No Panic-Mongers, New York City Has Not Been Turned Into an Apocalyptic War Zone

Townhall ^ | 03/27/2020 | Todd Starnes

[SeekAndFind]

Contrary to the narrative being advanced by the Mainstream Media and Democrats, the nation’s largest city has not been divided into competing districts like some sort of dystopian movie.

There is no disputing that the coronavirus has caused suffering and death across New York City. There's also no disputing that the virus has upended millions of lives and disrupted the city's economy.

But is the city in the throes of an apocalyptic nightmare as has been portrayed by Democrats and the Mainstream Media? Have hospitals really been turned into war zones?

Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted as many as 4 million citizens would contract the virus. In a panicked press conference he said people would die unless the federal government intervened.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo demanded thousands and thousands of ventilators and ordered the construction of temporary hospitals to care for the massive throngs of people who would be overwhelming the city's medical centers.

However, to date, there has been no concrete proof that has actually happened. I personally visited two hospitals in Brooklyn and did not seen any unusual traffic. Nor did I see hospitals that were overrun by patients seeking treatment.

There have also been photographs circulating of nurses having to wear garbage bags as makeshift gowns. However, Mount Sinai hospital debunked those photos.

In a statement to NBC News, Mount Sinai said the "troubling photo" shows the nurses in proper PPE underneath the garbage bags.

“The safety and protection of all Mount Sinai staff and patients is always – and will always be - our absolute top priority, but especially during the COVID-19 crisis. When it comes to staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), the facts are very different than recent media reports. To be clear: we always provide all our staff with the critically important PPE they need to safely do their job," the hospital said.

The head of surgery at New York Presbyterian told NBC News New York that while the number of patients on ventilators has more than doubled, they still have the necessary resources to deal with the issue.

"While the medical center says it has not exhausted its supply of ventilators, if the current pace continues then it could become a real possibility," the television state reported.

There have also been some photos of New York City emergency rooms filled with beds positioned in hallways. But that is typical for city hospitals on any given day. I know from first-hand experience.

So it's suspect that New York City leaders are not giving us any proven numbers about hospital capacity.

Consider this item from the New York Daily News:

"Details on how close to capacity hospitals are running have been scarce. The city has not released those numbers for its public hospitals and private hospitals have also kept them close," the newspaper reported.

Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, raised that issue during Thursday's briefing.

"We were reassured, in meeting with our colleagues in New York, that there are still ICU beds remaining and there's still significant -- over 1,000 or 2,000 -- ventilators that have not been utilized yet," she said.

She also took the media to task for overhyping and mis-reporting news about the crisis.

"Please, for the reassurance of people around the world -- to wake up this morning and look at people talking about creating DNR situations -- do-not-resuscitate situations -- for patients, there is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that kind of discussion," she said.

Birx was referencing a Washington Post story about medical personnel discussing "do not resuscitate" orders.

"You can be thinking about it in a hospital -- certainly many hospitals talk about this on a daily basis -- but to say that to the American people, to make the implication that when they need a hospital bed, it's not going to be there, or when they need that ventilator, it's not going to be there -- we don't have evidence of that right now," she told reporters. "And it's our job collectively to assure the American people that -- it's our collective job to make sure that doesn't happen."

That does not mean the situation in New York City couldn't get worse. That’s a possibility. But at this very moment hospitals have not been turned into war zones and the apocalypse is not upon us.

So let not your heart be troubled by the Mainstream Media or the Democrats, America.

[miss marmelstein]

My friends and relatives are enjoying life in a very quiet Manhattan. They’re enjoying it a little too much in my opinion. Get back to work, people!

[tatown]

This will be ignored by the (likely) paid fearmongers and they'll counted with a cell phone video of a line outside a random ghetto medical clinic no one had every heard of.

[edwinland]

Totally agree. Manhattan is quiet and the grocery stores are pretty normal.

[JBW1949]

Is it true that hospitals in New York are putting up tents for use as morgues???

[miss marmelstein]

But it is more entertaining to call NYC a sewer and claim people are dying in the streets. And if I hear one more word on that lousy hospital in Elmhurst, I’ll scream.

[JBW1949]

Is it true that New York has asked for 85 refrigerated trucks for hauling dead bodies???

