Tensions are mounting as our social fabric frays. In Brooklyn, these folks in apartment windows got in a shouting match with those down on the street. “Flatten the curve, go home,” one chants. #coronavirus
Nearby, a man takes to his balcony to admonish casual pedestrians, albeit in more ...professorial tones.
1/2: Since people are reading, 2 quick points: 1. The mental health pros I’ve interviewed DO recommend getting fresh air. Helps promote mental health at time when that’s very fragile. Caveat: should NOT be done in way that conflicts w/ health experts’ guidance. Not a free-4-all
/2: The Italy comparisons—how they sing while we yell—aren’t quite fair. Italy’s in lockdown, we still have choice. Maybe we shouldn’t but we do. Choice=conflict. I like to think, when chips down, NYC can harmonize like no other. Have we forgotten already?
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