The worldwide COVID-19 epidemic has struck with a savage intensity in next-door New York State where there have now been some 621 virus-related deaths statewide and an estimated half of all cases in the US are located. In New York City, virus deaths have exceeded 2019 homicides. Many are finding the reasons for this in the easy-going social customs and politics of the country. You decide. But there is no doubt things are bad. CBS New York
