7_CRD 
"_PUQ Nothing_PNI Can_VM0 Stop_VVI What_DTQ 's_VBZ Coming_VVG "_PUQ 
While_CJS this_DT0 was_VBD happening_VVG ,_PUN I_PNP was_VBD in_PRP Houston_NP0 ,_PUN in_PRP rehearsals_NN2 for_PRP Camp_NP0 David_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 play_NN1 I_PNP had_VHD written_VVN about_PRP the_AT0 Jimmy_NP0 Carter_NP0 ,_PUN Menachem_NP0 Begin_VVB ,_PUN and_CJC Anwar_NP0 Sadat_NP0 summit_NN1 in_PRP 1978._CRD Oskar_NP0 Eustis_NP0 ,_PUN of_PRF New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS Public_AJ0 Theater_NN1 ,_PUN was_VBD directing_VVG ._SENT Oskar_NP0 is_VBZ a_AT0 big_AJ0 man_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 barking_AJ0 laugh_NN1 ,_PUN flowing_VVG brown_AJ0 hair_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC a_AT0 full_AJ0 ,_PUN bristling_AJ0 beard_NN1 I_PNP associate_VVB with_PRP Falstaff_NP0 ,_PUN which_DTQ he_PNP strokes_VVZ when_CJS he_PNP 's_VBZ cogitating_VVG ._SENT He_PNP directed_VVD the_AT0 first_ORD production_NN1 of_PRF Angels_NN2 in_PRP America_NP0 ._SENT Under_PRP his_DPS leadership_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Public_NN1 has_VHZ given_VVN birth_NN1 to_PRP some_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 most_AV0 important_AJ0 works_NN0 of_PRF the_AT0 modern_AJ0 stage_NN1 ,_PUN notably_AV0 including_PRP Hamilton_NP0 ._SENT Few_DT0 people_NN0 in_PRP the_AT0 theater_NN1 world_NN1 have_VHB made_VVN such_DT0 an_AT0 imprint_NN1 as_PRP he_PNP ._SENT 
We_PNP were_VBD presenting_VVG Camp_NP0 David_NP0 at_PRP the_AT0 Alley_NN1 Theatre_NN1 with_PRP expectations_NN2 that_CJT we_PNP would_VM0 take_VVI it_PNP to_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD the_AT0 third_ORD play_NN1 Oskar_NP0 and_CJC I_PNP had_VHD worked_VVN on_AVP together_AV0 ,_PUN and_CJC we_PNP had_VHD become_VVN good_AJ0 friends_NN2 ._SENT So_AV0 I_PNP was_VBD concerned_AJ0 when_CJS he_PNP seemed_VVD listless_AJ0 ,_PUN especially_AV0 at_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF rehearsal_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP went_VVD for_PRP a_AT0 walk_NN1 along_PRP Buffalo_NP0 Bayou_NP0 and_CJC he_PNP was_VBD breathless_AJ0 ._SENT One_PNI could_VM0 see_VVI the_AT0 effort_NN1 required_VVN to_TO0 regain_VVI the_AT0 heartiness_NN1 that_CJT was_VBD always_AV0 so_AV0 natural_AJ0 to_PRP him_PNP ._SENT 
I_PNP have_VHB a_AT0 memory_NN1 of_PRF that_DT0 production_NN1 that_CJT later_AV0 came_VVD back_AVP to_PRP me_PNP charged_VVD with_PRP significance_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 players_NN2 were_VBD performing_VVG in_PRP the_AT0 round_NN1 ,_PUN allowing_VVG the_AT0 audience_NN1 an_AT0 intimacy_NN1 one_PNI does_VDZ n't_XX0 get_VVI with_PRP a_AT0 conventional_AJ0 stage_NN1 ._SENT Often_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 actors_NN2 would_VM0 be_VBI only_AV0 a_AT0 few_DT0 feet_NN2 away_AV0 ._SENT The_AT0 slanted_AJ0 lighting_NN1 created_VVD a_AT0 dramatic_AJ0 portraiture_NN1 ,_PUN highlighting_VVG the_AT0 faces_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 cast_NN1 against_PRP the_AT0 shadowy_AJ0 figures_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 audience_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 seats_NN2 across_PRP the_AT0 way_NN1 ;_PUN and_CJC in_PRP that_DT0 lighting_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP noticed_VVD that_CJT ,_PUN when_CJS one_CRD particular_AJ0 actor_NN1 