EditorialDr. Paul Persaud, Paterson's top health official, holds a weekly meeting with the city's contact tracers in Paterson, N.J., May 11, 2020. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialAnetta Persaud, 54, unemployed, and on disability at the doorway of their apartment in in Jamaica, Queens on April 16, 2020. (Justin von Oldershausen/The New York Times)