Posted on 03/24/2020 6:08:40 PM PDT by david1292
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday girded New Yorkers for a long, hard fight against the coronavirus.
“I have to be honest about the fact that we do not expect this to go quickly, and I wish we did, but we don’t,” de Blasio said. “But I have to respectfully disagree with (President Donald Trump when he says), as he said earlier today, that he’s not looking at months for this crisis. I have to say, Mr. President, I wish that was the case for New York City, I hope that’s the case for the other parts of the country, but right now we are looking at months.”
De Blasio had previously said estimates on New York City’s medical supplies lasting to the end of the month did not match the increased rate of infection, and supplies were not expected to last the week.
“We are doing all we can just to get through March right now, particularly in terms of our health care system,” he said. “April will unquestionably be worse than March, and right now, my fear is May could be worse than April. That’s the reality we’re facing. I think the notion that we could be quote-unquote back to normal in April is absolutely inconceivable at this point.”
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The breakdown by borough: 4,667 in Queens, 4,407 in Brooklyn, 3,013 in Manhattan, 2,505 in the Bronx, 999 on Staten Island
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
Go ahead, bite the Big Apple.
Shadoobee!
Must be auditioning for Biteme.
Except when they start jumping ship and coming here to infect Florida - like they are now.
Any notion De Blasio will ever be voted into any political office ever again is patently ridiculous
...and that is why he is a failed DEMOCRAT mayor. No vision, no inspiration. Loser.
That word - I do not think it means what you think it means.
That’s ok the rest of the country can still undertake
Come on, someone here knows how to post a photo of Vizzini.
Correct. The President said different parts of the country will require different solutions.
I expect the worst from leftist scum like de Blasio...and Pelosi...and the MSM. I hope this is a wake up call for the American people that reveals what the left is really like to them.
I saw most of that interview with Martha.
DeBlasio was fearmongering and hoping for months and months of a NYC shutdown.
Anything to hurt Trump no matter its effects on the population at large.
It won’t be back to normal in April.
And Trump never said it would be.
Hopefully Omaha will.
He'll take anything as long as it hurts Trump.
… which I must admit, is not looking good.
I believe there are a bit over 5k ventilators in NY (State). Gov. Cuomo said they had procured another 7k, and figure they will need another 30k. Assuming they get all of them (unlikely), it's a pretty safe bet that fatalities will equal at least 1/4 of that number. Just in NYC for the next 2-3 months. :-(
DeBlasio doing a bang up job calming people’s nerves.
A true Profile in Courage.
The rat gov and mayors in rat states along with Pelosi and the rats in th house are working in concert to prolong this long enough to kill the economy completely. We the people may have to step in AND DEFIANTLY GO BACK TO WORK!
Bravely denying something nobody said.
Only because the incompetent blowhard posing as a mayor is on TV every day pointing the finger at D.C. instead of leading his city.
DeBlasio is wrong and this is why:
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Successful therapy against Covid-19 virus from New York State:
Dr. Vladimir (Zev) Zelenko
Board Certified Family Practitioner
501 Rt 208, Monroe, NY 10950
845-238-0000
March 23, 2020
To all medical professionals around the world:
My name is Dr. Zev Zelenko and I practice medicine in Monroe, NY. For the last 16 years, I have cared for approximately 75% of the adult population of Kiryas Joel, which is a very close knit community of approximately 35,000 people in which the infection spread rapidly and unchecked prior to the imposition of social distancing.
As of today my team has tested approximately 200 people from this community for Covid-19, and 65% of the results have been positive. If extrapolated to the entire community, that means more than 20,000 people are infected at the present time. Of this group, I estimate that there are 1500 patients who are in the high-risk category (i.e. >60, immunocompromised, comorbidities, etc).
Given the urgency of the situation, I developed the following treatment protocol in the pre-hospital setting and have seen only positive results:
1. Any patient with shortness of breath regardless of age is treated.
2. Any patient in the high-risk category even with just mild symptoms is treated.
3. Young, healthy and low risk patients even with symptoms are not treated (unless their circumstances change and they fall into category 1 or 2).
My out-patient treatment regimen is as follows:
1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
The rationale for my treatment plan is as follows. I combined the data available from China and South Korea with the recent study published from France (sites available on request). We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated, hence the risk to the patient is low.
Since last Thursday, my team has treated approximately 350 patients in Kiryas Joel and another 150 patients in other areas of New York with the above regimen.
Of this group and the information provided to me by affiliated medical teams, we have had ZERO deaths, ZERO hospitalizations, and ZERO intubations. In addition, I have not heard of any negative side effects other than approximately 10% of patients with temporary nausea and diarrhea.
In sum, my urgent recommendation is to initiate treatment in the outpatient setting as soon as possible in accordance with the above. Based on my direct experience, it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prevents the need for hospitalization and saves lives.
With much respect,
Dr. Zev Zelenko
cc: President Donald J. Trump; Mr. Mark Meadows, Chief of Staff
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