expostulated_VVD ,_PUN bursts_NN2 of_PRF saliva_NN1 flew_VVD from_PRP his_DPS mouth_NN1 ._SENT Some_DT0 droplets_NN2 arced_VVD and_CJC tumbled_VVD ,_PUN but_CJC evanescent_AJ0 particles_NN2 lingered_VVD ,_PUN forming_VVG a_AT0 dim_AJ0 cloud_NN1 ._SENT At_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP thought_VVD it_PNP was_VBD interestingly_AV0 dramatic_AJ0 ,_PUN adding_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 forcefulness_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 character_NN1 ._SENT Later_AV0 ,_PUN I_PNP thought_VVD this_DT0 is_VBZ what_DTQ a_AT0 superspreader_NN1 looks_VVZ like_PRP ._SENT 
As_CJS far_AV0 as_CJS I_PNP know_VVB ,_PUN none_PNI of_PRF my_DPS actors_NN2 were_VBD ill_AJ0 or_CJC contagious_AJ0 ._SENT I_PNP have_VHB no_AT0 idea_NN1 how_AVQ Oskar_NP0 got_VVD sick_AJ0 ._SENT But_CJC on_PRP February_NP0 20_CRD ,_PUN when_CJS he_PNP flew_VVD back_AVP to_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 ,_PUN missing_VVG opening_AJ0 night_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP knew_VVD something_PNI was_VBD wrong_AJ0 ._SENT 
Texas_NP0 was_VBD thought_VVN to_TO0 be_VBI out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 danger_NN1 zone_NN1 that_DT0 month_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC retrospective_AJ0 modeling_NN1 showed_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 disease_NN1 likely_AJ0 had_VHD been_VBN infecting_VVG at_PRP least_AV0 ten_CRD people_NN0 a_AT0 day_NN1 since_PRP the_AT0 middle_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 month_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 was_VBD also_AV0 true_AJ0 for_PRP California_NP0 ,_PUN Washington_NP0 ,_PUN Illinois_NP0 ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Florida_NP0 ._SENT By_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF February_NP0 ,_PUN there_EX0 was_VBD probable_AJ0 local_AJ0 transmission_NN1 in_PRP thirty-eight_CRD states_NN2 ._SENT 
*_PUN *_PUN *_PUN 
On_PRP the_AT0 night_NN1 of_PRF February_NP0 26_CRD ,_PUN Lawrence_NP0 Garbuz_NP0 ,_PUN an_AT0 attorney_NN1 in_PRP New_NP0 Rochelle_NP0 ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 ,_PUN awakened_VVN with_PRP a_AT0 cough_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 low-grade_AJ0 fever_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD an_AT0 apparently_AV0 healthy_AJ0 man_NN1 with_PRP no_AT0 underlying_AJ0 conditions_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 next_ORD morning_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP went_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 doctor_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ sent_VVD him_PNP immediately_AV0 to_PRP the_AT0 emergency_NN1 room_NN1 ._SENT 
During_PRP the_AT0 four_CRD days_NN2 Garbuz_NP0 was_VBD at_PRP NewYork-Presbyterian_NP0 /_PUN Lawrence_NP0 Hospital_NN1 in_PRP Bronxville_NP0 ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD attended_VVN by_PRP doctors_NN2 and_CJC nurses_NN2 ;_PUN his_DPS room_NN1 was_VBD crowded_VVN with_PRP friends_NN2 and_CJC family_NN1 ;_PUN orderlies_NN2 and_CJC janitorial_AJ0 staff_NN0 freely_AV0 came_VVD and_CJC went_VVD with_PRP no_AT0 special_AJ0 precautions_NN2 ._SENT An_AT0 X-ray_NN1 showed_VVD that_CJT Garbuz_NP0 had_VHD pneumonia_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC the_AT0 severity_NN1 was_VBD confounding_AJ0 ;_PUN one_CRD person_NN1 