Ritchie Torres: “Those words come to mind when I think of COVID-19, which has become…”

On the recordJune 13, 2022

Those words come to mind when I think of COVID-19, which has become the seminal catastrophe of the 21st Century.

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Torres compares COVID-19's impact to the First World War's significance.

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Ritchie Torres: “Those words come to mind when I think of COVID-19, which has become the seminal catastrophe of the 21st Century.”