they are thinking now – and what might Now her temperature is normal. She experiencing during the “pause.”
be ahead. whatever I can of this launch, come up with a plan and was told that seven days after her fever was gone she The Bronx-born entertainer said performers’ livelihoods took
For more, please visit manhattantimesnews.com. move some of the launch online.” could go out. “But I waited more like 14 days. I really a direct hit from coronavirus. Comedy clubs are closed and
Before the crisis, he worked at home alone. Now wasn’t comfortable with that.” performing arts shows are canceled. Closed restaurants mean a
A.J. Sidransky has more work than ever. As a real he and his wife are both in their Washington Heights Miller was in the beginning stages of publishing a loss of day jobs. He foresees that establishments closed for more
estate reporter, he is covering an industry in a tailspin. apartments, typically on different conference calls at the new book, a spin-off on Widows-In-Law that has some than a month may never reopen.
But his literary career is on hold. same time. “It’s a lot more hectic,” he said. of the same characters. She is also hard at work on “It’s unbelievable suffering for people now. But on top of that,
Sidransky’s first novel, Forgiving Maximo Rothman Sidransky is a creature of habit. He gets up early, another novel, a supernatural suspense story. But she it’s going to be losing a generation of artists and thinkers,” he
earned a lot of acclaim. His latest novel The Interpreter, goes to the gym and then spends the rest of the thinks the time isn’t right for publishing new books. “I’m said. “This will have a lingering and not-so-positive effect,” he
was getting strong momentum. Authors and preliminary morning and afternoon writing. “Then I have my guilty not sure what publishers even know what their budgets said. Some of the female performers he knows even discuss
reviewers were calling it his breakout novel. The March pleasure, which is two hours of political talk shows on are,” Miller said. “All of the brick-and-mortar stores doing “camera girl things” just to get by. “Because apparently
28th publication date came and went. Now he’s not MSNBC so I get my anti-Trump dose. And then I cook are closed and I don’t think Amazon is even delivering exploitation never runs out of style,” he said.
sure what will happen. “As a result of the virus, I’ve dinner,” he said. “That hasn’t really changed.” He still books anymore.” He wonders how he can tell his own daughter that the arts are
had to cancel 20 events,” he said. “I’m trying to rescue gets up early. But now goes for a power walk and works Instead, Miller wants to create a public awareness a great way to make a living while simultaneously figuring out if
10 APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.comMiller was in the beginning stages of publishing Nancy Preston saw it coming. clients need this,” she said. “Especially now.”
a new book, a spin-off on Widows-In-Law that has With friends and family living While Bread and Yoga doesn’t offer as
some of the same characters. She is also hard at work in Taiwan and Hong Kong, she many classes as they once did, the ones
on another novel, a supernatural suspense story. But was acutely aware of the early they do offer are very well attended. The
she thinks the time isn’t right for publishing new spread of coronavirus. As those teachers allow the students to speak during
books. “I’m not sure what publishers even know governments quickly sought the beginning and the end of the classes.
what their budgets are,” Miller said. “All of the to contain the number of cases They also encourage participants to allow
brick-and-mortar stores are closed and I don’t think by early testing and restricting camera access so teachers can give individual
Amazon is even delivering books anymore.” travel, her circle of yoga friends guidance during class.
Instead, Miller wants to create a public awareness abroad moved all of their classes Preston teaches a specific type of yoga
campaign. She’s only half-kidding when she talks online. based on the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar.
about being the social distancing police. “I have to So she told Marcella Xavier, Iyengar yoga uses a lot of props that enable
go out with a tape measure,” she said. “It would be “This will have a lingering
effect,” says Jim Mendrinos. the owner of Bread and Yoga students to focus on their alignment. Some
some sort of performance art. I could do a whole studios, to think about doing teachers are very “hands-on” in class, showing
novel around a character that would think of the same. When students how to correct
something like that. I am that sort of person who will top of that, it’s going to be losing a generation the shelter in place their stance or adjust their
say to a person, ‘Does that look like six feet to you?’” of artists and thinkers,” he said. “This will edict came down, they were position. But some less than
For more information, please visit have a lingering and not-so-positive effect,” prepared to offer their classes scrupulous teachers have
michelewmiller.com. he said. Some of the female performers via Zoom. She said the studio’s taken advantage of students
he knows even discuss doing “camera girl support staff has been really by touching inappropriately.