described_VVD his_DPS lungs_NN2 as_CJS "_PUQ full_AJ0 of_PRF cobwebs_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ A_AT0 nurse_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 intensive_AJ0 care_NN1 unit_NN1 ventured_VVD "_PUQ I_PNP think_VVB this_DT0 patient_NN1 is_VBZ Covid_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ but_CJC her_DPS concerns_NN2 were_VBD considered_VVN alarmist_NN1 ._SENT By_PRP the_AT0 weekend_NN1 ,_PUN Garbuz_NP0 was_VBD too_AV0 weak_AJ0 to_TO0 speak_VVI ._SENT He_PNP handed_VVD a_AT0 note_NN1 to_PRP a_AT0 doctor_NN1 ,_PUN asking_VVG ,_PUN "_PUQ Am_VBB I_PNP going_VVG to_TO0 die_VVI ?_SENT "_PUQ 
On_PRP March_NP0 1_CRD ,_PUN Garbuz_NP0 was_VBD put_VVN on_PRP a_AT0 ventilator_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 next_ORD day_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD transferred_VVN to_PRP NewYork-Presbyterian_NP0 /_PUN Columbia_NP0 University_NN1 Medical_AJ0 Center_NN1 in_PRP Manhattan_NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ he_PNP was_VBD finally_AV0 tested_VVN for_PRP Covid-19_NP0 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD positive_AJ0 ._SENT By_PRP that_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN members_NN2 of_PRF his_DPS family_NN1 ,_PUN nursing_AJ0 staff_NN0 ,_PUN healthcare_NN1 workers_NN2 and_CJC their_DPS families_NN2 were_VBD beginning_VVG to_TO0 show_VVI symptoms_NN2 ._SENT So_AV0 was_VBD the_AT0 neighbor_NN1 who_PNQ drove_VVD him_PNP to_PRP the_AT0 emergency_NN1 room_NN1 ._SENT Governor_NP0 Andrew_NP0 Cuomo_NP0 tagged_VVD Garbuz_NP0 "_PUQ Patient_NN1 Zero_NN1 "_PUQ in_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP was_VBD just_AV0 one_CRD case_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 cluster_NN1 of_PRF more_AV0 than_CJS ninety_CRD people_NN0 in_PRP New_NP0 Rochelle_NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ he_PNP had_VHD recently_AV0 attended_VVN a_AT0 funeral_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 b'nai_AJ0 mitzvah_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 synagogue_NN1 was_VBD shut_VVN down_AVP ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 National_AJ0 Guard_NN1 enforced_VVD a_AT0 containment_NN1 zone_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 mile_NN1 radius_NN1 around_PRP it_PNP ._SENT 
While_CJS Lawrence_NP0 Garbuz_NP0 lay_VVD unconscious_AJ0 ,_PUN the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 cast_VVD a_AT0 kind_NN1 of_PRF anesthesia_NN1 over_PRP the_AT0 entire_AJ0 country_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 striking_AJ0 contrast_NN1 to_PRP 2014_CRD ,_PUN when_CJS there_EX0 had_VHD been_VBN a_AT0 small_AJ0 outbreak_NN1 of_PRF Ebola_NP0 in_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 Two_CRD people_NN0 died_VVD ,_PUN a_AT0 Liberian_AJ0 national_AJ0 who_PNQ brought_VVD the_AT0 disease_NN1 with_PRP him_PNP and_CJC a_AT0 doctor_NN1 who_PNQ had_VHD contracted_VVN Ebola_NP0 in_PRP Sierra_NP0 Leone_NP0 ._SENT Out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 eleven_CRD people_NN0 treated_VVD ,_PUN nine_CRD had_VHD contracted_VVN the_AT0 disease_NN1 in_PRP Africa_NP0 and_CJC neither_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 two_CRD people_NN0 who_PNQ were_VBD infected_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 disease_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 died_VVD ._SENT And_CJC