Covid-19 Made Skeptics of Us All

Five years ago today, I was sure they were going to turn the plane around and take me back to New York City.

I had other things on my mind as the world began responding to Covid-19. Just a few weeks before, I had moved to NYC and started work at National Review. I was still adjusting to life in the Big Apple and to my new job. I also wasn’t sure what to make of it all, something that was true of many others, no doubt.

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Jack Butler

Jack Butler is a former submissions editor at National Review.

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Five years ago today, I was sure they were going to turn the plane around and take me back to New York City.

I had other things on my mind as the world began responding to Covid-19. Just a few weeks before, I had moved to NYC and started work at National Review. I was still adjusting to life in the Big Apple and to my new job. I also wasn’t sure what to make of it all, something that was true of many others, no doubt.