On Facebook we see this fascinating Tucker Carlson video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=661112917957005
In his video he references a February 2, 2020 video of Dr Oxiris Barbot, MD, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, contains a variety interesting statements she makes.
Carlson describe how she took "affirmative and aggressive steps" to increase NYC's citizens to the coronavirus.
She indicates that "... our preparedness as a city is very high" and the risk to New Yorker's is "... very low" and there is "... certainly no reason not " to gathering closely with others (at bar, restaurants, at the parade, etc.)
Others (folks from NYC giving speeches) imply it would be "bigotry" to avoid classes of people.
Others suggest not heading to "Chinatown" for a festival are heeding "misinformation" and you are a "racist."
A March 2, 2020 tweet from the NYC mayor says "... get out on the town ...":
Is coronavirus a threat? Of course, any flu is a threat because tens of thousands of people die from it each year.
Is it as dangerous as they say?
I doubt it.
On the other hand public health officials in large cities should should not encourage behavior that assists transmission.
Should NYC have been put on lockdown?
No, of course not.
But pointing out that there is a potential for problems and that people should set their politics aside and act rationally might not have been bad to suggest...
But I digress...
Some say Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax" - in fact (from snopes.com) "... Trump likened the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the new coronavirus outbreak to their efforts to impeach him, saying "this is their new hoax."
And it is in the sense that what NYC officials are doing is what Trump is accused of.
And what might be the consequences of all this NYC rhetoric?
One could assume that NYC's number one position (NYC including New Jersey) at the top of this list is a result:
More than an order of magnitude (10x) more cases than California, the number three entry.
Maybe 20x more than most other states...
But then correlation is not causation... so who knows?
In his video he references a February 2, 2020 video of Dr Oxiris Barbot, MD, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, contains a variety interesting statements she makes.
Carlson describe how she took "affirmative and aggressive steps" to increase NYC's citizens to the coronavirus.
She indicates that "... our preparedness as a city is very high" and the risk to New Yorker's is "... very low" and there is "... certainly no reason not " to gathering closely with others (at bar, restaurants, at the parade, etc.)
Others (folks from NYC giving speeches) imply it would be "bigotry" to avoid classes of people.
Others suggest not heading to "Chinatown" for a festival are heeding "misinformation" and you are a "racist."
A March 2, 2020 tweet from the NYC mayor says "... get out on the town ...":
Is coronavirus a threat? Of course, any flu is a threat because tens of thousands of people die from it each year.
Is it as dangerous as they say?
I doubt it.
On the other hand public health officials in large cities should should not encourage behavior that assists transmission.
Should NYC have been put on lockdown?
No, of course not.
But pointing out that there is a potential for problems and that people should set their politics aside and act rationally might not have been bad to suggest...
But I digress...
Some say Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax" - in fact (from snopes.com) "... Trump likened the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the new coronavirus outbreak to their efforts to impeach him, saying "this is their new hoax."
And it is in the sense that what NYC officials are doing is what Trump is accused of.
And what might be the consequences of all this NYC rhetoric?
One could assume that NYC's number one position (NYC including New Jersey) at the top of this list is a result:
More than an order of magnitude (10x) more cases than California, the number three entry.
Maybe 20x more than most other states...
But then correlation is not causation... so who knows?
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