yet_AV0 the_AT0 country_NN1 was_VBD near_PRP hysteria_NN1 ._SENT Governors_NN2 in_PRP a_AT0 number_NN1 of_PRF states_NN2 imposed_VVN mandatory_AJ0 twenty-one-day_AJ0 quarantines_NN2 for_PRP anyone_PNI who_PNQ had_VHD contact_NN1 with_PRP an_AT0 Ebola_NP0 patient_NN1 —_PUN mainly_AV0 ,_PUN healthcare_NN1 workers_NN2 —_PUN whether_CJS they_PNP had_VHD symptoms_NN2 or_CJC not_XX0 ._SENT Schools_NN2 were_VBD closed_VVN even_AV0 in_PRP districts_NN2 where_AVQ there_EX0 had_VHD been_VBN no_AT0 exposure_NN1 ._SENT Donald_NP0 Trump_NP0 ,_PUN then_AV0 a_AT0 private_AJ0 citizen_NN1 ,_PUN attacked_VVD the_AT0 Obama_NP0 administration_NN1 's_POS decision_NN1 to_TO0 send_VVI the_AT0 U.S._NP0 military_NN1 to_PRP West_NP0 Africa_NP0 to_TO0 fight_VVI Ebola_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ STOP_VVB THE_AT0 FLIGHTS_NN2 !_SENT "_PUQ he_PNP tweeted_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ NO_AT0 VISAS_NN2 FROM_PRP EBOLA_NP0 STRICKEN_AJ0 COUNTRIES_NN2 !_SENT "_PUQ He_PNP would_VM0 n't_XX0 spare_VVI doctors_NN2 ,_PUN either_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ People_NN0 that_CJT go_VVB to_PRP far_AV0 away_AV0 places_VVZ to_TO0 help_VVI out_AVP are_VBB great_AJ0 —_PUN but_CJC must_VM0 suffer_VVI the_AT0 consequences_NN2 !_SENT "_PUQ 
Where_CJS Ebola_NP0 banged_VVD pans_NN2 and_CJC tossed_VVD firecrackers_NN2 in_PRP its_DPS path_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 slipped_VVD in_AVP on_PRP cat_NN1 's_POS paws_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 virus_NN1 hitchhiked_VVD on_PRP passengers_NN2 coming_VVG from_PRP hotspots_NN2 ._SENT Five_CRD million_CRD people_NN0 had_VHD left_VVN Wuhan_NP0 before_PRP Chinese_AJ0 authorities_NN2 locked_VVD the_AT0 city_NN1 down_AVP ._SENT From_PRP December_NP0 to_PRP March_NP0 ,_PUN there_EX0 were_VBD 3_CRD ,_PUN 200_CRD direct_AJ0 flights_NN2 from_PRP China_NP0 to_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 ,_PUN arriving_VVG mainly_AV0 in_PRP Los_NP0 Angeles_NP0 ,_PUN San_NP0 Francisco_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC New_NP0 York_NP0 ._SENT Sixty_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF flights_NN2 from_PRP Italy_NP0 to_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 landed_VVD in_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 ._SENT They_PNP brought_VVD a_AT0 new_AJ0 mutation_NN1 of_PRF SARS-CoV-2_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 prove_VVI to_TO0 be_VBI even_AV0 more_AV0 contagious_AJ0 than_CJS the_AT0 Chinese_AJ0 original_NN1 ._SENT Travel_NN1 continued_VVD until_CJS Italy_NP0 went_VVD into_PRP a_AT0 nationwide_AJ0 lockdown_NN1 on_PRP March_NP0 10._CRD The_AT0 next_ORD day_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 WHO_NP0 finally_AV0 declared_VVD a_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 ._SENT By_PRP that_DT0 time_NN1 there_EX0 were_VBD more_AV0 than_CJS 100_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD cases_NN2 in_PRP 114_CRD countries_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC 4_CRD ,_PUN 291_CRD had_VHD lost_VVN their_DPS lives_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP will_VM0 go_VVI away_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ the_AT0 president_NN1 remarked_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ Just_AV0 stay_VVB calm_AJ0 ._SENT It_PNP will_VM0 go_VVI away_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
