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Its kind of ironic that the neighborhood is called Corona...

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No, it is a coincidence

Not if you believe in fate. (Not saying I do.)

Or a data input mistake.

> Or a data input mistake.

It's not - Corona Park and Elmhurst were the two hardest-hit neighborhoods from near the very beginning.

Can confirm that Corona is an actual place in the Queens borough of New York City.

No Corona Park(it's actually Flushing Meadows-Corona Park) is the name of an actual park, named in part after Corona one of the the neighborhoods it's located in.

... a third option could be a deliberate release in a specific point. Viruses can't read.

This is just speculation, obviously

Irony is a quality of communication, not of reality. God doesn't make us sick in order to converse.

The expression cosmic irony or "irony of fate" stems from the notion that the gods (or the Fates) are amusing themselves by toying with the minds of mortals with deliberate ironic intent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Cosmic_irony_(irony_of_f...

As detailed at your link, this is the sort of thing that happens in Thomas Hardy novels, which are also communication.

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