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Boy... NY was really screwed, weren't they. They were behind the curve because they were the start of the curve and had little to work with. No reliable information about transmission. No test kits. Not enough PPE. No help from Trump until he finally sent the hospital ship 'just in case' they needed additional beds. Push-back or total apathy or concern from some of the Trump states. Mocking and ridiculing of Andrew Cuomo who was doing an amazing job IMO. What a tough few months. I hope we don't get the second wave that is predicted will come in the same way the first wave came.
And here we are with states like Florida, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma -- why didn't they learn from New York? Didn't they see the refrigerator trailers piled high with corpses? Didn't they read the stories about the doctors and nurses who died? Why didn't they take the knowledge about transmission and ways to prevent it and put it to use? I just don't understand their thinking. They had some good lessons taught them by NY on how to deal with this, but they're not using those lessons.
In the earlier days of March and April, my son made face shields from plastic bottles too, and wouldn't go out without that plus a mask and eye shields.
To be sure, Cuomo made early mistakes, but, as was said, it was at the beginning, and he didn't realize how vulnerable a densely packed city with connections everywhere was.If he figured that out 2 weeks early, about half the people who died would still be alive. On the other hand, once he figured it out (and NY was on the cutting edge of disaster), he did a very good job.
Many of people who slammed on just how bad NY and the 'blue states' did are in states that are surging, and they are in complete denial