Last month, Leftfield Media hosted Anime NYC 2021 in person for the first time since the pandemic began. Held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan, the convention’s return marked a return to normalcy for many geekdom fans: If anime cons are back, then surely, the COVID pandemic is on its waning days.
It’s hard to be so optimistic about the future after this week. Yesterday, the Minnesota Department of Health announced that an Anime NYC attendee from Minnesota tested positive with the Omicron COVID-19 variant. His case serves as the second confirmed instance in the United States.
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