“War on COVID: Heroes, Victims and Villains of the 2020 Pandemic”
Editor’s note: The Daily Reporter will feature our “Neighbors” regularly, whether it be someone with an interesting hobby or profession, or a nonprofit group making a difference in our community. Here, Greenfield resident David Kyrie shares about his new book, “War on COVID: Heroes, Victims and Villains of the 2020 Pandemic.” Originally from Virginia, Kyrie has lived in Greenfield about 10 years and the Army called on him to serve as relief in the pandemic in New York City from March 2020 to June 2020.
Daily Reporter: What is your profession?
David Kyrie: ICU nurse, Psych Nurse Practitioner, and Army captain. I continued to work through the pandemic at St Vincent Hospital until late 2022 when I worked briefly at Hancock Regional as a temporary nurse and was them deployed to Iraq for a year.
DR: Why did you write your book?
DK: I wrote this book to help me cope with the experiences I had when the Army sent me to NYC as part of the Covid response.
DR: What do you hope people take away after reading the book?
DK: I hope that my reflections and retelling will help others to inspect their own experiences over the past four years.
DR: What was the most gratifying part of the writing/publishing process for you?
DK: Surprisingly, I enjoyed editing the manuscript to help me to make sense of my experiences.
DR: How was it published/where can it be found?
DK: Published via Atmosphere Press and available on Amazon. For more, visit Instagram, david.a.kyrie.
Book synopsis: “In February 2020, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) began spreading across the world.
Lieutenant David Kyrie, an experienced RN, expected the virus to cause minor medical problems for many and major problems for a few, assuming it would soon be forgotten. Then schools shut down, and the hospital he worked in adapted policies to accommodate the expected influx of patients. Wondering if the virus was even an emergency, Kyrie’s uncertainty grew when the Army called him to serve in relief for the national emergency.
Kyrie recounts the dramatic true experiences of the team of soldiers he was a part of as they fought a unique battle against the largest viral pandemic to attack our nation in over a century.” (Amazon.com)
