Covid numbers recently climbed again. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once again reported monthly death tolls in the thousands. Mask mandates are back in New York City’s public medical facilities and nursing homes. The presidential race has kicked into gear and, just as in 2020, the stakes seem existential. Everything changed, and yet almost nothing changed at all.

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Persons: I’m, I’ve, we’d, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Daniel Presti Organizations: U.S . Centers for Disease Control Locations: New York, United States, Staten Island