David Schulner said that `` what the mirror reflects back is too horrifying to look at '' when he talked about scenes from his show that reminisce the coronavirus pandemic .
The show 's creator David Schulner explained that `` the world needs a lot less fiction right now , and a lot more facts '' , and that in regards to scenes from the episode being eerily reminiscent of those actually being faced by New York City , `` what the mirror reflects back is too horrifying to look at '' .
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on television