Posted on 03/30/2020 9:14:13 AM PDT by USA Conservative
For weeks, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio encouraged New Yorkers to “go about your lives” as fears of the novel coronavirus spread, advice that has come back to haunt him as the pandemic takes a deadly toll on the Big Apple.
On the 24th of January New York City officials laid out their preparedness plans, accurately assessing that the city’s international travel hub and large population made the coronavirus’s arrival just about inevitable. Mayor Bill de Blasio declared, “We have to act on the assumption that there will, unfortunately, be cases sooner rather than later in New York City. . . . We are working from the assumption that it’s a profound challenge. There’s no one here who is minimizing it.”
But de Blasio also said, “What we do know, to date, is that only through prolonged exposure can someone contract this virus. It is not a situation as with some other diseases where a single contact would be enough.”
This was the first of many times that city officials unknowingly shared information about the coronavirus that was not accurate, and they encouraged city residents to continue activities that probably continued the spread of the virus. With New York City now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, the decisions and statements by city officials from late January to early March have an unnerving sense of whistling past the graveyard, with well-meaning but bad advice exacerbating the coming deluge.
But probably the biggest villain in this situation is the New York City’s health commissioner.
For weeks, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio encouraged New Yorkers to “go about your lives” as fears of the novel coronavirus spread, advice that has come back to haunt him as the pandemic takes a deadly toll on the Big Apple.
On the 24th of January New York City officials laid out their preparedness plans, accurately assessing that the city’s international travel hub and large population made the coronavirus’s arrival just about inevitable. Mayor Bill de Blasio declared, “We have to act on the assumption that there will, unfortunately, be cases sooner rather than later in New York City. . . . We are working from the assumption that it’s a profound challenge. There’s no one here who is minimizing it.”
But de Blasio also said, “What we do know, to date, is that only through prolonged exposure can someone contract this virus. It is not a situation as with some other diseases where a single contact would be enough.”
This was the first of many times that city officials unknowingly shared information about the coronavirus that was not accurate, and they encouraged city residents to continue activities that probably continued the spread of the virus. With New York City now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, the decisions and statements by city officials from late January to early March have an unnerving sense of whistling past the graveyard, with well-meaning but bad advice exacerbating the coming deluge.
But probably the biggest villain in this situation is the New York City’s health commissioner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JivnlQB5A&feature=emb_title
On Twitter, she suggested it would be racist not to attend the Chinatown parade.
“As we gear up to celebrate the #LunarNewYear in NYC, I want to assure New Yorkers that there is no reason for anyone to change their holiday plans, avoid the subway, or certain parts of the city because of #coronavirus,” she tweeted. “I want to be clear, this is about a virus, not a group of people. There is NO excuse for anyone to discriminate or stigmatize people of Asian heritage. We are here today to urge all New Yorkers to continue to live their lives as usual.”
https://twitter.com/NYCHealthCommr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1224043155852537863&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Fvideo-de-blasios-health-commissioner-made-new-york-coronavirus-epicenter-when-she-urged-people-to-attend-the-chinatown-parade-and-gather-in-public-places%2F
For weeks, city officials discouraged New Yorkers from altering their routines or behaviors, before the contagiousness of the coronavirus and severity of the outbreak became painfully clear. Public officials’ insistence that life could and should go on as normal for most city residents continued all the way into mid-March — probably exacerbating an already-threatening situation.
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Typical liberal. UNABLE to own up to his own FAIL and seeking to blame OTHER people to hide himself and his FAIL.
Looking back, I guess it was not a smart idea to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Chinatown, Bangkok this year!
Who knew?
Political Correctness is the death of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Andrew Cuomo and Bill DeBlasio will do for New York what they did for the homeless situation in this country.
Bump
DeBlasio 3 March
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/25/cuomo-coronavirus-china-new-york/
DeBlasio 11 March: gives bad advice to 311 caller
DeBlasio 16 March ( aides in rebellion)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/nyregion/coronavirus-bill-de-blasio.html
DeBlasio dithers over cancelling St Patrick parade
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/03/11/st-patricks-day-parade-coronavirus/
DeBlasio 18 March: Blames Trump for not taking action
30 March De Blasio photo op with USNS Comfort arriving NYC, Thanks everyone except Trump
https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/de-blasio-calls-usns-comfort-beacon-of-hope-amid-coronavirus-crisis/
Its what politicians do. They CREATE problems and then jump forward saying they are the only ones who can fix them if we only give them the money and power. Old News.
So did Hillary!
In a national crisis, no politician should say anything negative about leadership. Everyone needs to coalesce around the President and when the lessons learned are written, now assign blame.
Here’s a video from Australian TV. The subways are still packed like a can of sardines.
“New York officials ‘virtue-signalling’ instead of warning about coronavirus”
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