*_PUN *_PUN *_PUN 
"_PUQ We_PNP are_VBB coordinated_AJ0 ,_PUN we_PNP are_VBB fully_AV0 mobilized_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC we_PNP are_VBB fully_AV0 prepared_VVN to_TO0 deal_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 situation_NN1 as_CJS it_PNP develops_VVZ ,_PUN "_PUQ Governor_NP0 Cuomo_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ This_DT0 is_VBZ n't_XX0 our_DPS first_ORD rodeo_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Mayor_NP0 Bill_NP0 de_NP0 Blasio_NP0 also_AV0 sought_VVD to_TO0 assure_VVI his_DPS constituents_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP 'm_VBB encouraging_VVG New_AJ0 Yorkers_NN2 to_TO0 go_VVI on_AVP with_PRP your_DPS lives_NN2 +_NP0 get_VVB out_AVP on_PRP the_AT0 town_NN1 despite_PRP Coronavirus_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP tweeted_AJ0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 City_NN1 Health_NN1 Department_NN1 turned_VVD to_PRP Marc_NP0 Lipsitch_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 professor_NN1 of_PRF epidemiology_NN1 at_PRP Harvard_NP0 University_NN1 ,_PUN to_TO0 create_VVI a_AT0 model_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 give_VVI them_PNP some_DT0 framework_NN1 for_PRP how_AVQ to_TO0 respond_VVI ._SENT On_PRP February_NP0 24_CRD ,_PUN Lipsitch_NP0 and_CJC one_CRD of_PRF his_DPS students_NN2 ,_PUN Rebecca_NP0 Kahn_NP0 ,_PUN presented_VVD the_AT0 model_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ allowed_VVD health_NN1 authorities_NN2 to_TO0 plug_VVI in_PRP different_AJ0 factors_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP how_AVQ many_DT0 infected_AJ0 travelers_NN2 had_VHD entered_VVN the_AT0 city_NN1 ,_PUN what_DTQ the_AT0 rate_NN1 of_PRF infection_NN1 was_VBD ,_PUN how_AVQ many_DT0 were_VBD asymptomatic_AJ0 ._SENT Lipsitch_NP0 thought_VVD it_PNP might_VM0 help_VVI the_AT0 officials_NN2 set_VVB guidelines_NN2 despite_PRP the_AT0 lack_NN1 of_PRF political_AJ0 urgency_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ he_PNP characterized_VVD as_AV0 "_PUQ if_CJS you_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 see_VVI a_AT0 problem_NN1 ,_PUN you_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 have_VHI a_AT0 problem_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
The_AT0 health_NN1 authorities_NN2 knew_VVD what_DTQ an_AT0 epidemic_AJ0 curve_NN1 with_PRP exponential_NN1 growth_NN1 looked_VVD like_AV0 ._SENT It_PNP measures_VVZ the_AT0 rate_NN1 of_PRF doubling_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 infections_NN2 ._SENT Still_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 graph_NN1 was_VBD sobering_AJ0 ._SENT If_CJS there_EX0 were_VBD five_CRD infections_NN2 at_PRP the_AT0 beginning_NN1 of_PRF February_NP0 ,_PUN there_EX0 could_VM0 be_VBI more_AV0 than_CJS 50_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD cases_NN2 by_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF April_NP0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 City_NN1 Emergency_NN1 Management_NN1 Department_NN1 was_VBD headed_VVN by_PRP Deanne_NP0 Criswell_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 former_DT0 National_AJ0 Guard_NN1 firefighter_NN1 from_PRP Aurora_NP0 ,_PUN Colorado_NP0 ._SENT Starting_VVG in_PRP January_NP0 2020_CRD ,_PUN as_CJS soon_AV0 as_CJS the_AT0 new_AJ0 virus_NN1 appeared_VVD on_PRP the_AT0 