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Can I complain about coronavirus? Why it is OK to vent, sometimes

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Issues of New York Magazine March 16-29, 2020 are on display at a newsstand in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, March 19, 2020. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

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