Alexander City traveling nurse Mallory Adair has landed in what feels like a war zone — the heart of New York City where hundreds of people are dying daily. The difference is her battlefield is the city with more confirmed positive coronavirus cases than any country in the world, according to the World Health Organization, and it’s not something soldiers can tackle.
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