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New York area's 'patient zero' says coronavirus 'wasn't on my mind' when he got sick

By NBC News  
   May 11, 2020

When Lawrence Garbuz got sick in February, he thought he just had a cough. But Garbuz had the coronavirus, which left him in a coma and earned him the title of the New York area's "patient zero." In an exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie that aired Monday on "TODAY," Garbuz spoke about his experience, saying the disease that almost killed him "really wasn't on my mind" as he was falling ill.

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