Jeff Day, a post-op nurse at a Mount Sinai hospital in New York, used to celebrate with patients recovering from gender-affirming surgeries.
Now, he informs callers if they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Almost overnight this 49-year-old gay nurse and displaced southerner, found himself like many health care workers on the frontlines against a global pandemic.
And once again, New York City is ground zero. Less than two months ago, Day was assigned to a post-surgical care unit where he worked