New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is hoping that mandatory quarantines for health workers returning to the U.S. from treating Ebola patients will boost his book sales.
While defending the controversial quarantines at a Monday news conference, Cuomo joked that those confined to their homes can read his new memoir, “All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life.”
Cuomo jokes that people on Ebola quarantine could read his book while under quarantine.
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) October 27, 2014
That full Cuomo quote (1/2): “I’m asking those people who were in cotnact with infected people: stay at home for 21 days. We will pay.”
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) October 27, 2014
Cuomo (2/2): “Enjoy your family, enjoy your friends, read a book—read my book—you don’t have to read my book, but stay at home for 21 days.”
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) October 27, 2014
Cuomo sold just 945 copies of his book in the first week.
Correction: This post originally included a quote from Cuomo in which he was referring to a “legally enforceable” quarantine, not to his joke about the book.