On Monday, New York City moved into Phase II, allowing New Yorkers their closest sense of normalcy in months. But even though the transition to the second phase of reopening symbolizes New York City’s progress in containing the coronavirus, it doesn’t necessarily provide a reprieve from the restrictions
“The reopening has not really changed how I feel,” Dior Vargas, a 33-year-old resident of Upper Manhattan, told The Daily Beast. “My assumption is to just hunker down, stay in, and see what happens next. I’m very wary of making any sudden movements.”COVID-19 hit Vargas and her family incredibly hard. She, her sister, her mother, and both of her maternal grandparents had the virus, with the latter having to be hospitalized. “Pretty much all of April I was terrified.
Elischia Fludd, a 37-year-old living in Manhattan, told The Daily Beast that she worries “we are going to have to shut things down again” because of “the way this country is operating on a federal level,” along with the inadequate health measures she feels individual state governors have taken. As a result, despite the transition to Phase II, Fludd said, “I continue to take the same precautions.”
Matthew Shapiro, associate director of public affairs at NAMI New York State said their hotline experienced a spike in calls at the start of the pandemic, but then there was a plateau and decrease. Some of that may not only be attributable to fears surrounding the health effects of the virus. There’s the effect the pandemic has had on the economy, including widespread job loss. There have also been the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Elijah McClain and many other Black people that have had a traumatizing effect.
He pointed to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks as a model for understanding the potential long-term mental health effects of the pandemic.
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