Dire Silence: NYC in Pandemic by Shin Woong-jae

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Dire Silence: NYC in Pandemic

Copyright Shin Woong-jae 2024

Updated Jun 2020

Location New York City

Topics Black and White, Documentary, Dying/Death, Epidemics, Fear, Illness, Pandemics, Photography, Photojournalism, Sorrow

Since the first report of coronavirus case on Mar. 1, 2020, the state of New York have 195,031 cases and 10,056 deaths as of Apr. 13, 2020. More Americans have died during the pandemic than in 9/11 already, and more coronavirus cases reported in New York than any country in the world on Apr. 10, 2020. New York’s statewide stay-at-home order went to effect at 8 p.m. on Mar. 22, 2020 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The order limits outdoor activity to the essentials like grocery shopping and getting medication. “This is the most drastic action we can take,” Gov. Cuomo said. According to CNN on Apr. 6, the US surgeon general Jerome Adams said this week is going to be the "hardest and the saddest" for "most Americans' lives," describing the upcoming grim period of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as a "Pearl Harbor moment" and a "9/11 moment."

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