[nevermorelenore]

Drive the Left crazy ~ put American Flags everywhere 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[Trinity5]

Typical Liberal Media Propaganda...

I was in the Frankfurt Airport on March 13th changing my ticket to fly back to the States immediately. While in line with four other Americans calmly making our changes I watched the big screen monitor playing a segment from CNN talking about the chaos and mayhem in European airports as Americans were desperately trying to get home... Total joke and fake reporting...

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Is it true that New York has asked for 85 refrigerated trucks for hauling dead bodies???

Never heard of this news. I do know that a 1000 bed medical ship — the USNS Comfort is arriving in NY this Sunday.

[nevermorelenore]

Fly the Biggest one possible on the Navy Ship to come to NY Harbor !!!!! 🇺🇲

[JBW1949]

Methinks there is a lot of overblown news floating around....

[Leep]

“Contrary to the narrative being advanced by the Mainstream Media and Democrats, the nation’s largest city has not been divided into competing districts like some sort of dystopian movie.”

So, can you get living brain in NYC or not? Asking for a Zombie friend.

[Steely Tom]

Most recent NY State data by county, as of 1349 yesterday, March 26, 2020:

County	Positive Cases
Albany	171
Allegany	2
Broome	16
Cayuga	2
Chautauqua	1
Chemung	7
Chenango	3
Clinton	11
Columbia	13
Cortland	2
Delaware	7
Dutchess	190
Erie	134
Essex	4
Franklin	1
Fulton	1
Genesee	4
Greene	5
Hamilton	2
Herkimer	7
Jefferson	3
Livingston	3
Madison	9
Monroe	139
Montgomery	5
Nassau	3,914
Niagara	14
New York City	21,393
Oneida	13
Onondaga	83
Ontario	11
Orange	751
Orleans	2
Oswego	4
Otsego	3
Putnam	94
Rensselaer	32
Rockland	1,197
Saratoga	73
Schenectady	62
Schoharie	2
St. Lawrence	2
Steuben	11
Suffolk	2,735
Sullivan	53
Tioga	2
Tompkins	22
Ulster	78
Warren	2
Washington	4
Wayne	8
Westchester	5,944
Wyoming	7
Total Number of Positive Cases	37,258

[RayChuang88]

My friends and relatives are enjoying life in a very quiet Manhattan. They’re enjoying it a little too much in my opinion. Get back to work, people!

I've been monitoring people living in Manhattan on Instagram and other than the ridiculous run on toilet paper and hand soap, things haven't been crazy except for almost nobody on the streets.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Most recent NY State data by county, as of 1349 yesterday, March 26, 2020:

Could you provide the link please... I’d like to bookmark it. Thanks.

[Steely Tom]

Here's the data sorted by number of positives (New Yorkers will recognize the pattern right away):

County	Positive Cases
New York City	21,393
Westchester	5,944
Nassau	3,914
Suffolk	2,735
Rockland	1,197
Orange	751
Dutchess	190
Albany	171
Monroe	139
Erie	134
Putnam	94
Onondaga	83
Ulster	78
Saratoga	73
Schenectady	62
Sullivan	53
Rensselaer	32
Tompkins	22
Broome	16
Niagara	14
Columbia	13
Oneida	13
Clinton	11
Ontario	11
Steuben	11
Madison	9
Wayne	8
Chemung	7
Delaware	7
Herkimer	7
Wyoming	7
Greene	5
Montgomery	5
Essex	4
Genesee	4
Oswego	4
Washington	4
Chenango	3
Jefferson	3
Livingston	3
Otsego	3
Allegany	2
Cayuga	2
Cortland	2
Hamilton	2
Orleans	2
Schoharie	2
St. Lawrence	2
Tioga	2
Warren	2
Chautauqua	1
Franklin	1
Fulton	1
Total Number of Positive Cases	37,258

[Steely Tom]

Here's the link I used: NYS Department of Health: County by County Breakdown of Positive Cases.

[SeekAndFind]

Thanks again for the hard work, but please, could you provide the link for the data as well?

Also, recoveries and deaths data would be even more useful.

[SeekAndFind]

OK thanks for the link, I appreciate it.