An octopus is guiding a cruise. President Trump is sitting on a crescent moon. But don’t be distracted by that: Watch out for the winds of fear, the incoming plane of the Europeans, and the Boyfriend Cliff!
We are not describing a fever dream, but Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s new “New York Tough” poster, showing the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic as a mountain that New Yorkers have climbed. A mask rests on the peak of the summit. Essential workers, and the governor’s daughters and dog, come down “the curve.”
“What we did was historic because we tamed the beast,” Cuomo said Monday when he unveiled the retro political poster, his second this year. “We turn the corner. We made that mountain plateau. And then we go down to the other side. ”
The internet immediately began to separate out the strangely specific details of the artwork. (Boyfriend Cliff again? We and others assume that the young man hanging from his edge was the partner of one of the daughters.)
A day later in The Times, art critic Jason Farago dedicated 1,100 words to the poster and said, “Your average TikTok video shows more careful graphic execution than this.”
“As a political propaganda job,” he acknowledged, “this poster does at least one job: the federal government is entirely at fault, New York State is diligent and triumphant.”
“New York Tough” occurred when the state reported a relatively low number of new coronavirus cases, and echoed Cuomo’s previous complaints that the federal government did not stop flights from Europe when infections from that continent were on the rise. .
The cartel also casts a shadow in Arizona, Texas and Florida, three Republican-led states that are now experiencing record-breaking cases.
But it doesn’t mention the more than 32,000 deaths from coronavirus in New York, a number that exceeds that of other states.
State Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie, who like Mr. Cuomo is a Democrat, tweeted: “I want to say this with 0% sarcasm: how is this not violently offensive? This is an ingenious monument to death and the tragedy that the state sells. I am legitimately puzzled.
The artist behind Mount Coronavirus remained a mystery. In January, the Governor worked a third time with Brooklyn artist Rusty Zimmerman to create a poster showing his progressive vision for New York. That image included rocky steps toward progress emerging from the Sea of Division.
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What we are reading
Body camera images show a man being hit and dragged out of a subway train by two police [New York Post]
A dead man was found wrapped in plastic. the roof of a McDonalds in the Bronx [ABC7]
After decades of tension, a Korean-owned company beauty supply chain is starting a partnership with its black clients and community members. [The City]
And finally: adolescent angst, revisited
Taylor Trudon writes:
When the pandemic hit and his hours in his e-commerce job were cut in half, Chinazor Offor realized that he could no longer live in New York.
Offor, 25, decided to move into his Georgia home in late April to get out of the rest of the confinement with his parents. There, she said, she found herself less distracted by the hustle and bustle of the city. She had played the guitar in high school, and now began to practice regularly.
She also began to question the financial wisdom of returning to New York.
“I don’t know if I could come back after feeling like I can really pay the debt,” Offor said.
A recent survey from the Pew Research Center found that about 20 percent of American adults moved, or know someone who moved permanently or temporarily, due to the pandemic. The study found that higher income and education played a role in who could move.
The coronavirus outbreak>
Frequent questions
Updated July 16, 2020
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Is the coronavirus in the air?
- Coronavirus can remain in the air for hours in tiny droplets in stagnant air, infecting people as they inhale, growing scientific evidence suggests. This risk is highest in crowded interior spaces with poor ventilation, and may help explain overcast events reported in meat packing plants, churches, and restaurants. It is unclear how often the virus is transmitted through these tiny droplets or sprays, compared to larger droplets that are expelled when a sick person coughs or sneezes, or is transmitted through contact with contaminated surfaces, Linsey said. Marr, Virginia Tech aerosol expert. Aerosols are released even when a symptom-free person exhales, speaks or sings, according to Dr. Marr and more than 200 other experts, who have summarized the evidence in an open letter to the World Organization. Of the health.
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What are the symptoms of coronavirus?
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What is the best material for a mask?
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Is it more difficult to exercise with a mask?
- A comment published this month on the British Journal of Sports Medicine website notes that covering your face during exercise “comes with restriction problems and potential respiratory discomfort” and requires “balance benefits versus possible adverse events.” Masks disrupt exercise, says Cedric X. Bryant, president and chief scientific officer of the American Council on Exercise, a nonprofit organization that funds exercise research and certifies fitness professionals. “In my personal experience,” he says, “heart rates are higher at the same relative intensity when you wear a mask.” Some people may also experience lightheadedness during family workouts while masked, says Len Kravitz, professor of exercise science at the University of New Mexico.
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What is a pandemic paid leave?
- The coronavirus emergency relief package gives many American workers paid vacations if they need to take a break due to the virus. Gives qualified workers two weeks paid sick leave if they are sick, quarantined or seeking diagnosis or preventive care for the coronavirus, or if they are caring for sick family members. Provides 12 weeks of paid vacation to caregivers of children whose schools are closed or whose child care provider is not available due to the coronavirus. It is the first time that the United States has a federally-mandated, generalized paid leave and includes people who generally do not obtain such benefits, such as part-time and work economy workers. But the measure excludes at least half of private sector workers, including those of the country’s largest employers, and gives small employers significant leeway to deny leave.
Many young New Yorkers returned to their family homes. They slept and worked in the rooms where they grew up.
“Coming back here is like a time capsule,” said Sonia Sakhrani, a health professional who moved from the Upper East Side to her parents’ home in Forest Hills, Queens.
Ms. Sakhrani, 31, said that while she no longer has a curfew, not being free to go out because of the virus “evokes the same feeling she had when she was a teenager.”
Kendall Ciesemier, who drove from Brooklyn to her parents’ house on the outskirts of Chicago, said being pushed back into her childhood environment meant returning to the dynamic she had with her parents as she grew up.
“The weird thing was having to be like this, this is my room, and if the door is closed, you knock,” said Ciesemier, 27, a producer at a nonprofit organization.
The reignited teenage angst and other emotions have resurfaced as people have been going through closets, boxes, and drawers containing treasures from their past.
Jacob Brian Wilson, 34, a Manhattan publicist, has taken refuge on his parents’ farm in San Miguel, NM. He said that through certain articles, such as the poetry he had written at age 17, he saw someone with whom he had “lost touch.” “
Tess Koman, 28, a Manhattan publisher, had stayed at her parents’ home in New Jersey until recently.
“There are Jewish memories everywhere in my room, menorah that I don’t recall accumulating, books on Jewish adolescence that I don’t recall opening, hamsa necklaces that I never wore,” he said. “And I am 100 percent bringing everyone back to my apartment.”
It’s Thursday – #tbt.
Metropolitan Newspaper: Rockaway Beach
Dear Diary:
Last summer I was in the midst of an identity crisis brought on by the pressures of graduate school and the impending approach of my thirtieth birthday.
Trying to reconnect with myself, and perhaps the simplest moments of my childhood in Queens, I went to Rockaway Beach with a friend that I had known since I was 5 years old.
A nutcracker vendor passed by. We called him to chat and buy a couple of cold drinks.
As he progressed, he came across a couple with a very young child stretching out next to us.
The nutcracker vendor bent down and shook the boy’s hand.
“Welcome to planet Earth, baby,” he said. “We are blessed to have you.”
– Kimberly La Porte
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