{"id":38901,"date":"2020-05-19T11:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38901"},"modified":"2020-05-19T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:33:07","slug":"we-need-to-learn-from-the-mistakes-made-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38901","title":{"rendered":"We Need To Learn From The Mistakes Made In New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York has had a very high percentage of deaths from the coronavirus compared to\u00a0 other states in the nation. This is not by chance–it is the result of bad decisions made at the beginning of the pandemic and throughout the crisis. Yesterday The National Review<\/a> posted an article detailing the decisions that exacerbated the outbreak.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Cuomo made three breathtakingly bad moves in March that in retrospect amounted to catastrophe. First, Cuomo failed to call for, and even actively discouraged, informal social-distancing measures in early March. Next was the delay in mid-March in ordering formal closures when the virus started rampaging through his state. Third was his March 25 edict to long-term care facilities that they must accept infected patients, which caused a mass deadly outbreak among helpless, trapped, elderly New Yorkers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Like de Blasio, who as late as March 10 was on MSNBC telling New Yorkers that most of us were at little to no risk and that the coronavirus was much like seasonal flu, Cuomo persisted with his don\u2019t-scare-away-the-tourists happy talk well into March, the critical month. On March 1, the day New York State logged its first confirmed case of the coronavirus (a health-care worker who had just returned from Iran), Cuomo assured everyone that, although one of his own daughters had called him in a state of panic, there was no need to be afraid. \u201cThe facts defeat fear. Because the reality is reassuring. It is deep breath time. . . . This is not our first rodeo with this type of situation in New York,\u201d Cuomo boasted, adding, \u201cExcuse our arrogance as New Yorkers,\u201d but the state was fully prepared. \u201cWe don\u2019t even think it\u2019s going to be as bad as it was in other countries,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a special effort for our nursing homes, et cetera, congregate facilities where senior citizens are being treated.\u201d He further boasted that the state had broken free of federal restraints about testing: \u201cNow we are actually in control of the systems ourselves. And as New Yorkers we like control.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n