horizon_NN1 ,_PUN Criswell_NP0 conducted_VVD a_AT0 series_NN0 of_PRF tabletop_NN1 exercises_NN2 ,_PUN involving_VVG the_AT0 hospitals_NN2 ,_PUN schools_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 police_NN2 and_CJC fire_NN1 departments_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 health_NN1 department_NN1 ,_PUN sanitation_NN1 commissioner_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 mayor_NN1 's_POS office_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC other_AJ0 agencies_NN2 ._SENT They_PNP were_VBD gaming_NN1 worst-case_AJ0 scenarios_NN2 ._SENT From_PRP the_AT0 beginning_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 main_AJ0 obstacle_NN1 the_AT0 city_NN1 faced_VVD was_VBD the_AT0 still-unknown_AJ0 nature_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 virus_NN1 ._SENT Added_VVN to_PRP that_DT0 was_VBD the_AT0 daunting_AJ0 responsibility_NN1 of_PRF making_VVG decisions_NN2 that_CJT would_VM0 disrupt_VVI the_AT0 lives_NN2 of_PRF 8.6_CRD million_CRD New_AJ0 Yorkers_NN2 —_PUN decisions_NN2 that_CJT would_VM0 have_VHI cascading_AJ0 impacts_NN2 across_PRP the_AT0 region_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 country_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 world_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC what_DTQ 's_VBZ more_AV0 ,_PUN they_PNP were_VBD being_VBG made_VVN before_CJS there_EX0 were_VBD any_DT0 known_AJ0 cases_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 city_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 nightmare_NN1 scenarios_NN2 included_VVD overwhelmed_AJ0 hospitals_NN2 ,_PUN staff_NN0 reductions_NN2 up_AVP to_PRP 40_CRD percent_NN0 ,_PUN economic_AJ0 collapse_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC mass_AJ0 fatalities_NN2 ._SENT Reality_NN1 would_VM0 soon_AV0 outstrip_VVI their_DPS worst_AJS imaginings_NN2 ._SENT 
The_AT0 governor_NN1 was_VBD giving_VVG mixed_AJ0 signals_NN2 ,_PUN demanding_VVG on_PRP the_AT0 one_CRD hand_NN1 that_CJT health_NN1 departments_NN2 in_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 quarantine_NN1 anyone_PNI who_PNQ had_VHD been_VBN in_PRP contact_NN1 with_PRP an_AT0 infected_AJ0 person_NN1 or_CJC had_VHD traveled_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 country_NN1 with_PRP an_AT0 outbreak_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ included_VVD much_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 world_NN1 ._SENT On_PRP the_AT0 other_AJ0 hand_NN1 ,_PUN Cuomo_NP0 was_VBD "_PUQ a_AT0 little_AV0 perturbed_VVN "_PUQ by_PRP the_AT0 anxiety_NN1 that_CJT was_VBD beginning_VVG to_TO0 spread_VVI across_PRP his_DPS state_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 more_DT0 people_NN0 you_PNP test_VVB ,_PUN the_AT0 more_DT0 positives_NN2 you_PNP are_VBB going_VVG to_TO0 find_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ,_PUN a_AT0 complaint_NN1 many_DT0 politicians_NN2 ,_PUN not_XX0 least_AV0 the_AT0 president_NN1 ,_PUN would_VM0 echo_VVI ._SENT 
