Thread by @jacremes, The specter of burying Covid dead in city parks reminds me a [...]

The specter of burying Covid dead in city parks reminds me a lot of Sarajevo, where nearly every park, every patch of green, has grave markers from the siege. https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/nyc-to-begin-temporarily-burying-coronavirus-victims-in-local-parks/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons via @nypmetro

NYC to begin temporarily burying coronavirus victims in local parks

Officials will begin burying the city’s mounting coronavirus dead in local parks — as morgues and hospitals struggle to house the corpses, Councilman Mark Levine said Monday. “Soon

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When I was in Sarajevo in 2006, it was impossible to walk through the city without thinking "what a terrible thing the world allowed to happen here." Every park turned into a cemetery will do that.

If we're forced to bury our Covid dead in New York City parks, we should keep them there, marked forever as a reminder of our national shame, so we can always remember what a terrible thing we allowed to happen here.

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