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Its kind of ironic that the neighborhood is called Corona...

• propelol 6y ago
  No, it is a coincidence
  • jacobush 6y ago
    Not if you believe in fate. (Not saying I do.)
  • Eduard 6y ago
    Or a data input mistake.
    • chimeracoder 6y ago
      > Or a data input mistake. It's not - Corona Park and Elmhurst were the two hardest-hit neighborhoods from near the very beginning.
      • samspenc 6y ago
        Can confirm that Corona is an actual place in the Queens borough of New York City.
      • bogomipz 6y ago
        No Corona Park(it's actually Flushing Meadows-Corona Park) is the name of an actual park, named in part after Corona one of the the neighborhoods it's located in.
    • pvaldes 6y ago
      ... a third option could be a deliberate release in a specific point. Viruses can't read. This is just speculation, obviously
• jessaustin 6y ago
  Irony is a quality of communication, not of reality. God doesn't make us sick in order to converse.
  • qntty 6y ago
    The expression cosmic irony or "irony of fate" stems from the notion that the gods (or the Fates) are amusing themselves by toying with the minds of mortals with deliberate ironic intent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Cosmic_irony_(irony_of_fate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Cosmic_irony_(irony_of_f...
    • jessaustin 6y ago
      As detailed at your link, this is the sort of thing that happens in Thomas Hardy novels, which are also communication.