Hope everyone is having a good winter solstice which the empire degraded into something having to do with a man on a cross which Coca-Cola and other corporations further degraded into something having to do with consumerism.
The First Wave is a documentary which highlights four months in early 2020 when the initial Covid-19 wave was first hitting New York City. NYC is such a fun town. I don’t even like to go out but on the times I’ve been to New York I have such a great time there. The food is so good and even though the weather sucks, there’s a great deal to like about the big apple.
One thing about New York City is not only is it a melting pot for practically all different races and cultures but it’s also a macrocosm for the United States as a whole. Being such an ethnically diverse place, travel in and out of New York is a main vein of entry to the United States. So it obviously was going to be ground zero as an initial entry point of Covid when it was first entering the country. Showing many signs and patterns which would later ripple through other parts of the nation and other cities throughout the world.
This feature doc got access inside one of New York’s hardest hit hospital systems during the first four months of the wave, and much of what they shot is not for the faint of heart - my type of content. For anyone who thinks covid is a walk in the park the raw footage in this of what it’s like to suffer through extreme symptoms shows it’s no joke. Any disease in your system which can lower your blood oxygen level to the point where you loose circulation to your fingers and then need to have them amputated should speak volumes. It also does a great job of documenting and dramatizing the extreme stress which medical professionals are under.
It’s primarily available on Hulu and other naughty streaming sites like “fmovies.to” if you want to go the watch for free route. More details at the official site: