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The entrance to the New York Blood Center in the MetLife Building
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/ Photo by TuAnh Dam for NY City Lens I hadn’t been on the subway since early March. Back then, the city was still running, sirens were quieter and the air wasn’t steeped in fear. On Tuesday, I descended into the subway once again to head to Grand Central, where I was going to donate blood. I felt awkward being out after almost four weeks of social distancing. When the train door opened, something landed at my feet. A little pool of spit. The man in the doorway spat again. I smiled and walked away towards another car. My appointment,...