All_DT0 through_PRP February_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 country_NN1 remained_VVD unaware_AJ0 of_PRF the_AT0 spread_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 infection_NN1 because_CJS of_PRF the_AT0 faulty_AJ0 CDC_NP0 test_NN1 ._SENT Weeks_NN2 had_VHD passed_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 point_NN1 when_AVQ containment_NN1 was_VBD possible_AJ0 ._SENT On_PRP February_NP0 25_CRD ,_PUN Nancy_NP0 Messonnier_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 senior_AJ0 director_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 CDC_NP0 ,_PUN warned_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 situation_NN1 was_VBD "_PUQ rapidly_AV0 evolving_AJ0 and_CJC expanding_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ She_PNP painted_VVD a_AT0 sobering_AJ0 picture_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 future_NN1 :_PUN "_PUQ Ultimately_AV0 ,_PUN we_PNP expect_VVB we_PNP will_VM0 see_VVI community_NN1 spread_VVN in_PRP this_DT0 country_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 so_AV0 much_DT0 a_AT0 question_NN1 of_PRF if_CJS this_DT0 will_VM0 happen_VVI anymore_AV0 but_CJC rather_AV0 more_AV0 a_AT0 question_NN1 of_PRF exactly_AV0 when_CJS this_DT0 will_VM0 happen_VVI and_CJC how_AVQ many_DT0 people_NN0 in_PRP this_DT0 country_NN1 will_VM0 have_VHI severe_AJ0 illness_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Without_PRP a_AT0 vaccine_NN1 or_CJC treatment_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 disease_NN1 ,_PUN communities_NN2 would_VM0 have_VHI to_TO0 rely_VVI on_PRP nonpharmaceutical_AJ0 interventions_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP school_NN1 closures_NN2 ,_PUN social_AJ0 distancing_NN1 ,_PUN disinfecting_VVG surfaces_NN2 ,_PUN teleworking_VVG ,_PUN canceling_VVG mass_AJ0 gatherings_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC delaying_VVG elective_AJ0 surgeries_NN2 ._SENT People_NN0 should_VM0 expect_VVI missed_AJ0 work_NN1 and_CJC loss_NN1 of_PRF income_NN1 ._SENT Parents_NN2 should_VM0 consider_VVI what_DTQ to_TO0 do_VDI about_PRP childcare_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP understand_VVB this_DT0 whole_AJ0 situation_NN1 may_VM0 seem_VVI overwhelming_AJ0 and_CJC that_DT0 disruption_NN1 to_PRP everyday_AJ0 life_NN1 may_VM0 be_VBI severe_AJ0 ,_PUN but_CJC these_DT0 are_VBB things_NN2 that_CJT people_NN0 need_VVB to_TO0 start_VVI thinking_VVG about_AVP now_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Messonnier_NP0 's_POS straight_AJ0 talk_NN1 crashed_VVD the_AT0 stock_NN1 market_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Dow_NP0 Jones_NP0 Industrial_AJ0 Average_NN1 losing_VVG 12_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF its_DPS value_NN1 in_PRP one_CRD week_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 president_NN1 was_VBD enraged_VVN ._SENT He_PNP appointed_VVD Vice_AJ0 President_NN1 Pence_NN0 to_TO0 head_VVI the_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 Coronavirus_NP0 Task_NN1 Force_NN1 ,_PUN shoving_VVG aside_AV0 Alex_NP0 Azar_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ remained_VVD on_PRP the_AT0 force_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC for_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD time_NN1 ,_PUN America_NP0 got_VVD an_AT0 accurate_AJ0 diagnosis_NN1 of_PRF its_DPS condition_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 next_ORD time_NN1 Messonnier_NP0 spoke_VVD publicly_AV0 ,_PUN she_PNP was_VBD quick_AJ0 to_TO0 praise_VVI the_AT0 president_NN1 ,_PUN saying_VVG that_CJT the_AT0 country_NN1 had_VHD acted_VVN "_PUQ incredibly_AV0 quickly_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
