STAT July 19, 2024
For many New Yorkers, Dave Chokshi was the face of New York City’s public health response to Covid-19. He often appeared on public service announcements in a white lab coat emblazoned with“N-Y-C” in big, bold letters, urging urbanites to mask up, get tested, and get vaccinated.
Appointed as New York City’s 43rd health commissioner in August 2020, Chokshi was thrust into the city’s battle against the coronavirus just months after it was deemed an epicenter of the pandemic. Following those chaotic and harrowing early months when hundreds died daily in overcrowded hospitals and freezer trucks were made into makeshift morgues, Chokshi was tasked with rebuilding trust with residents and steering the city’s vaccination campaign, through waves of new variants and...
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