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 dont, de Blasio said. But I have to respectfully disagree with (President Donald Trump when he says), as he said earlier today, that hes 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 thats 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 Citys 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. Thats the reality were 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
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This morning’s statistics showed more than 46000 positive cases of caronavirus in the US, and more than 23,000 in NY. That is almost exactly 50%. NY is the epicenter of the virus in the US and are the chief exporters of the virus. All New Yorkers must be banned from traveling anywhere.
You’re absolutely right! These rats want shutdowns and collapse for as long as possible. Americans are willing to comply for some time but this won’t last for long.
I used to live in Upstate NY. NYC is so disconnected from the rest of the state yet Albany runs through NYC and NYC sucks everything out of the rest of the state. That’s just my analysis but New York elects the pure sum of politicians.
He is right, of course!
NYC was never “normal” by any definition!
How can it return to “normal?”
There are no “normal” Democrat cities!
New York City is dead. Put a fork in it. 28000 residents per square mile. Nobody owns a private vehicle. Everything is mass transit, filthy taxis, Uber Drivers who havent bathed in a week. Who is going to want to live there?. Everyone who can get out will get out.
But watch out, these uber-liberals will be coming to a small town near you.
All of this going to cause a lot of electrons to fly, none of which will have any effect.
Different states have different conditions and that will continue until this is over.
I meant figuratively, not in actuality.:)
Pessimism is the natural condition of the Democrat mind.
Obama said that we could not drill our way out of the Oil Shortage, he also said that we could never bring back the industrial jobs from overseas.
Both of those things happened because the United States is a capitalist power house and not the socialist paradise that Democrats long for.
They got how many people infected there? 100,000? So a five day regimen of 6 or seven doses equals 6 or 700,000 doses. They have millions available and more being manufactured every day now and by the end of next week we should see the relaxation of restrictions.
May GOD BLESS this healing angel.
All I have to say.
Trump has that “magic wand” out again, Mayor.
DeBlasio didn’t declare a state of emergency until well after the emergency was already well underway - well after the Governor of his state had already been mobilizing National Guard troops. He’s beyond incompetent.
What is your timetable? What are you doing to meet that? Be specific.
Yes...likely .
The longer it goes on, the more power he can consolidate. When people start rioting because it will go on longer than is should, he will justify the power grab because he has to deal with rioters. The cycle continues.
“I listened to his conversation with Martha where the two of them decided that New Yorkers are the hardest working people in the world.”
Arrogant, condescending, and pathetic. How many of them have worked on a farm or a ranch???
Is it true that there are more rats in NYC than people? Seems credible. And I am not talking about DemocRATS.
That’s a powerful letter. I hope it’s both authentic and accurate.
If it is, his approach is freeing up about 100 hospital beds and over 40 ventilators.
Of course, if it really is working that way, and all NY doctors used it, NY would have hospital beds and ventilators to spare.
But that would mean Trump was onto something—can’t have that. So send more beds and ventilators, and hold the hydroxychloroquine. (Or better yet, ban its use in NY like the governor of Nevada just did in his state)
I think most people consider Manhatten alone as NYC. People living in the other boroughs even think this as they will refer to Manhattan as “the city”.
Watch the Florida cases go through the roof now, if New Yorkers are allowed to travel to FL. Florida was ranked 7th in Covid-19 cases in the US. They will vie for 2nd place if N.Y. travel to FL is not stopped.
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