New York City- a story of how not to handle a crisis and blame everyone else

Flopping Aces ^ | 03-28-20 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

FEMA guidelines stipulate that states are to be the first line of defense in emergencies and are expected to respond accordingly:

Local governments are the first line of defense against emergencies and disasters and are primarily responsible for managing the response to and recovery from those events. At the local government level, the primary responsibility for protecting citizens belongs to local elected officials such as mayors, city councils, and boards of commissioners. When a local government receives warning that an emergency could be imminent, its first priority is to alert and warn citizens and take whatever actions are needed to minimize damage and protect life and property. If necessary, it may order an evacuation.

When an emergency or disaster does occur, fire and police units, emergency medical personnel, and rescue workers rush to damaged areas to provide aid. After this initial response, the local government must work to ensure public order and security. Vital services such as water, power, communications, transportation, shelter, and medical care must be provided, and debris removal must begin. Public and private utility company crews, along with other emergency teams, must be on the job to restore essential services. The local government coordinates its efforts with voluntary agencies who assist individuals and families in need.

Of course, the Federal government must act in concert when appropriate.

New York City- the current epicenter of COVID 19- proved itself far short of the goal in action and all too successful in the finger pointing exercise- a hapless Governor and a feckless Mayor.

A 2015 Task Force found that New York would be woefully unprepared in terms of ventilators should a Spanish flu type of pandemic strike. Cuomo did not choose to purchase more respirators and instead accepted a triage plan.

That task force came up with rules that will be imposed when ventilators run short. Patients assigned a red code will have the highest access, and other patients will be assigned green, yellow or blue (the worst) depending on a "triage officer's" decision. In truth, a death officer. Let's not sugarcoat it. It won't be up to your own doctor.

Cuomo's defense was "no else did either."

“There’s no state in the United States that bought ventilators for the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The federal government did not buy ventilators for the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Nobody in the world bought ventilators in preparation for a 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.”

That's true, but then blaming Trump is also wrong. Prior to the current crisis a Johns Hopkins study reported that New York did not have the average per capita number of ventilators available. Cuomo is demanding 30,000 ventilators and as of March 21 New York had 7,000 on hand.

This week the Trump administration shipped out 4000 more ventilators to New York. Other steps have been taken, including using one ventilator for two patients.

Right this very moment Cuomo is explaining why he believes he needs 30,000 ventilators and it is dependent on the worst case scenario. Dr. Deborah Brix, on the White House Corona Virus task force, says that number may not be necessary and is not necessary at the moment. The Huffington Post writes

Birx also said there were “over 1,000 to 2,000” available ventilators in the city, though she did not provide details on how and when hospitals were getting access to them.

As of yesterday, after dismissing Trump's assertion that New York had many more ventilators than is currently needed, Cuomo had 12,000 ventilators on hand.

Watch Cuomo lie through his teeth here

https://youtu.be/byEw65U5YiM

Both Trump and Cuomo are realistically trying to the best they can, Cuomo could do with less posturing, less accusation and less lying. Trump and Cuomo have a relationship based on conflict with both ups and downs. At the moment Trump is moving heaven and earth for New York.

On the other hand, there is Mayor Feckless DeBlasio. I cannot understand how a quasi-intelligent person could vote for this moron. New York has absolutely failed its citizens miserably.

The clown Mayor of NY on March 2:

https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1234648718714036229

The NYC Health Commissioner on Feb. 2:

"The risk to New Yorkers from coronavirus is low and ... our preparedness as a city is very high," Barbot said at a Feb. 2 press conference supporting the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival. "There is no reason not to take the subway, not to take a bus, not to go out to your favorite restaurant and certainly not to miss the parade next Sunday [Feb. 9]."

This is the NYC Health Commissioner on Feb. 7

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1243539189020401664

Then within four days DeBlasio began screaming about Trump ignoring New York and he finally ordered some COVID supplies on March 6.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has blamed President Trump for the city’s severe shortage of COVID-19 supplies even though City Hall didn’t secure its first order for emergency protective gear until March 6, The Post has learned.

Officials with the city’s Office of Emergency Management tried to purchase nearly 200,000 n95 masks on Feb. 7, but weeks later they learned the vendors had already run out.

It was not until March 6 and March 10 — over two months after the coronavirus outbreak first hit China — that they finally secured the first emergency procurements of masks and hand sanitizer, according to the city comptroller’s office.

Feb. 10

Lest you still doubt what an idiot DeBlasio is- this from March 17:

[ronnie raygun]

STATES ARE TO BE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
What has come to light is the rat controlled states and cities within have failed the people they are suppose to protect

[Paladin2]

“...debris removal must begin...”

DaCommieo is a goner?

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Not to worry…Chelsea Clinton is taking over story time in these trying days.
https://twitter.com/romper/status/1243544562821447682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3AClintonFdn%7Ctwcon%5Etimelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clintonfoundation.org%2Fcovid19

[Bonemaker]

“...the primary responsibility for protecting citizens belongs to local elected officials such as mayors, city councils, and boards of commissioners...”

Bad, very very bad idea. In general and collectively you couldn’t put together a more corrupt, ignorant and inept group of worthless humans if you tried.

[eyedigress]

Life in Libtard Land has got to suck some serious ass.

[McGruff]

[Bellagio]

Yes, they do have the primary responsibility... only if they are competent. But in this case I would have to agree with you. Having a bunch of inept leftist clowns running the show is like having the 3 stooges and a dozen Curly’s jumping up/down going

Curly: “Wooo... Wooo... Wooo... Moe, Larry. What do we do, what do we do? We’re victims of soycumstance. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck.”

Moe & Larry: “You numskull... we’re squeaky clean whatever happens. We just blame it all on Trump.(Moe grabs Curly by the nose)Now get outta here.”

[piasa]

Yes, but we know where they live and their security’s not that good.