Mr Cuomo has previously warned the rest of the US that the events unfolding in New York are just the start of what could be set to unfold nationally, saying his city is just “a test case”.
“What is happening in New York is not a New York phenomenon,” he said at a press conference on 24 March. “Look at us today. Where we are today, you will be in three weeks, or four weeks, or five weeks, or six weeks.
“We are your future. And what we do here will chart the course for what we do in your city and in your community.”
linky
Eerie resemblance to Italian sentiments, no?
In non-US news,
Bolsonaro's anti-science response to coronavirus appals Brazil's governors 3/27
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavi … r-BB11MOlQTop Brazilian politicians from across the political spectrum have warned that Jair Bolsonaro is putting thousands of lives at risk with what they called his reckless, paranoid, anti-scientific and belligerent response to the coronavirus.
In a series of scathing interviews – conducted as 26 of Brazil’s 27 state governors convened an emergency meeting to discuss Bolsonaro’s behaviour – regional chiefs told the Guardian they feared the far-right leader was sowing confusion over the need for quarantine and social distancing measures, and wasting precious time setting political bonfires to energize his radical base.
Bolsonaro sparked fury on Tuesday with an extraordinary address to the nation in which he rubbished the quarantine measures and travel restrictions being implemented by many state governors and urged Brazilians to return to work and schools – in contradiction of his own health ministry’s counsel.
The comments stunned state governors – many of whom are now in open revolt against the president.
“I was gobsmacked,” said Ronaldo Caiado, the rightwing governor of Goiás state and a former Bolsonaro ally.
“It’s appalling. You cannot govern a country like this,” added Caiado, who this week severed ties with Bolsonaro. “At a moment like this he should have the humility to leave things to those who understand them.”
Paulo Câmara, governor of the north-eastern state of Pernambuco, said regional chiefs were disappointed that “when every expert, from every country recommends staying at home … [Bolsonaro] goes on national TV and says this is an exaggeration, that distancing isn’t necessary, that the virus isn’t all that deadly, that it’s just ‘a little flu’.
@jay:
It's cute how you're all like "you're harping on about this thing." When was the last time renaming threads ever even came up? Yet there you are with it in your expansive rolodex of memories, ready to put it to strange use in a thread about a virus you were dismissive of (you still are). "Remember that one time ten years ago?" Whatever, grandpa.
"Haha, you wash your hands and are glad that people are dying." I've got elderly family ranging from really vulnerable to especially vulnerable to this thing. Family in essential businesses who are still working, who could still be handily worked over or killed by the coronavirus. I'm still working, although some portion of non-field stuff can be done from home rather than at the office. Not to mention friends/contacts who work in hospitals and emergency services who are at risk every day they go into work. So you can stick that quip up your ass and break it off at the handle, you arrogant turd. What a thing to say, and then bitch and complain about it coming up again in the same thread. "Cut me some slack, bro!" Galling.
IT'S JUsT The fLu!
