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New York mobilizes against onslaught from virus

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By JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG

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LOL Nice Mask. Probably just as effective too

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Spain and Italy - now New York City. Too many young people are not taking this seriously and it’s led to tragic results.

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That's not an octopus mask, it's Cthulhu! Beware the Goat With A Thousand Young!

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Gov Andrew Cuomo, again pleading for help in dealing with the onslaught,

I understand the crisis, but he was ranting on TV about Trump this and that, Dems always love to blame the Feds in these times, they did the same exact same thing during Katrina.

Step up and take responsibility, like California did.

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“At first, I think there’s a certain amount of disbelief that goes on,"

and when that disbelief is reinforced by 'leaders' who downplay its severity (more concerned about their re-election than the general public's health); reinforced by their media saying things like 'it's just like a cold or the flu'; further reinforced by online trolls and flamers (paid and 'volunteer') pooh-poohing its severity; and especially when medical and scientific experts are ignored, problems snowball. And the world is put at greater risk.

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New York needs 20,000 ventilators but Trump just released 8,000 from a national stock of 30,000.

your saying that Cumo has no access to mfgs around the country and world? His brother in the media...no connections? Show me the numbers...what did Cumo initially do when the crisis started? I dont need rants about Trump this and that. What did Cumo do? The Dem clown in New Orleans did the same thing during Katrina, (lots of rants about the Feds this and that) but it was shown later that he had access to many resources but was too incompetent to leverage them.

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Words like "onslaught" are a bit much.  The damage to livelihoods and so on are precautionary, not because people are dying in the streets.

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Need the transcript, the dialogue with FEMA, all of it. Im betting something missing in his rant

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Jon Makay, of Harlem, wears an octopus hat to fend off coronavirus,

Where can I buy that China virus-fending octopus hat? LOL!

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The people of NYC will get through this - they're tough, just like after 9/11....

There's one former NYC resident who is not so tough - in fact, he's a failed reality TV host who has bankrupted six companies and does nothing but incessantly whine...

Right now he's portraying a failed US President - he should get an Emmy - he's failing every day...

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Some public health experts also attributed the city's burgeoning caseload in part to the state's big push to test people.

One doesn't need to be a public health expert to know that.

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NYC morgues are near capacity

The majority of the carona virus cases in America are in the city of New York. What are the leaders in New York doing wrong?

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Troy Tassier, a Fordham University professor who studies economic epidemiology, suggested the increase shows New York would have fared better had it acted sooner to order social distancing.

The order to stay at home in New York State did not go into effect until Sunday evening, March 22, and New York City's 1.1 million-student school system was not closed until March 15, well after other districts had shut down.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cuomo initially cast the disease as a dangerous threat but one that the city’s muscular hospital system could handle.

I guess do Blasio and Cuomo guessed wrong. Unfortunately, many New Yorkers had already LEFT the city before the wise men running the city could lock down the new "epicenter" of the Novel Virus.

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zichi - But Trump also said Como/NY wasn't nice to him previously.

The manufacturers of ventilators are working hard to produce more. The Feds have a stock of 30,000 but Trump only released 4,000/day for two days.

The 20,000 could be released and then moved to the next epicenter.

Normally someone on a ventilator would only be a few day, with the virus they need a few weeks.

There are 25,000+ cities in the U.S.. N.Y.C. thinks, and acts, like it's the only city of any importance. Many in the media agree with N.Y.C.'s self-assessment. Due to the fact that many are employed by businesses based in N.Y.C..

Lots of cities want ventilators. Lots of cities are dealing with Novel infected people. N.Y.C. can get in line with all of the other cities who would like more medical supplies.

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Wolfpack - The majority of the carona virus cases in America are in the city of New York. What are the leaders in New York doing wrong?

Their biggest mistake was letting infected New Yorkers leave the city.

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Troy Tassier, a Fordham University professor who studies economic epidemiology, suggested the increase shows New York would have fared better had it acted sooner to order social distancing.

The order to stay at home in New York State did not go into effect until Sunday evening, March 22, and New York City's 1.1 million-student school system was not closed until March 15, well after other districts had shut down.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cuomo initially cast the disease as a dangerous threat but one that the city’s muscular hospital system could handle.

I guess do Blasio and Cuomo guessed wrong. Unfortunately, many New Yorkers had already LEFT the city before the wise men running the city could lock down the new "epicenter" of the Novel Virus.

Yep, they guessed wrong - by listening to Trump when he was saying the virus was "contained" and that "people should go to work", even if they have the virus. Hey, even Rush said it was "just a common cold".

Luckily, they quickly leaned that you can't trust anything that comes our of this buffoon's mouth...

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Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cuomo initially cast the disease as a dangerous threat but one that the city’s muscular hospital system could handle.

So did allot of people, including some on CNN. I saw it.

Now its take the path of least resistance and blame Trump.

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Its very interesting; many states ignore the feds when it comes to illegal immigration, sanctuary cities and drug use, but suddenly they howl and blame the feds when they cant handle a crisis.

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https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/trump-issues-executive-order-boost-respirator-mask-supply

https://qz.com/1824253/coronavirus-ford-3m-and-ge-collaborate-to-ramp-up-medical-equipment-production/

This is why the Presidents numbers continue to rise.

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Ford steps up and Donny gets the credit? Sure, makes sense. How is this related to the article?

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The majority of the carona virus cases in America are in the city of New York. What are the leaders in New York doing wrong?

Its called population density. See, NYC is a great place, so people actually want to go there, unlike red cities.

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zichi - Yes but not all of them have the pandemic or at different stages of the virus. At the moment NY is the largest epicenter. Once recovery starts the ventilators can be moved.

LOL. The Novel Virus is spread by PEOPLE. PEOPLE transmitting the virus to other PEOPLE. If China, or Italy, or N.Y.C. sees a rise in the numbers of infected people, it's because people were mingling with other people, spreading the virus.

N.Y.C. isn't the only city in the U.S.. They just think they are. Many of the infected have left the city and are now infecting other parts of the country. The people in those newly infected areas are also asking for more masks, and ventilators. People in many of the 25,000 cities in the U.S. are asking for more masks, and ventilators. They are not choosing to supply N.Y.C. over their own needs.

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Chip Star - Its called population density. See, NYC is a great place, so people actually want to go there, unlike red cities.

Ames Iowa, and Austin Texas are also great places. If New Yorkers thought N.Y.C. was such a great place, they would not have chosen to flee the city taking their infections with them.

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America now has the highest numbers of corona virus cases at 83,000 which Trump claimed is because of the numbers of tests being carried out.

That means, if Japan starts testing the numbers would probably go way up as well.

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zichi - America now has the highest numbers of corona virus cases at 83,000 which Trump claimed is because of the numbers of tests being carried out.

Are you actually claiming that the 83,000 number is due to the numbers of tests being carried out?

The actual ratio of deaths to infections will continue to drop as more tests are carried out. The early ratios were based only on the number of reported cases of people who actually felt sick enough to go to a doctor, or to a hospital.

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