Jim Mendrinos said nearly two decades after things” just to get by. “Because apparently helpful to both teachers and It recently made the entire
9/11, people have mostly forgotten what happened. exploitation never runs out of style,” he said. students. “Basically, all you yoga teaching industry
He wants to document the toll pandemic is taking on He wonders how he can tell his own have to do is get in and teach a to recalibrate how they
people’s lives so it won’t be forgotten. daughter that the arts are a great way to make class,” Preston said. teach. Lawyers offered
The comedian and founder of New Media a living while simultaneously figuring out The hardest part was getting legal opinions on how to
Company invited performers and artists to send him if he can feed her during this crisis. “So the over her fear of seeing herself ask students for consent
short videos of what they’re experiencing during the next time you’re sequestered somewhere and on a computer screen. “I know on being touched. Having
“pause.” binge watching a TV, show, this is what the I’m not looking any different. Mendrinos is virtual meetings eliminates
The Bronx-born entertainer said performers’ writer or actor had to live through to to get to But when you see yourself in focusing on any necessity to ask for
livelihoods took a direct hit from coronavirus. that,” he said. “I’m trying to document it and action, it’s always different.” documenting consent or risk that sort of
Comedy clubs are closed and performing arts shows give it a voice so it’s not forgotten 10 years Although many yoga teachers the experience. liability. “Now we have to
are canceled. Closed restaurants mean a loss of day later.” had long offered online classes, hone our verbal skills to be
jobs. He foresees that establishments closed for more For more, please visit jim-mendrinos. the majority of studios were able to be really precise,”
than a month may never reopen. com. slow to follow. Now their survival depends on she said. “That’s all going to make us better
“It’s unbelievable suffering for people now. But on it. “We have to do this. And our students and teachers.”
A group shot of the Bread and Yoga
teachers before the pandemic.
he can feed her during this crisis. “So the next survival depends on it. “We have to do
time you’re sequestered somewhere and binge this. And our students and clients need
watching a TV, show, this is what the writer or this,” she said. “Especially now.”
actor had to live through to to get to that,” he While Bread and Yoga doesn’t
said. “I’m trying to document it and give it a offer as many classes as they once
voice so it’s not forgotten 10 years later.” did, the ones they do offer are very
For more, please visit jim-mendrinos.com. well attended. The teachers allow the
students to speak during the beginning
Nancy Preston saw it coming. With friends and the end of the classes. They also
and family living in Taiwan and Hong Kong, encourage participants to allow camera
she was acutely aware of the early spread of “We have to do this,” access so teachers can give individual
coronavirus. As those governments quickly says Nancy Preston. guidance during class.
sought to contain the number of cases by early Preston teaches a specific type of
testing and restricting travel, her circle of yoga yoga based on the teachings of B.K.S.
friends abroad moved all of their classes online. Iyengar. Iyengar yoga uses a lot of props that enable
So she told Marcella Xavier, the owner of Bread and Yoga students to focus on their alignment. Some teachers are
studios, to think about doing the same. When the shelter very “hands-on” in class, showing students how to correct
in place edict came down, they were prepared to offer their their stance or adjust their position. But some less than
classes via Zoom. She said the studio’s support staff has scrupulous teachers have taken advantage of students by
been really helpful to both teachers and students. “Basically, touching inappropriately. It recently made the entire yoga
all you have to do is get in and teach a class,” Preston said. teaching industry to recalibrate how they teach. Lawyers
The hardest part was getting over her fear of seeing offered legal opinions on how to ask students for consent
herself on a computer screen. “I know I’m not looking any on being touched. Having virtual meetings eliminates any
different. But when you see yourself in action, it’s always necessity to ask for consent or risk that sort of liability.
different.” “Now we have to hone our verbal skills to be able to be
Although many yoga teachers had long offered online really precise,” she said. “That’s all going to make us better
classes, the majority of studios were slow to follow. Now their teachers.”
APRIL 15, 2020 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 11In November 2014, Spencer noted that the 13th Congressional District this month from a presumed bout of
was released from Bellevue. that he represents is geographically the COVID-19 and has since recuperated,
smallest in the nation. noted that the city is seeking blood
“We’re literally living on top of each plasma donations from patients who
other,” Espaillat said. have recovered. Their blood is high in
“EMS has been telling us the same antibodies to fight the virus.
thing for weeks,” agreed Spencer. Though Spencer said the potential in
“They’ll go into an apartment where five plasma treatment needed further study,
or six or seven people he encouraged New
are living. It’s literally Yorkers to donate blood
impossible for one if possible. “If it is going
person to get sick and to work, we’re going to
the other people there need blood. And we need
not to get sick.” it regardless, as there’s a
Levine said the shortage of blood all over
two Manhattan zip the city.”
codes hit hardest by He expressed optimism
COVID-19 infections that said the city might be
are both in Northern turning a corner in terms
Manhattan. He of the pandemic.
suggested that the “Are we in a better
city should begin to spot today than we were
ease restrictions until yesterday? It seems
widespread testing is like it,” Spencer said.
PLASMA from p8 Spencer commented on the racial available. “This has unmasked… “Looking at the data,
disparities on display during the pandemic “In the next phase the health disparities we’re hoping that we’ve
the sickest patients, as beds are limited – according to Health Department data, the of this epidemic, the plaguing this city reached that apex, that
and each COVID-19 patient requires “a rates of COVID-19 infections and death only hope we have of and the nation,”
said Congressman
highest number of cases
lot of work” and as many as six to eight have been higher in New York City’s returning to normal is Adriano Espaillat. per day, deaths per day,
providers to care for them, he said. communities of color. mass testing, contract people on ventilators per
“We’re admitting everyone who needs “Even before coronavirus came, tracing, and real day. I still want to see
to be admitted,” he stressed. we know there were structural health quarantining for those who might not more trends over the next few days and
Spencer said that hospitals are still inequities,” he said. “This is a huge issue be sick enough to be in the hospital,” weeks. But we hope that we’re starting
learning how to best manage coronavirus that needs to be fixed.” Levine said. “We want to make sure it’s to get a little bit to the other side of
patients. “This pandemic has unmasked to communities of color like Washington this.”
