While other New Yorkers spent their summers in a state of cautious misery, strapping on face masks and judiciously avoiding fellow pedestrians like they were living in a never-ending game of "Frogger," Cristina Cuomo was enjoying the kind of carefree season that most non-immunized mortals could only experience by scrolling through old photos. The day before Fourth of July, I found her swanning about her minimalist East Hampton rental home in a white linen jumpsuit with impunity, greeting her kids' friends and generally socializing with ease. It's here that she quarantined since late March with her husband Chris, the CNN host, and their three children. Since she recovered from COVID-19 this spring, she's been a bit like the only tipsy person at a party full of teetotalers.
"When people come in my house, I leave it up to them whether they want to wear a mask or not," she tells me, showing off a mask branded with her husband's favorite saying: "Let's get after it!" The mask, these days, wards off social judgment more than disease for Cristina. "There's two schools of thought. The first is: Okay, you've had coronavirus. You're the most popular person in the room," she explains. "But then there's the people who don't really understand what's going on. To them, it's a scarlet letter. Oh, you've had the virus? Stay away from me. I didn't expect that."
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