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Amy_NP0 Klobuchar_NP0 dropped_VVD out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 race_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 nomination_NN1 on_PRP March_NP0 2_CRD ,_PUN hours_NN2 before_PRP Super_AJ0 Tuesday_NP0 voting_NN1 began_VVD ,_PUN and_CJC flew_VVD to_PRP Dallas_NP0 to_TO0 endorse_VVI Joe_NP0 Biden_NP0 ._SENT The_AT0 stage_NN1 was_VBD jammed_VVN with_PRP supporters_NN2 ,_PUN ranks_NN2 of_PRF them_PNP ,_PUN shoulder_NN1 to_PRP shoulder_NN1 ,_PUN waving_VVG blue_AJ0 Texas_NP0 for_PRP Biden_NP0 signs_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP believe_VVB ,_PUN and_CJC it_PNP 's_VBZ the_AT0 reason_NN1 I_PNP 'm_VBB up_AVP here_AV0 ,_PUN we_PNP are_VBB never_AV0 going_VVG to_TO0 out-divide_VVI the_AT0 divider-in-chief_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Klobuchar_NP0 said_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 crowd_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ If_CJS we_PNP spend_VVB the_AT0 next_ORD four_CRD months_NN2 dividing_VVG our_DPS party_NN1 and_CJC going_VVG at_PRP each_DT0 other_NN1 ,_PUN we_PNP will_VM0 spend_VVI the_AT0 next_ORD four_CRD years_NN2 watching_VVG Donald_NP0 Trump_NP0 tear_VVB apart_AV0 this_DT0 country_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ She_PNP embraced_VVD Biden_NP0 as_PRP the_AT0 crowd_NN1 cried_VVD ,_PUN "_PUQ Let_VVB 's_VBZ go_NN1 ,_PUN Joe_NP0 !_SENT "_PUQ But_CJC as_CJS she_PNP did_VDD so_AV0 ,_PUN she_PNP was_VBD thinking_VVG ,_PUN "_PUQ Joe_NP0 Biden_NP0 should_VM0 n't_XX0 get_VVI Covid_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ She_PNP warned_VVD his_DPS advisers_NN2 to_TO0 begin_VVI taking_VVG greater_AJC precautions_NN2 ._SENT 
The_AT0 following_AJ0 Friday_NP0 she_PNP went_VVD to_PRP a_AT0 Biden_NP0 rally_NN1 in_PRP Detroit_NP0 ._SENT That_DT0 night_NN1 employees_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 Wayne_NP0 County_NN1 sheriff_NN1 's_POS office_NN1 gathered_VVD for_PRP an_AT0 annual_AJ0 party_NN1 at_PRP Bert_NP0 's_POS ,_PUN a_AT0 beloved_AJ0 soul_NN1 food_NN1 and_CJC jazz_NN1 venue_NN1 ._SENT They_PNP had_VHD been_VBN meeting_VVG there_AV0 for_PRP twenty_CRD years_NN2 ._SENT Most_DT0 of_PRF them_PNP were_VBD Black_AJ0 ,_PUN some_DT0 were_VBD retired_VVN ._SENT Three_CRD weeks_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN seven_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 attendees_NN2 had_VHD Covid_NP0 and_CJC dozens_CRD more_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 sheriff_NN1 's_POS office_NN1 were_VBD ill._NN0 Three_CRD law-enforcement_AJ0 officials_NN2 would_VM0 be_VBI dead_AJ0 before_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 month_NN1 ._SENT 
At_PRP the_AT0 rally_NN1 ,_PUN Klobuchar_NP0 noticed_VVD that_CJT people_NN0 had_VHD become_VVN more_AV0 careful_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP put_VVD on_PRP gloves_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ she_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP did_VDD n't_XX0 know_VVI about_PRP masks_NN2 at_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
The_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 rallies_NN2 soon_AV0 came_VVD to_PRP a_AT0 halt_NN1 after_PRP Michigan_NP0 ,_PUN but_CJC people_NN0 from_PRP all_DT0 over_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 flocked_VVD to_PRP New_NP0 Orleans_NP0 for_PRP Mardi_NP0 Gras_NP0 —_PUN some_DT0 1.4_CRD million_CRD of_PRF them_PNP ._SENT 
