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Sofia McFarland In New York, work remotely and stay home.
Swedish-American Crown-affected Sofia McFarland in New York has only enjoyed the spring weather once every three weeks during a mouth-protected walk in Riverside Park.
– It was 18 degrees hot and the cherry blossoms were blooming. But that was enough for an hour, she says.
60-year-old newspaper editor Sofia McFarland lives with her son, daughter, and two grandchildren in an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, between Central Park and the Hudson River. Every morning, she steps into the stairwell and opens the door of the neighbor, who moved from town to her Long Island home, to gain some peace of mind by working remotely.
– I work here in the morning, then I go home for lunch. After that, I work at night, then we cook something we have in the fridge. So my daughter and I watch a television series. So it is seen every day, except I don’t work on weekends, she says.
Many residents stay indoors, like Sofia McFarland. Authorities have ordered employers to send employees who do not have important jobs home.
– When I look out the window I see that it is very empty in the streets. All my friends stay home.
The poorly paid take greater risks
The daughter has begun to appreciate rainy days.
– Now he also goes out with the children when it rains, he is four years and one year old. She thinks it is easier when it rains, because then there is nobody else outside, says Sofia McFarland.
She believes that New Yorkers will emerge from the crisis with few other habits. Many will work from home to a greater extent than before, and many will not shake hands and hug as easily.
The restrictions have also shed light on low-paying occupational groups that cannot stay home during the crisis. They are forced to expose themselves to greater risks than the highest-paid occupational groups that can work from home more frequently.
– For society to function at this time, all these people must continue working. Health professionals, food couriers, those who handle products, those who work in supermarkets, and those who operate subways and buses.
“The city returns”
The terrorist attacks in September 2001 have made the city better prepared to deal with socially unstable periods.
– This is very reminiscent of that time. You help each other more and the feeling that we are New Yorkers, the city is coming back, she says.
However, Sofia McFarland believes that the situation has begun to ease somewhat in recent days, as the number of greedy patients admitted to hospitals has stabilized.
– I think in a month, in the middle of May, then maybe life will start to return to some form of normality.
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