“This has hit us so hard and so quickly, everyone what many knew for decades, Heights, West Harlem, and Inwood are
that we still need time to adapt,” he the health disparities that are plaguing this first in line for these resources.” For more from Dr. Spencer, check
remarked. city and the nation,” said Espaillat. He Levine, who himself fell ill earlier him out on Twitter @Craig_A_Spencer.
PLASMA de p8 las comunidades de color como
sala de emergencias”, dijo Spencer, señalando Washington Heights, West Harlem
que el personal médico que normalmente no e Inwood sean las primeras en
trabaja en la sala de emergencias ahora está La hidroxicloroquina tiene potencial obtener estos recursos”.
siendo utilizado en ese rol. “Es un escenario pero se necesita más investigación. Levine, quien se enfermó a
con toda la tripulación en sus puestos. principios de este mes de un
Francamente, ha superado todo lo que hemos presunto episodio de COVID-19 y
hecho”, dijo. desde entonces se ha recuperado,
Spencer reconoció que no todos los señaló que la ciudad está
pacientes que se presentan en una sala de buscando donaciones de plasma
emergencias con síntomas de coronavirus sanguíneo de pacientes que se
son ingresados al hospital. Las admisiones han recuperado. Su sangre es alta
están reservadas para los pacientes más en anticuerpos para combatir el
enfermos, ya que las camas son limitadas y virus.
cada paciente con COVID-19 requiere “mucho Aunque Spencer dijo que el
trabajo” y hasta seis u ocho proveedores para potencial tratamiento con plasma
atenderlos, dijo. necesita estudiarse más, alentó a
“Estamos admitiendo a todos los que los neoyorquinos a donar sangre
necesitan ser admitidos”, enfatizó. si es posible. “Si va a funcionar,
décadas, las disparidades de salud que vamos a necesitar sangre. Y la
Spencer explicó que los hospitales aún están asolando a esta ciudad y a la
siguen aprendiendo cómo manejar mejor a los necesitamos de todos modos, ya
nación”, dijo Espaillat. Señaló que el 13º que hay una escasez de sangre en
pacientes con coronavirus. Distrito del Congreso que representa es
“Esto nos ha golpeado tan fuerte y tan toda la ciudad “.
geográficamente el más pequeño de la Expresó optimismo al decir que
rápidamente que aún necesitamos tiempo para nación.
adaptarnos”, comentó. “Nos está obligando a recrear y reconstruir la sala la ciudad podría estar dando la
“Estamos literalmente viviendo uno de emergencias”, dijo Spencer sobre el coronavirus. vuelta a la esquina en términos de
Spencer comentó sobre las disparidades encima del otro”, dijo.
raciales exhibidas durante la pandemia: de la pandemia.
“Los Servicios de Emergencias “¿Estamos en un lugar mejor hoy
acuerdo con información del Departamento Médicas nos han estado diciendo lo mismo Sugirió que la ciudad debería comenzar a
de Salud, las tasas de infecciones y muerte que ayer? Parece que sí”, dijo. “Al observar los
durante semanas”, coincidió Spencer, quien aliviar las restricciones hasta que las pruebas datos, esperamos haber alcanzado ese pico, el
por COVID-19 han sido más altas en las describió la preocupación de llevar el virus a su generalizadas estén disponibles.
comunidades de color de la ciudad de Nueva mayor número de casos por día, muertes por
esposa y su hija de dieciséis meses. “Entrarán a “En la próxima fase de esta epidemia, la día, personas con ventiladores por día. Aún
York. un departamento donde viven cinco o seis o siete única esperanza que tenemos de volver a
“Incluso antes de que llegara el coronavirus, quiero ver más tendencias en los próximos días
personas. Es literalmente imposible que una la normalidad es la realización de pruebas y semanas. Pero esperamos comenzar un poco
sabíamos que había inequidades estructurales persona se enferme y las demás, no”. masivas, el rastreo de contactos y la cuarentena
en la salud”, dijo. “Este es un gran problema más al otro lado de esto”.
Levine dijo que los dos códigos postales de real para quienes no estén lo suficientemente
que debe corregirse”. Manhattan más afectados por las infecciones enfermos como para estar en el hospital”, Para más información del Dr. Spencer,
“Esta pandemia ha desenmascarado a por COVID-19 están en el norte de Manhattan. dijo Levine. “Queremos asegurarnos de que eche un vistazo en Twitter en @Craig_A_
todos lo que muchos han sabido durante Spencer.
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