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On the recordDecember 19, 2021
Clearly, COVID is not terrorism, but it has brought terror. People are afraid to go back to work, they're afraid to go back out.
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Parmenio Adams
Democratic · New York

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Eric Adams compares the fear caused by COVID-19 to the fear experienced after the 9/11 attacks.

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